Conference 2021

"Pathway to Productive Pastures"

Date: 2021
Location: Virtual Conference

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Sessional Papers

• Farming Forecaster - Phil Graham
• Permanent electric fencing – A solution for many guardians of the land - GW Mulligan, D Abbey and A Fitzgerald
• Laggan Grazing Demonstration – observations and key lessons after six years - M Lieschke
• Getting started on the pasture pathway - B St Clair
• Understanding and managing soil acidity – the key to sustainable and productive grazing systems - HM Burns, JR Condon and GD Li
• Soil Fertility – You can’t manage what you don’t measure - HM Warren and AP Britton
• Rejuvenation of run-down perennial pastures - FJ Leech and RB Garnsey
• Managing the establishment of productive perennial pastures - HK Best
• An insight into graze and grain systems in a high rainfall zone environment - Cate and Peter Brooks
• Opportunities to build Soil Organic Carbon in a challenging environment; climate change and shifting paradigms - SE Orgill and BW Murphy
• Adding “Carbon Farming for Carbon Trading” to your productive pastures - Louisa Kiely, Director, Carbon Farmers of Australia Pty Ltd
• Carbon Neutral by 2030 roadmap for the Australian red meat industry - Margaret Jewell

Contributed Papers

• Pasture dieback on the North Coast of New South Wales. 1. Initial diagnostics to identify the causal agent - SP Boschma, A Daly, PS Gillespie, O Wildman, M Shrivasatava, N Jennings, JM Geary and SJ Baker
• Pasture dieback on the North Coast of New South Wales. 2. Symptom development and current recommendations - SP Boschma, N Jennings, JM Geary and SJ Baker
• Desmanthus is more persistent than lucerne through drought on the North-West Slopes of NSW - SP Boschma, CA Harris, MA Brennan, C Murray, SJ Baker and S Harden
• A ‘second go’ at pasture improvement on “Mt Somers” - Neville – Julian Cook
• Legume content and sub-optimal nodulation linked to soil acidity and nutrient availability in the Mudgee region of the Central Tablelands, NSW - C Edwards and B Hackney
• A preliminary evaluation of perennial legume persistence on the Southern Tablelands of NSW - RC Hayes, MT Newell, WB Badgery, CA Harris, GD Li, Price, NR Munday, RS Stutz and RA Culvenor
• Investigating producer interest in and experience with tropical perennial grasses in inland NSW - K Sinclair, AL Curtis, SJ Baker and SP Boschma
• Soil water dynamics and water use efficiency of tropical pastures in Central West NSW - MJ Uddin, WJ Smith, SR Murphy, SP Boschma and Y Alemseged