Grassland Society of NSW Conference

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The Grassland Society of NSW Inc. will hold its annual conference from 24th to 26th July at Joyes Hall, Charles Sturt University Wagga Wagga campus. This year’s theme is “Managing a Grazing Business for Profit in the Agricultural Landscape”.

Topics graziers can expect to hear about include; what management actions can be implemented for sustainable agricultural production in the landscape; what impact increasing soil fertility has on native pastures and farm profit; and how pastures fit into a mixed farming enterprise.

The conference is shaping up to have some interesting topics with very good speakers to deliver the message. Dr Richard Simpson, Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Plant Industry, is one of the speakers. Dr Simpson will present a paper discussing Phosphorus in the agricultural Landscape. In October 2009 Dr Simpson, in conjunction with others from CSIRO and NSW DPI, released the booklet 5 Easy Steps to ensure your making money from superphosphate.

The mix of speakers will include graziers, NSW DPI research and extension staff, consultants, lectures and researchers from CSU and the EH Graham Centre. These speakers will discuss topics issues from Omega 3 fatty acids and sex ration in sheep, to Soil Carbon, Humic substances to alternative fertilisers, farmers using Grassgro® to fertilising native pastures. The conference is sure to have something that will appeal to all involved in the grazing industry.

The ever popular bus tours will also be available. Bus trips will be designed to appeal to a broad cross section of producers. Tours are likely to look at mixed farms, incorporating crops and livestock, to the higher rainfall areas to the east of Wagga. For those interested in cross property planning a tour to the Kyeamba valley to discuss with producers that have begun a cross property planning process. 

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http://grasslandnsw.com.au/news/conference/