Volume 70, 2008, Blenheim

Articles

• PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS AN OPPORTUNITY LOST AND SORTING FACT FROM FICTION

  J.R. Caradus

  1-6

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• The low down on soil carbon

  J.A. Baldock

  101-106

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• Dietary nitrogen - definitions, digestion, excretion and consequences of excess for grazing ruminants

  D. Pacheco, G.C. Waghorn

  107-116

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• Pasture production gains from strategic winter nitrogen applications on a North Island sheep and beef hill country farm

  M.R. Puha, W.Mcg King, V.T. Burggraaf, A.H.C. Roberts

  117-121

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• Establishment, annual yield and nitrogen response of eight perennial grasses in a high country environment

  V. Fasi, A. Mills, D.J. Moot, W.R. Scott, K. Pollock

  123-130

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• Adapting farm systems to a drier future

  D. Avery, F. Avery, G.I. Ogle, B.J. Wills, D.J. Moot

  13-18

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• The Irrigation Calculator - a decision support tool for dairy farmers

  R.J. Martin, R.F. Zyskowski, S.M. Thomas, A.J. Horrocks, D.R. Stevens

  131-136

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• Indirect measurement of pasture mass and pasture growth rate on sheep and beef pastures

  A.J. Litherland, R. Webby, T.J. Fraser, C. Matthew, K. Mccleod, J. Walcroft, J. Bryant, B. Devantier, C.J. Hoogendoorn, R. Moss, W.J. Clarke-Hill, P.J. Schreurs

  137-144

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• Application of climate data to predict pasture production

  I.C. Blair

  145-151

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• Farmer experiences in achieving productivity gains through GPS

  M.J. Casey, T. Lambie, S. Bradbury, D. Johnston, M. Murney, B. Pannett, C. Brown

  153-158

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• Using a climate-driven farm model to predict pasture mass for individual paddocks on New Zealand dairy farms

  P.C. Beukes, C.E.F. Clark, A.J. Romera, G. Levy, J.M. Lee

  159-163

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• Lambs and landscapes

  A.D. Mackay, T.W. Knight, J.P. Koolaard, G. Sheppard, G. Coleman

  165-170

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• Entomopathogenic nematodes as biocontrol agents in New Zealand agriculture: a case study

  N.L. Bell, L.T. Aalders, T.C. Rohan

  171-175

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• Forage mixed ration dairy farming - the pros and cons

  S.L. Woodward, C.G. Roach, K.A. Macdonald, J.C. Siemelink

  177-181

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• Impact of irrigation on pasture production on two sheep and beef farms in the Central Wairarapa

  A.D. Mackay, P.J. Budding, J. Morton

  183-188

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• Hyperspectral canopy reflectance as a potential tool to estimate and map pasture mass and quality

  K. Kawamura, K. Betteridge, D. Costall, I.D. Sanches, M.P. Tuohy, Y. Inoue

  189-195

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• Sustainability of high-country pastures under contrasting development inputs

  D. Scott

  19-23

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• Rubisco turnover and its relationship with herbage yield traits in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)

  E.N. Khaembah, L.J. Irving, E.R. Thom, C. Matthew

  197-203

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• Delivery of grasses with high levels of unsaturated, protected fatty acids

  S. Winichayakul, R. Cookson, R. Scott, J. Zhou, X. Zou, M. Roldan, K. Richardson, N. Roberts

  211-216

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• Insights into the molecular biology of epichloë endophyte alkaloid biosynthesis

  D.J. Fleetwood, B. Scott, C.R. Voisey, R.D. Johnson

  217-220

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• Targeting of "high anthocyanin" white clovers for increased condensed tannin levels via genetic modification

  K. Richardson, D. Maher, G. Cousins, J. Ford, K. Hancock, A. Scott, S. Rasmussen, V. Collette

  221-224

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• Pasture production and liveweight gain from cocksfoot-subterranean clover pastures grazed at two stocking rates and closed at different times during spring

  S. Ates, R.J. Lucas, G.R. Edwards

  225-232

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• Grazing management for regeneration of balansa clover in a cocksfoot pasture

  D.P. Monks, D.J. Moot, M.C. Smith, R.J. Lucas

  233-238

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• Arrowleaf clover: potential for dryland farming systems in New Zealand

  P.M. Evans, A. Mills

  239-243

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• High country development: integrating clovers, soils and merinos

  Willie and Susan Macdonald

  245-247

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• Survey of management practices of dairy cows grazing kale in Canterbury

  H.G. Judson, G.R. Edwards

  249-254

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• Maximising subterranean clover in Marlborough's hill country is key to weaning 80% of sale lambs prime

  D.W. Grigg, J.M. Grigg, R.J. Lucas

  25-29

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• Effects of clover root weevil and moisture stress on subterranean, balansa, Persian, arrowleaf and white clovers

  J.R. Crush, P.J. Gerard, L. Ouyang, D.J. Wilson

  255-257

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• In sacco digestion kinetics of palm kernel expeller (PKE)

  F.N. Dias, J.L. Burke, D. Pacheco, C.W. Holmes

  259-264

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• Methods of reducing ripgut brome seed production and carcass damage

  K.N. Tozer, A.J. Marshall, G.R. Edwards

  265-269

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• Argentine stem weevil damage to high sugar ryegrass infected with AR1 under field conditions

  R.H. Bryant, A.J. Parsons, S. Rasmussen, G.R. Edwards

  271-276

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• Can nitrogen fertiliser applied before sowing increase brassica yields in a dry environment?

  D.R. Stevens, A.Y. Carruthers

  31-36

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• Dryland pasture yields and botanical composition over 5 years under sheep grazing in Canterbury

  A. Mills, M.C. Smith, R.J. Lucas, D.J. Moot

  37-44

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• The Pyramid: a typical Marlborough family farm

  Chris and Julia Dawkins

  45-50

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• Yield and water use of temperate pastures in summer dry environments

  D.J. Moot, H.E. Brown, K. Pollock, A. Mills

  51-57

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• Strategies used to manage climatic risk: Lessons from farmers with expertise in dryland farming

  D.I. Gray, P.D. Kemp, P.R. Kenyon, S.T. Morris, I.M. Brookes, C. Matthew, M. Osborne

  59-68

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• Greenhouse gas assessment for the Lincoln University Dairy Farm

  A.J. Barber, G.M. Pellow, R.G. Christie, A.M. van Bysterveldt

  69-75

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• Innovative and adaptive future farming, particularly as it relates to profitable future use of dryland country in New Zealand - a personal view

  R.B. Green

  7-11

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• Phosphorus, nitrogen and sediment losses from irrigated cropland and pasture grazed by cattle and sheep

  R.W. Mcdowell, D.J. Houlbrooke

  77-83

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• New Zealand made controlled release coated urea increases winter growth rates of Italian ryegrass with lower N leaching than uncoated urea

  P.A. Bishop, H.Y. Liu, M.J. Hedley, P. Loganathan

  85-89

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• Comparison of Agrotain-treated and standard urea on an irrigated dairy pasture

  R.J. Martin, T.J. van der Weerden, M.U. Riddle, R.C. Butler

  91-94

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• Deer and environment: Overseer® upgrade

  R.W. Mcdowell, D.M. Wheeler, C.A.M. de Klein, A.J. Rutherford

  95-99

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