Conference 2009

"THE GRASS IS GREENER"

Date: 5-6 AUGUST 2009
Location: Taree NSW

Table of contents

Invited Papers

• The Manning Valley - Terry Launders
• Sustainable beef cattle production systems - A Edwards
• Upper Barrington pasture improvement - J Laurie
• Rumen function and lameness in highly managed pasture based dairy systems - J Gibbs
• Comparing Gippsland to Walcha - P Notman
• Personal health and wellbeing - T Farrell
• Land sector accounting and the national carbon accounting system - W Slattery
• The role of native pastures in the Mid North Coast landscape - CM Rose
• Nutritional management options to reduce enteric methane emissions from NSW beef and dairy herds - RS Hegarty
• The challenge of managing cattle herds for growth and reproductive efficiency on pastures in north-coastal New South Wales - DW Hennessy
• High production from Creebank pasture - D Williams
• Treechangers – 50% and increasing the beef supply. Growing big, healthy and happy Angus cattle on the NSW Mid-North Coast - R Elphick, E Elphick
• Impacts and implications of climate change for the pastoral industries - AL Cowie, RJ Martin
• Pasture production at Budgeree Holsteins - C Cowan

Contributed Papers

• Selection of a seeding Swazi grass - TA Campbell, DI Officer
• Soil carbon sequestration potential under perennial pastures in the mid-north coast of New South Wales - KY Chan, D McCoy
• A lime movement experiment, Walcha NSW - C Edwards, M Duncan, C Harris and A Burgess
• Pasture growth from poultry litter. Part 1 - N Griffiths, S Richards
• Pasture growth from poultry litter. Part 2: Comparing the cost of poultry litter - N Griffiths
• Suppression of kikuyu grass to allow oversowing in autumn - N Griffiths, T Cook and P Beale
• Seed yield, dormancy and seedling survival of some perennial tropical grasses in northern New South Wales - GM Lodge, LH McCormick and BR Roworth
• Producers dealing with problem pasture species that cause seed contamination and production losses in lamb production systems - J Mason, K Behrendt
• Simple rules to use when buying seed of tropical perennial grasses - LH McCormick, GM Lodge, SP Boschma and S Murray
• Potential production of irrigated dairy forages on coastal NSW - JS Neal
• Effect of fertilisers on pasture growth in carpet grass dominated pastures - C Rose, H Rose
• Effect of fertiliser and rest period on legume abundance in carpet grass dominated pastures - C Rose, H Rose
• Effect of fertiliser and rest period on grass composition in carpet grass dominated pastures - C Rose, H Rose
• Effect of rest period on growth rates of carpet grass dominated pastures - C Rose, H Rose
• Growth rates of water couch (Paspalum distichum) and spike rush (Eleocharis sphacelata) in two wetland grazing systems on the North Coast - C Rose, H Rose and P Hirst
• Feed quality of water couch (Paspalum distichum) and spike rush (Eleocharis sphacelata) on the North Coast of NSW - C Rose, H Rose and P Hirst
• Producing ‘greener’ grass with legumes enhances $u$tainability - JM Scott
• Productivity and nutrient availability on a Ferrosol: biochar, lime and fertiliser - K Sinclair, P Slavich, L van Zwieten and A Downie
• GPS livestock tracking: a pasture utilisation monitor for the grazing industry - MG Trotter, DW Lamb and GN Hinch
• Differences in intrinsic water-use efficiency between four Austrodanthonia species - CM Waters, J Virgona