NZGA: Research and Practice Series

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The Research and Practice series is a special publication of the NZ Grassland Association that covers topics of special interest to researchers, agribusiness and farmers.

These occasional symposia topics include Advances in Plant Breeding and Ryegrass Endophyte, White Clover and Dryland Legumes, Nutrition and Management of Deer on Grazing Systems, Hill Country, and Pasture Persistence research.

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Vol. 17 (2021): Resilient Pastures Symposium

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Papers presented at the Resilient Pastures Symposium, Lake Karapiro, Waikato on 11 and 12 May 2021.

Editor: G B Douglas

Published: 2024-04-29

Resilient Pastures Symposium 2021

Organising Committee Chair's address: Resilient pastures

David Chapman

7-14
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Attributes of resilient pasture for achieving environmental outcomes at farm scale

Cecile de Klein, Ross Monaghan, Mitchell Donovan, Aaron Wall, Louis Schipper, Ina Pinxterhuis

15-24
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Economic benefits of resilient pastures

Phil Journeaux

25-32
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Direct and indirect effects of resilient pastures at farm scale

Murray Jagger

33-36
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Productivity, changes and resilience in New Zealand grassland agriculture over the last three decades

Gerald Rys, Joel Gibbs, Dave Clark, Greg Lambert, Harry Clark, Matthew Newman

37-54
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Temporal trends in home-grown forage eaten on New Zealand dairy farms

Ryan Mills, Mark Neal

55-62
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Carbon and fossil resource depletion footprints of milk production from Canterbury dairy farms

Andre Mazzetto, Shelley Falconer, Stewart Ledgard

63-70
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Pasture resilience reflects differences in root and shoot responses to defoliation, and water and nitrogen deficits

Derrick Moot, Alistair Black, Eric Lyons, Lucy Egan, Rainer Hofmann

71-80
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Plant breeding for resilient pastures

John Caradus, Joe Bouton, Charlie Brummer, Marty Faville, Richard George, David Hume, Courtney Inch, Graham Kerr, Stephane Montel, Alan Stewart, Derek Woodfield

81-104
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Climatic factors influencing New Zealand pasture resilience under scenarios of future climate change

Elizabeth Keller, Mark Lieffering, Jing Guo, Troy Baisden, Anne-Gaelle Ausseil

105-122
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Climate change impacts on pest ecology and risks to pasture resilience

Sarah Mansfield, Colin Ferguson, Pip Gerard, David Hodges, John Kean, Craig Phillips, Scott Hardwick, Sue Zydenbos

123-138
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Climate change impacts and adaption strategies for pasture-based industries: Australian perspective

Brendan Cullen, Matthew Harrison, Dianne Mayberry, David Cobon, Thomas Davison, Richard Eckard

139-148
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What’s next for the New Zealand dairy feed-base? Learnings from climate analogues

Sergio Carlos Garcia, Stuart Kemp, Cameron Clark, Noboru Ota, Md Islam, Darren Kriticos

149-162
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Insights into the soil microbiome and prospects for its manipulation for improved pasture resilience

Shengjing Shi, Sean Marshall, Nicole Schon, Bryony Dignam, Nigel Bell, Maureen O'Callaghan

163-178
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An assessment of the role of soil organic matter in pasture resilience

Mark Shepherd, Shirley Nichols, Diana Selbie

179-190
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Importance of resilient pastures for New Zealand’s agricultural soil carbon stocks

Aaron Wall, Jordan Goodrich, Louis Schipper

191-200
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Soil structure: its importance to resilient pastures in New Zealand (review)

David Houlbrooke, John Drewry, Wei Hu, Seth Laurenson, Sam Carrick

201-212
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Diversified pastures at the front line of climate change in Northland: farmers experiences, new directions and wider implications for other parts of the country

Kieran McCahon, Allister McCahon, Gavin Ussher

213-224
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Will current rotational grazing management recommendations suit future intensive pastoral systems?

Danny Donaghy, Racheal Bryant, Lydia Cranston, Michael Egan, Wendy Griffiths, Jane Kay, Keith Pembleton, Katherine Tozer

225-242
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Soil and nutrient management: the practitioner’s perspective

Warwick Catto, Ants Roberts

243-252
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Resident hill country pasture production in response to temperature and soil moisture over 20 years in Central Hawke’s Bay

Annamaria Mills, Beverley Thomson, Paul Muir, Noel Smith, Derrick Moot

253-262
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Plant diversity with species drilled in the same or alternate rows enhanced pasture yield and quality over 4 years

Alistair Black, Thinzar Myint, Arulmageswaran Shampasivam, Shuo Yang

263-274
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Yield and botanical composition of four dryland pastures at Ashley Dene Research Farm over 8 years

Breanna Taylor, Anna Mills, Malcolm Smith, Richard Lucas, Derrick Moot

275-284
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Persistence of perennial ryegrass, tall fescue and cocksfoot following annual sowings: influence of grass species, ryegrass cultivar and pasture age on yield, composition and density

Tom Maxwell, Grant Edwards, Katherine Tozer, Gerald Cosgrove

285-296
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Modelling perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) persistence and productivity for the Upper North Island under current and future climate

Pierre Beukes, Andrea Babylon, Wendy Griffiths, Simon Woodward, Electra Kalaugher, Abha Sood, David Chapman

297-306
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Annual yield and botanical composition of four dryland grass species with or without nitrogen over six years

Marcus Talamini Junior, Shirin Sharifiamina, Elsa David, Anna Mills, Derrick Moot

307-320
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Resilient pastures and sediment: a case study in Hawke's Bay

Dave Read

321-324
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The effects of lime on pasture composition and production in western Waikato hill country

Robin Boom, Mike Dodd

325-332
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The resilience of soil organic carbon stocks under contrasting hill country pasture management practices

Alec Mackay, Ronaldo Vibart, Catherine McKenzie, Brian Devantier, Emma Noakes

333-338
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The role of Epichloë grass endophytes during pasture renewal

Kati Hewitt, Cory Matthew, Catherine McKenzie, Wade Mace, Alison Popay

339-346
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Epichloë endophytes – new perspectives on a key ingredient for resilient perennial grass pastures

John Caradus, David Chapman, Tim Cookson, Blair Cotching, Matthew Deighton, Liam Donnelly, Justine Ferguson, Sarah Finch, Sarah Gard, David Hume, Linda Johnson, Graham Kerr, Michael Norriss, Kate Peddie, Alison Popay

347-360
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The effects of clover and nitrogen fertiliser on the presence of pasture pests in dairy pastures

Alison Popay, Derrick Wilson, Colin Ferguson, David Chapman, Julia Lee, Gerald Cosgrove, David Stevens

361-368
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Long-term Central Waikato summer-autumn rainfall and pasture growth trends. Are conditions for pasture growth changing over time?

Chris Glassey, Grant Wills, Kieran McCahon, Mike Dodd, David Chapman

369-378
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Using new insights in grazing management to buffer the impacts of climatic variability on pasture resilience

David Stevens, Cory Matthew, Katherine Tozer

379-386
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Working with dairy farmers to improve their pasture management skills through better understanding the principles of ryegrass growth

Brian Clarke, Danny Donaghy, Marie Casey

387-392
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Impact of deferred grazing on profitability of a hill country farm in north-western Waikato

Katherine Tozer, Steve Howarth, Jon Sherlock, Ian Tarbotton

393-400
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Management options to recover perennial ryegrass populations and productivity in run-out pastures

Wendy Griffiths, Mike Dodd, Barbara Kuhn-Sherlock, David Chapman

401-410
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Persistence of the yield advantage of perennial ryegrass cultivars: concept, evidence and implications

David Chapman, Cameron Ludemann, Wendy Griffiths, Laura Rossi, Deanne Waugh, Barbara Kuhn-Sherlock

411-420
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A systems approach to understanding the connection between farm systems resilience and pasture resilience

David Stevens, Marie Casey, Paul Edwards, Thomas Maxwell

421-432
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Greener Pastures: priorities for a low-footprint, high-value food producing future A supplementary paper to the Resilient Pasture Symposium

Marie Casey, David Chapman, David Stevens, Warren King, Graham Kerr, Michael Dodd, Warwick Catto, John Caradus
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