Conference 2015

Invited Papers

• Opportunities to maximise livestock profitability - JK Webb Ware
• Managing the production potential of the soils of the Southern and Central Tablelands – key messages from the LANDSCAN program - LC Pope
• New insights into phosphorus cycling in pastures: implications for fertiliser management and for closing the phosphorus efficiency gap - RJ Simpson, GA Sandral, MH Ryan, RI McLaren, RJ Smernik, MJ McLaughlin, TM McBeath, H Lambers, CN Guppy and AE Richardson
• Which breeding direction for sheep on the Southern Tablelands? - P Graham and AK White
• Does increasing body frame size in Merinos increase profit? A case study - G Burbidge and J Virgona
• Managing fertiliser in a grazing system – putting principles into practice - JM Virgona and NJ Ferguson
• A farmer’s perspective on strategic fertiliser management - O Cay
• Persistent perennials? An advisor’s perspective - DR Harbison
• Grazing management options to boost productivity and secure healthy landscapes - W Badgery, G Millar, K Broadfoot, J Martin, D Pottie, A Simmons and P Cranney
• Capitalising on the opportunities for agriculture in the Tablelands of southern NSW – a farmer’s perspective - G Kadwell

Contributed Papers

• Phalaris cultivar persistence under soil fertility and grazing treatments at Canberra - RA Culvenor and RJ Simpson
• Evaluation of a grazier education program in a drinking water catchment - AA Senn and M Lieschke
• Influence of winter grazed, dual purpose wheat and canola crops in a pasture system on the performance of Merino sheep - CS Pinares-Patino, SE McDonald, JA Kirkegaard, H Dove, JR Hunt, RJ Simpson and AD Moore
• Poultry litter is not all the Same - NW Griffiths

Poster Summaries

• Prilled lime added to the seed – effects on pasture establishment vary with season - MR Norton
• New pasture plant options to reduce P-input costs of grazing systems - G Sandra, R Simpson, A Price, S Hildebrand, C Fuller, Z Yang, A Stefanski, D Kidd, H Lambers and M Ryan.
• Lambs grazing a choice of biserrula and subterranean clover have higher growth rates in spring than lambs grazing a biserrula monoculture - SR McGrath, GA Sandral, L Sundermann and MA Friend