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PASTURE UPDATE BUS TOUR – TRANGIE

You’re invited to this year’s Central West pasture update. The day will be an opportunity to have a first

hand look at how local producers are integrating perennial pastures and dual purpose forage species

into their feedbase and an expo of the latest pasture research at Trangie Agricultural Research Centre.

TIME 8:15 am to 3:30 pm

WHERE Trangie- Bus leaves from Caltex Service Station � Other towns and locations via expression of interest

COST $15 members or $25 non-members � Includes Morning Tea and Lunch

� Credit card when registering or cash/cheque on day

INFO Trudie Atkinson 0427 102 431

RSVP By Monday September 9 to: Janelle

02 6369 0011 or 0408 612 235 or

email: secretary@grasslandnsw.com.au

PASTURE

UPDATE THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 12

� Tropical Perennial Pastures

- Benefits to your production system

- Successful establishment and management

- Grazing management to maintain quality

- Supplementing livestock on tropical pastures

� Legumes for Tropical Pastures

- Benefit: Increasing feedbase production

- Establishment and maintenance of legumes

and other compatible forage.

� Dual Purpose Crops

- Management

- Livestock production from crops

- Grazing management

- Avoiding livestock health issues

� Perennial Wheat

- How would it fit into farm systems?

DISCUSSION TOPICS

� Dean and Amanda Adams’s property

Glenhaven Park – Grazing Canola

� Peter and Fiona Howe’s property Dunnield

– Sown Tropical Pastures

� Trangie Agricultural Research Centre – Latest Pasture Research

BUS TOUR WILL VISIT GUEST SPEAKERS NSW DPI: Lester McCormick, Suzanne

Boschma, Cathy Waters, Matt Newell and

Trudie Atkinson

Central West CMA: Brett Littler and Neroli

Brennan

Registrations Close Monday September 9