(February 19th, 2008 - Esperance Bay Yacht Club)

The Improved Ryegrass Pastures Workshop was held at the Esperance Bay Yacht Club on the 19th of February, 2008. The agenda, speakers notes, and extra information are available to download in PDF format below.

• Complete Booklet ( 6.52MB)
• Soil Health Indicators and the Health of South Coast Soils - Dr Craig Russell, DAFWA Albany ( 62.2KB)
• Improved Ryegrass Variety Trial - Kelly Guest ( 152KB)
• Legume Ryegrass Pasture Mix Trial - Kelly Guest ( 188KB)
• Case study - Andrew Fowler ( 57.1KB)
• Getting the most out of Diploid and Tetraploid Annual Ryegrass - Paul Omodei ( 266KB)
• Can the grazing industries use nitrogen more profitably? - John Lucey, Department of Agriculture and Food WA (DAFWA), Manjimup ( 54.1KB)
• Case Study - Todd Quinlivan ( 52.4KB)
• Integration of tetraploid ryegrass into phase-farming systems: Can we capture the benefits without jeopardizing subsequent crop yield? - David Ferris & Sally Peltzer ( 66.2KB)
• Clover scorch disease of pasture legumes and its control ( 1.76MB)
• Clinical signs of annual ryegrass toxicity (ARGT) ( 69.1KB)
• Identification of ryegrass diseases that distort seedheads ( 238KB)
• Ryegrass Ergot - Kelly Guest, SEPWA Pasture Research Officer, Esperance & Sandra Brown, Development Officer, Department of Agriculture and Food, Esperance ( 102KB)
• Annual ryegrass seedbanks: The good, the bad, and the ugly - Kathryn J. Steadman, Amanda J. Ellery and Sally C. Peltzer ( 117KB)
• Field guide for using twist fungus (Dilophospora alopecuri) inoculum ( 938KB)
• On farm solutions - Benefits of a non-crop phase in driving down the annual ryegrass seedbank ( 1.43MB)