This year’s Grassland Society of NSW Conference titled, ‘Your system – Taking it to the next level’, will be held in Cowra from July 24 – 26, 2017.
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This forum offers landholders a great opportunity to hear information on current pasture and livestock research and to network with others in the industry.
Session themes to this year’s conference include ‘the big picture’, ‘filling the feed gap’, ‘opportunities’ and ‘technology’.
The conference will be opened by two well respected and notable speakers in the grazing industry, Richard Norton, Managing Director, MLA and Bill Malcolm, University of Melbourne Department of Agriculture and Food Systems.
Richard Norton will discuss the Australian red meat industry and the path to long-term prosperity while Bill Malcolm will tackle ‘Strife and Opportunity in Australian Agriculture: Here and Now and Over the Horizon’.
Other topics for discussion over the two days include:
- Forage Improvement: the evolution of within species variation available to producers across temperate Australia. James Sewell, Australian Research Manager PGG Wrightsons Seeds.
- How do you get the most out of native grass pastures without breaking the system. Meredith Mitchell, Agriculture Victoria, Rutherglen.
- Alternatives and Fundamentals – considerations when using fertilizers and ameliorants. Neil Griffiths, NSW DPI.
- Legumes and Nitrogen – it’s time to stop assuming. Belinda Hackney, Central West Local Land Services, Forbes.
- Pastures from drones: the potential to use UAV’s to monitor pasture biomass and quality in temperate grazing systems. Anthony Clark, NSW DPI.
- Effect of extensive feeding systems on growth rate, carcass traits and meat quality of lambs. David Hopkins, NSW DPI.
- Potential benefits of internal pelvimetry in merino ewes. Gordon Refshauge, NSW DPI.
- Perennial crop research at NSW DPI, Cowra. Matt Newell, NSW DPI.
- Dual purpose cereals, dry matter opportunities. Peter Matthews, NSW DPI
- Making the most of DSE potential. Matthew Monk, GM Sundown Pastoral Company, Kingstown.
- The practicalities of technology in commercial sheep production. Hannah Marriot, Greta, Victoria.
- Filling the feed gap: a case study and farmer’s perspective. Stuart Tate, Producer, Mandurama.
- Australia’s ability to fill the feed gaps. Julie Brien, Producer, Greenthorpe.
- Feed gaps and pasture utilisation: challenges of grassfed beef production. James Bjorksten, Producer, Yeoval.
The conference also includes a bus tour where attendees can choose from three options, each tour takes in several different enterprises in the Mandurama/Woodstock, Gooloogong/Canowindra or Cowra/Greenthorpe districts.
The full conference package including lunches, morning and afternoon teas on both days and dinner on Tuesday, July 25, is $260 for Grassland Society of NSW members and $330 for non-members.
Booking to attend the conference as well as further details regarding the event can be done via the Grassland Society of NSW website: http://grasslandnsw.com.au.
Alternatively you can call David Harbison (President, Grasslands Society of NSW) for a conference program, on 0408 820 467.
For phone registrations call Janelle Witschi (Secretary) on 0408 612 235.
Please note that conference registrations close Wednesday, July 19, 2017.
