Conference 2011

Invited Papers

• Threats, realities and opportunities of grassland farming in the central Tablelands - K Behrendt, J Eppleston
• Farming the grass curve in the context of changing opportunities in the Australian lamb market – a central Tablelands perspective - GM Salmon, GJ Salmon
• Developing livestock preventive medicine programs with grassland farmers - BR Watt
• Performance for profit - M Ryan
• Pseudo-science: a threat to agriculture? - DC Edmeades
• Soil chemistry – facts and fiction and their influence on the fertiliser decision making process - N Menzies, D Harbison and P Dart
• The Pegala Pastoral Company – Vertically integrating cropping and beef production systems - M Mason
• Factors affecting pasture production in variable landscapes – how does it influence fertiliser use and other mangement issues? - B Hackney, P Orchard, D Kemp and B Orchard
• Landscape and grazing management affects on pasture production and persistence on “Dunns Plains” - B Townson
• Collaborate to survive and thrive - J Gladigau
• Cereal based forage crops for hay and silage production - J Piltz, C Rodham, J Walker, P Matthews, B Hackney and JF Wilkins
• Optimising the intake of feed by pasture-fed sheep and cattle - CT Westwood
• Varying sheep production from different pasture types - J Brien

Contributed Papers

• Bioscapes – an introduction to biodiversity in grazing landscapes - C Edwards
• Surveys of grazing industry end-users in northern New South Wales - GM Lodge
• On-farm monitoring of sheep and pasture production in the EverGraze northern New South Wales project - GM Lodge, MA Brennan, PT Sanson, BR Roworth and IJ Stace
• Developing pasture and livestock benchmarks for sheep production in northern New South Wales - GM Lodge
• Comparison of methods for estimating herbage mass in small plots - GM Lodge, S Harden
• Using height and density to estimate the herbage mass of different pastures in northern New South Wales - GM Lodge, MA Brennan, PT Sanson, BR Roworth and IJ Stace
• “Trevenna” sheep production demonstration site of methane emissions on the northern Tablelands of NSW - C Edwards, MJ McPhee, J Meckiff, N Ballie, D Schneider and R Hegarty
• Using near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) to determine nutritive value of tropical perennial grasses - SP Boschma, SA Sissons and MJ Sissons
• Herbicides evaluated for tropical perennial grasses - LH McCormick, SP Boschma, AS Cook and BM McCorkell
• The value of ‘alternative’ nitrogen fertiliser products on pasture. 1. Pasture production at three sites - CE Muir, N Griffiths and P Beale
• The value of ‘alternative’ nitrogen fertiliser products on pasture. 2. Pasture quality and carryover effects at Tocal - CE Muir, N Griffiths and P Beale
• The use of pig manure – a study at Wollun, NSW - C Edwards, M Duncan

Poster Summaries

• Investigating the impact of cover cropping on a native pasture system in southern Queensland - L Bailey, S Murphy and C Guppy
• Managing tropical perennial grasses for livestock production – a case study - BR McGufficke
• Benefits and uses of plantain (Plantago lanceolata) cv. Ceres Tonic in livestock production systems in New South Wales - HG Judson, AJE Moorhead
• Australian breeding of persistent perennial ryegrass without endophyte - A Leddin
• Effect of ensiling on weed seed viability - J Piltz, R Stanton, C Rodham and H Wu

Travel Grant Report

• Report of travel to New Zealand to attend the 15th Australian Society of Agronomy Conference and visit two NZ AgResearch Institutes - MR Norton