Conference 2010

"ADAPTING MIXED FARMS TO FUTURE ENVIRONMENTS"

Date: 28-29 JULY 2010
Location: Dubbo NSW

Table of contents

Invited Papers

• Funny farming for the future - Andrew Mosely, Megan Mosely
• From advisory to regulatory land management - Peter Weston
• Broad-scale management of biodiversity in temperate grazing lands and implications for productivity and profitability - JW Dorrough
• The important role of soil organic carbon in future mixed farming systems - KY Chan
• Soil carbon levels in southern NSW - KO Andersson, WB Badgery
• What can insects do to help the farm? soil improvement, pollination and pest control - Saul A Cunningham, Theo A Evans, Anthony D Arthur, Nancy A Schellhorn and Felix JJA Bianchi
• Changing our farm enterprise and management for a profitable and sustainable future - Robert Goodear
• Communities in landscapes – Working together to integrate conservation and production in Box-Gum Woodlands - J Dalton
• Increasing productivity and persistence of perennial native pastures: EverGraze Albury–Wodonga - ML Mitchell, LL Slocombe, FW Dempsey and KF Wilson
• Practical application of precision sheep management - JS Richards, SJ Semple and KD.Atkins
• A producer’s experience with precision sheep management - Ray Haigh
• Integrating livestock and subsequent crop enterprises - DR Harbison, TA Wright
• Evidence-based agriculture – can we get there? - JM Virgona, G Daniel
• The impact of extreme drought and climate change on the demography of plains grass populations in central New South Wales - RC Godfree, BJ Lepschi and MD Carnegie
• Determining the quality of diets of grazing animals - GL Krebs, MBP Kumara Mahipala, P McCafferty and K Dods
• Recent tropical perennial grass research and their potential role in maintaining production in a variable and changing climate - SP Boschma, GM Lodge, LH McCormick
• Regeneration for profitable production - Angus Maurice, Lucy Maurice, Rick Maurice and Bren Maurice
• Maximising productivity from Brassica crops - HG Judson

Contributed Papers

• Biochar and productivity of Digitaria eriantha cv. Premier on a degraded soil in northern NSW - MK McLeod, PG Slavich and RJ McLeod
• Comparison of recent, short-term rainfall observations with long-term distributions for three centres in northern New South Wales - GM Lodge, LH McCormick
• Predicting pasture production from November temperatures - WB Badgery, GD Millar, D Mitchell, P Cranney and S Priest
• Catchment action market based instruments – Soil Carbon Research Project - A Simmons, W Badgery, B Murphy, A Rawson, I Packer and K Andersson
• Conservation of plant diversity in native pastures on the North-West Slopes of New South Wales - Nick Schultz, Nick Reid and Greg Lodge
• Influence of cropping and grazing on soil seed bank composition and in-situ vegetation on the “Pillicawarrina” floodplain, Macquarie Marshes - C Waters, L Nairn and G Melville
• Temporary cropping as a means to restore native perennial grasslands in western NSW - Y Alemseged, R B Hacker, W J Smith and G J Melville
• Long-term annual rainfall and the distribution of simulated annual pasture intake of ewes grazing different pastures on the North-West Slopes of New South Wales - GM Lodge, LH McCormick
• Reduced feed quality of hay following heating - N Griffiths, J Piltz, E Clayton, R Meyer and S Richards
• Evaluation of chicory cultivars and lines and plantain cultivars on the North-West Slopes of New South Wales - SP Boschma, GM Lodge, MA Brennan and S Harden
• Ten tips for better establishment of sown tropical perennial grasses in northern New South Wales - GM Lodge, LH McCormick
• Tropical grass pastures capture winter rainfall - SR Murphy, GM Lodge and MA Brennan
• Acid soil tolerant lucerne – a pasture legume option for acidic soils in New South Wales - S Venkatanagappa, T O’Brien
• Evaluation of perennial legume and herb cultivars and lines, North-West Slopes of New South Wales - SP Boschma, GM Lodge, MA Brennan and S Harden
• Gross margin example of saltbush establishment in a rangeland pasture - Central West Catchment Management Authority
• Developing resilient and productive pasture mixtures for southern Australia - MR Norton, RC Hayes, AW Humphries, KG Pembleton, RA Culvenor and GD Li
• Do pasture cropping systems work out west? - GD Millar, WB Badgery
• Pasture cropping in the Central West and Lachlan CMAs - GD Millar
• Pasture cropping checklist - GD Millar, WB Badgery
• Pasture cropping in northern NSW – do the numbers for plant available water stack up? - GM Lodge, LH McCormick