Volume 77, 2015, Masterton

Past volumes

• Levy oration - 2014: Agricultural science and extension

  J.D. Morton

  7-10

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• NZGA PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS 2014

  W. Lissaman

  11-14

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• The Wairarapa region

  J. Falloon

  15-18

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• Livestock feed intake assumptions in decision support tools; A stocktake of the current science and assumptions used by livestock models

  P. Frater, S. Howarth, G.J. Mcewen

  19-22

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• A comparison of liveweight gain of two groups of weaners of different entry liveweight in an ad libitum fodder beet feeding system for finishing beef cattle

  S.J. Gibbs, B. Saldias, J. White, D. Walsh, N. Stocker, C. Trotter, B. Fisher, A. Fisher, B. Banks, S. Hodge

  23-28

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• A comparison under grazing of pasture production, pasture N content and soil mineral N levels between granular urea and ONEsystem® on two contrasting dairy farms in New Zealand

  B.F. Quin, A.G. Gillingham, D. Baird, S. Spilsbury, M. Gray

  259-268

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• Regular estimates of paddock pasture mass can improve profitability on New Zealand dairy farms

  P.C. Beukes, S. Mccarthy, C.M. Wims, A.J. Romera

  29-34

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• Active optical sensing of canopies in pasture management

  J. Roberts, A.Suarez Infiesta, B. Schäbitz, J. Fourie, A. Werner

  35-40

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• Pasture yield mapping: why & how

  S.J. Dennis, A.L. Taylor, K. O'Neill, W. Clarke-Hill, R.A. Dynes, N. Cox, C. van Koten, T.W.D. Jowett

  41-46

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• Mapping nutrient concentration in pasture using hyperspectral imaging

  I. Yule, R. Pullanagari, M. Irwin, P. Mcveagh, G. Kereszturi, M. White, M. Manning

  47-50

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• A comparison of New Zealand and overseas white clover cultivars under grazing in New Zealand

  K.H. Widdup, J.L. Ford, G.R. Cousins, D.R. Woodfield, J.R. Caradus, B.A. Barrett

  51-56

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• How to optimise pasture production off uncultivatable hill country

  D. Daniell, S. Buckley

  57-60

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• Farming into the future - innovation technology and efficiency

  D. Mckenzie

  61-64

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• Dairy farm resilience in a variable environment

  C. Lewis, C. Stolte, E. Stolte

  65-70

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• Potential for anaerobic digestion of dairy farm effluent in New Zealand

  A.Milet J.S. Rowarth, F.G. Scrimgeour

  71-76

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• The true cost of maize silage

  B.J. Fausett, J.S. Rowarth, F.G. Scrimgeour

  77-82

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• Valuing on-farm investments

  J.M. Rendel, A.D. Mackay, P. Smale

  83-88

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• A review of the use of chicory, plantain, red clover and white clover in a sward mix for increased sheep and beef production

  L.M. Cranston, P.R. Kenyon, S.T. Morris, P.D. Kemp

  89-94

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• Effects of fresh forage quality on feed intake and live weight gain of red deer in spring

  D.R. Stevens, I.D. Corson

  95-102

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• The role of plantain (Plantago lanceolata) on East Coast dryland: results from three farm case studies

  M.J. Macfarlane, P.D. Muir, E. Crofoot

  103-108

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• Lucerne dry matter and N-fixation, when sown with or without lime and inoculant

  S. Berenji, D.J. Moot, J.L. Moir, H.J. Ridgway

  109-116

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• Dry matter and sheep production of four dryland tall fescue-clover pastures 4-6 years after establishment

  A.D. Black, J.L. Moir

  117-122

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• Sheep performance on perennial ryegrass cultivars differing in concentration of water-soluble carbohydrate

  G.P. Cosgrove, P.S. Taylor, A. Jonker

  123-130

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• Potential impacts of different spring grazing strategies on lamb finishing in hill country

  D.R. Stevens, A.J. Wall, B.R. Tho

  131-140

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• Sustainable perennial pastures in Northland

  G.R. Ussher, D.E. Hume

  141-146

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• The evaluation of a controlled release nitrogen fertiliser

  D.C. Edmeades

  147-152

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• Pasture-tree systems - Modelling potential implications for animal performance and greenhouse gas emissions

  R.E. Vibart, G.B. Douglas, A.D. Mackay, M.B. Dodd, I.R. Mcivor

  153-158

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• Measuring the cost of environmental compliance for Waikato dairy farmers - a survey approach

  T.O.R. Macdonald, J.S. Rowarth, F.G. Scrimgeour

  159-166

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• Can a deep-rooted spring crop recover winter-deposited urine nitrogen?

  G.M. Lucci, M.A. Shepherd, W.T. Carlson

  167-172

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• Benefits and costs of a constructed wetland on a Wairarapa dairy farm

  J.Praat J.Sukias T. Faulkner, A. Bichan

  173-176

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• Persistence of dry matter yield among New Zealand perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) cultivars: insights from a long-term data set

  D.F. Chapman, P.D. Muir, M.J. Faville

  177-184

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• Dry matter yield and radiation use efficiency of four autumn sown top flowering annual clovers

  H. Nori, D.J. Moot, A.D. Black

  185-194

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• Seed development of arrowleaf, balansa, gland and Persian clover

  H. Nori, D.P. Monks, D.J. Moot

  195-202

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• Selection of sub clover cultivars for New Zealand dryland pastures

  R.J. Lucas, A. Mills, S. Wright, A.D. Black, D.J. Moot

  203-210

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• Grasslands Legacy - a new, large-leaved white clover cultivar with broad adaption

  J.L. Ford, G.R. Cousins, Z. Jahufer, I.J. Baird, D.R. Woodfield, B.A. Barrett

  211-218

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• Effects of closing date on seeding and hardseededness of balansa, gland, Persian and arrowleaf clovers on East Coast dryland

  M.J. Macfarlane, E.W. Crofoot, P.D. Muir

  219-226

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• Identifying potential heterosis in perennial ryegrass

  J.R. O'Connor, T.B. Lyons, M.Z.Z. Jahufer, M. Faville, B.A. Barrett

  227-232

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• Environment and ryegrass genetics - multisite trial of advanced breeding populations

  H.S. Easton, M.Z.Z. Jahufer, C. Flay, J. Schmidt, M.P. Rolston, J.A.K. Trethewey, D.L. Ryan, M.J. Faville

  233-238

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• Factors determining shrub abundance on uncultivable hill country

  G.B. Douglas, A.D. Mackay, M.B. Dodd, C.M. Lloyd-West, R.A.J. Gray

  239-244

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• The effect of perennial ryegrass sowing date on endophyte presence and dry matter yield

  J.R. Corkran, W.E.J. Henson, G.A. Kerr

  245-250

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• A more quantitative approach to pasture renewal

  G.A. Kerr, J. Brown, T. Kilday, D.R. Stevens

  251-258

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• An on-farm study of late pregnancy and lactation performance of ewe lambs and their progeny on lucerne or pasture

  D.R. Stevens, L. Wright, P. Mcgill

  269-274

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• Selecting farm practices and preparing farm plans for land-use consents in the Manawatu-Wanganui region

  T.G. Parminter

  275-280

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• Which rhizobia nodulate which legumes in New Zealand soils?

  M. Andrews, D. Jack, D. Dash, S. Brown

  281-286

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• A critique: "Potassium requirements of pasture on Pumice soil" by Morton et al.

  D.C. Edmeades, R.M. Mcbride

  287-290

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• Response to Edmeades and McBride critique

  J.D. Morton, A.D. Stafford, M.A. Hawke

  291-294

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