Conference 2026

Invited Papers

• Animal production from pasture-fed and mixed forage grazing systems - EH Clayton, RD Taylor and MR Norton
• Emerging challenges and opportunities for tropical pasture systems in NSW - SP Boschma and CA Harris
• Integrating perennial native and sub-tropical grasslands with multispecies pasture cropping and salt bush for production - J Kirkby and L Kirkby
• Managing acidity in pasture systems - J Condon, R Hayes, H Burns and G Kaveney
• Pasture dieback — is this an issue for the North West? - EJ (Ted) Callanan, GA Peck and SR Buck
• The transformation of “Mitiamo” from mixed farming to grazing - D Mack and J Mack
• What can grazing management realistically achieve for soil carbon in Australia? - W Badgery, AT Simmons, SE McDonald, L Ingram and I Kardailsky

Sessional Papers

• Four Daughters Family Readiness Decision Tree - Karen Penfold, Four Daughters Beef
• Keynote Speaker Handout - Karen Penfold, Four Daughters Beef

Contributed Papers

• A review of arrowleaf clover performance on the North-West Slopes of NSW - LH McCormick
• Digit grass is competitive against desmanthus in grazed mixed pastures during favourable seasons - SP Boschma, MA Brennan, GD Bevan and WB Badgery
• Legume competitiveness is improved by preferential fertiliser application at planting in mixed pasture swards - JW McLachlan, HA Darley, RJ Flavel and CN Guppy
• myStockPlanner: A user-centred approach to designing and building a digital decision support package for NSW livestock producers - K Egerton-Warburton, W Badgery, R Whitelaw and A Barr
• Nitrogen fertilised tropical grass pastures allow higher stocking rates resulting in greater lamb production - SP Boschma, MA Brennan, PD Perfrement and WB Badgery
• Pasture dieback spread and observations in the Lower Hunter, NSW: early on-farm findings - S Harwood and D Deane
• Tropical perennial grasses: a productive, hydrologically efficient forage option for the Central West - J Uddin, SR Murphy, SP Boschma and S Harden