Volume 64, 2002, West Coast

Articles

• PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH TO NEW ZEALAND'S FUTURE

  Derek R. Woodfield

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• Can lambs compensate for less milk by grazing more often?

  C.A.M. Moffat, J.M. Deaker, G.J. Wallace, M.W. Fisher, P.D. Muir, P.D. Johnstone

  103-105

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• Effects of dairying on water quality of lowland streams in Westland and Waikato

  R.J. Davies-Colley, J.W. Nagels

  107-114

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• A review of pastoral research carried out on the West Coast of the South Island: 1960-2000

  J.D. Morton, P.H. Williams

  11-16

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• Friend or foe? Potential for native biodiversity in West Coast farming

  C.C. Boswell, P.R. Espie, T. Maegli

  115-120

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• A comparison of two scales of body condition scoring in Hereford x Friesian beef breeding cows

  S.T. Morris, P.R. Kenyon, D.L. Burnham

  121-123

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• Post-peak supplementation of pasture fed dairy cows with sulla and maize silages

  A.V. Chaves, S.L. Woodward, G.C. Waghorn, I.M. Brookes, C.W. Holmes, P.G. Laboyrie

  125-128

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• A simplified method for lignin measurement in a range of forage species

  A.V. Chaves, G.C. Waghorn, M.H. Tavendale

  129-133

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• Biosecurity for New Zealand's forage production systems

  S.L. Goldson, N.D. Barlow, P.J. Gerard, T.A. Jackson, C.B. Phillips, R. Watson, A. Rahman

  135-138

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• Bioprotection - getting the most out of biological control in pasture pest management

  T.A. Jackson, A.J. Popay, S.L. Goldson

  139-142

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• Optimising pasture production to minimise weed growth

  J.P.J. Eerens, A. Rahman, T.K. James

  143-146

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• Herbicides compromise biological control of ragwort

  K. Betteridge, D. Costall

  147-152

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• Methane and climate change

  M.J. Ulyatt, H. Clark, D.K.R. Lassey

  153-157

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• Evaluation of two potential on-farm measures for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from an average dairy farm on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand

  C.A.M. de Klein, S.F. Ledgard, H. Clark

  159-165

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• Methanogenesis from forages fed to sheep

  G.C. Waghorn, M.H. Tavendale, D.R. Woodfield

  167-171

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• Ecotourism - the Maungatautari example

  D.G. Wallace

  17-19

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• Pasture plant breeding in New Zealand: where to from here?

  H.S. Easton, J.M. Amyes, N.E. Cameron, R.B. Green, G.A. Kerr, M.G. Norriss, A.V. Stewart

  173-179

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• Whole-crop cereals for grazing and silage: balancing quality and quantity

  J.M. de Ruiter, R. Hanson, A.S. Hay, K.W. Armstrong, R.D. Harrison-Kirk

  181-189

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• Salt (NaCl) use in New Zealand pastoral agriculture - a summary of recent trial results

  M.F. Hawke, M.B. O'Connor, J. Waller, K.A. Macdonald, B. Hobson, S. Coulter

  191-196

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• Seedling development and growth of white clover, caucasian clover and perennial ryegrass grown in field and controlled environments

  A.D. Black, D.J. Moot, R.J. Lucas

  197-204

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• Can nitrogen-fertilised ryegrass substitute for white clover?

  G.P. Cosgrove, C.B. Anderson, A.J. Parsons, J.L. Brock, J.C. Tilbrook

  205-209

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• Calf rearing using a once-a-day milk feeding system: current best practice

  P.D. Muir, C.J. Fugle, A.W.A. Ormond

  21-24

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• The relative profitability of calf rearing and bull beef finishing

  A.W.A.Ormond P.D. Muir, C.J. Fugle

  25-29

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• Sources and uses of information on a West Coast dairy farm

  C. van der Geest

  31-32

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• Once-a-day milking: possible and profitable?

  M.J. Tong, D.A. Clark, C.V. Cooper

  33-37

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• Automatic Milking Systems: an option to address the labour shortage on New Zealand dairy farms?

  J.G. Jago, M.W. Woolford

  39-43

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• The value of decision support models for farmer learning

  R.W. Webby

  45-47

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• Farmers adopting technology to improve sheep production - a nine year study

  A. Cocks, M. Williams, M. Casey, C. Brown, J. Ware, N. Morrison, G. Morrison, G. Pearce, W. Taylor, G. Cochrane, J. Cochrane, T. Harris

  49-53

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• Pasture and stock management of Californian thistle

  R.B. Mitchell, J.M. Keoghan, A. Rahman

  55-59

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• Giant buttercup (Ranunculus acris L.) management in dairy pastures - current problems and future solutions

  G.W. Bourdôt, S. Lamoureaux

  61-65

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• Potential and pitfalls of caucasian clover in southern New Zealand

  D.R. Stevens, B. Mccorkindale

  67-72

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• Urine patches indicate yield potential of cocksfoot

  P.L. Peri, D.J. Moot, R.J. Lucas

  73-80

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• The effect of herbage allowance of Lotus pedunculatus cv. Grasslands Maku on winter and spring beef heifer performance

  P. Soca, W. Ayala, R. Bermudez

  81-84

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• Supplementing pasture-fed dairy cows with pasture silage, maize silage, Lotus silage or sulla silage in summer - does it increase production?

  S.L. Woodward, A.V. Chaves, G.C. Waghorn, P.G. Laboyrie

  85-89

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• Effect of frequency of pasture measurement on estimation of pasture growth rates: field observations and predictions of a whole farm model

  W.E. Prewer, J.A. Lile, K.A. Macdonald, K.P. Bright, C.C. Palliser, J.A.S. Lancaster, M.E. Wastney

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• Minimising endophyte contamination from ryegrass seed in cow dung

  V.T. Burggraaf, E.R. Thom

  97-101

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