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Farming in a Land of Extremes Programme Name: NZ GRASSLAND ASSOCIATION 76th Annual Conference ALEXANDRA 5-7 November, 2014 FFARMINGARMING ININ AA LLANDAND OFOF EEXTREMESXTREMES PROGRAMME ON-FARM FIELD TOUR 2 Conference Sponsors The NZGA executive and Local organising committee acknowledges the generous support of the following sponsors 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome 3 Information for delegates 4 Conference Programme 5 Field Tour Wednesday Greenfield NZ Pastures Ltd 8 Ida Valley Station 14 - Oversown And Top Dressed Hill Country, D Fastier 26 Field Tour Thursday Nine Mile Pastoral Ltd 29 - Irrigation Development, Willowbank, T O’Sullivan 35 - A description ofthe OVERSEER® nutrient budget model, Dr A Roberts 37 - Water Allocation in Otago, Otago Regional Council 42 WELCOME On behalf of the Alexandra Local Organising Committee it is my pleasure to extend to you a hearty Central Otago welcome, to our place… “A World of Difference”. “Farming in a Land of Extremes” encompasses the huge differences that make our region what it is and the vast array of methods adopted by businesses/enterprises to capitalise on them as strengths or overcome them as weaknesses. Be it environmental, climatic, diversity of enterprises, valley floors to high country, dryland to inten- sive irrigation, old ways and new technology, extremes in all these things are present within our region, but also between us and the rest of the country. Back at the last conference here in 1986, land use change was a hot topic and is prominent again this time round. Not so much focus now on tenure review when compared to the massive rise of the dairy industry, irrigation and Lucerne grazing systems. Tourism was identified back then as a great opportunity and is a major regional industry today, question is where to next? Current hot topics are irrigation; nutrient management; dryland pasture options and hill country development - all have relevance to the three properties we are visiting. I would like to thank the owners and managers of the properties we are visiting for allowing us the opportunity to look inside their businesses and their assistance in compiling the information in this programme. Thanks to Green- field NZ Pastures Ltd, Ida Valley Station and Nine Mile Pastoral Ltd. I would also like to thank the members of the Local Organising Committee for being a great team and doing such an awesome job bringing this conference together. We hope you have a great time, learn heaps and leave happy having spent a few days in our World of Difference. Best Wishes Vanessa Hore Chair, Conference Organising Committee 4 INFORMATION FOR DELEGATES the conference organisers no responsibility will be accepted for any losses incurred. REGISTRATION DESK ON FARM FIELD TRIPS Please contact the registration desk for any infor- mation or assistance required. Farms that we visit are workplaces and as such there are hazards. We advise all attendees to be The registration desk will be open at the following responsible and exercise due care. times Tuesday 4th Nov 5:00 - 6:30pm NAME BADGES Wednesday 5th Nov 7:30am Name badges should be worn at all times during the Thursday 6th Nov 8:00am conference as they are required for entry to all con- Friday 7th Nov 8:00 am ference sessions, field trips and social functions. SPEAKERS INSTRUCTIONS VALUABLES All speakers are asked to ensure their presentation Please keep your valuables safe at all times. The is loaded the day before their allocated session organisers of the conference cannot be held respon- times. Please ensure your presentation is compati- sible for any loss or damage of personal items while ble with Office 2007. attending. Your session chair will make contact with you prior to your session. The conference will run strictly to SPECIAL DIETS time. To avoid embarrassment of being interrupted Delegates with special dietary requirements may please ensure you have practiced your presentation need to confirm their requirements with the registra- and can keep to time. tion desk. Oral presentations 12 or 6 minutes MOBILE PHONES As a courtesy to speakers and other delegates please ensure that mobile phones are switched off during conference sessions, including on field tours. In addition we ask that attendees not photograph presentations due to copyright. DRESS CODE The standard of dress for conference is tidy casual. For the conference dinner it is smart casual. DISCLAIMER All information provided is correct at the time of printing. The conference organisers reserve the right to make changes to the programme as neces- sary. LIABILITY In the event of circumstances beyond the control of 5 NZGA ALEXANDRA CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Tuesday 4 November 2014 4:30pm to Registration - Cellar Door, 143 Centennial Avenue 6:30pm Wednesday 5 November 2014 7:30am to Registration - Cellar Door 8:30am 8:30am Opening Ceremonies: Vanessa Hore (Chair LOC) 8:35am Welcome to Central Otago: Tony Lepper (Central Otago Mayor) 8:40am 1: A Land of Difference - Farming in Extremes: Chair Warwick Lissaman 8:45am Central Otago - Built on gold, growing on grass (B Wills) 9:05am Challenges facing the farmers of Central Otago (P Garden) 9:25am Integrating lucerne (Medicago sativa) into a high country merino station (D Anderson) 9:45am Sheep performance on perennial lupins over three years at Sawdon Station, Lake Tekapo (G Lox- ton) 10.05am MORNING TEA 10:35am 2: Dryland Farming: Chair Warren King 10:40am Yield and composition of lucerne stands in Central Otago after different winter grazing and weed control treatments (D Moot) 11:00am Nutrient requirements for irrigated lucerne in Central Otago (C Smith) 11:10am An evaluation of lucerne for persistence under grazing in New Zealand (B Harvey) 11:20am Productivity and seedling recruitment of naturalised annual clovers versus sown clovers Trifolium repens and Trifolium subterraneum (T Maxwell) 11:40am BREAK BEFORE BOARDING BUSES FOR FIELD TRIP: 12:00pm Stop 1: Greenfield NZ Pastures Ltd: Legumes and dryland farming Stop 2: Ida Valley Station: Hill country improvement 5:45 Arrive at Poolburn for BBQ: 8:00pm Depart for Venue 6 Thursday 6 November 2014 7:30am Registrations - Cellar Door - 143 Centennial Ave 8:30am Warwick Lissamann Presidential Address: Sponsor AgMardt 3: Dairy farming: Agronomy Society: Crop Production Systems 1 - 9:00am Chair Laurie Copland Forages and cereals Rising plate meters and a capacitance probe estimate Effects of timing of drought stress on grain yield of feed 9:05am the biomass of chicory and plantain monocultures ... wheat (E Chakwizira) (J Haultain) Opportunities to improve grazing management (S Biomass accumulation and recovery of dual-purpose 9:25am McCarthy) crops in a dryland environment (J McCormick) Dry matter intake and body condition score change of The effect of planting date on maize: silage yield and 9:45am dairy cows grazing on fodder beet, kale... (G Edwards) quality, and leaf production (N Morris) Variation in the reproductive development of perennial The Ballance Agri-Nutrients brassica calculator - im- 10:05am ryegrass cultivars (C Wims) provement of the turnip model (E Chakwizira) 10:25 to MORNING TEA 10:50 am 4: Answers for acid soils: Agronomy Society: Crop Production Systems 2 - 10:50am Chair David Stevens Biofuels, seeds and pests Medium-term soil pH and exchangeable aluminium Seed potato physiological age and crop establishment 10:55am response to liming at three high country locations (J (D Moot) Moir) Reduced stem length increased perennial ryegrass seed 11:05am yield (R Chynoweth) The rise to dominance over two decades of Lupinus 11:15am polyphyllus among pasture mixtures in tussock grass- land trials (D Scott) Cardinal temperatures and vernalisation requirements 11:20am for a selection of vegetables for seed production (J McCormick) Perennial lupin establishment and yield when sown at Methane production from biofuel crops grown in New 11:35am five different rates at Glenmore Station, Lake Tekapo Zealand (H Kerckhoffs) (D Moot) Testing of high and low rates of two commercial slug 11:50am baits under high and low simulated rainfall regimes (M Wilson) Identification and effectiveness of rhizobia strains that 11:55am nodulate Lupinus polyphyllus (T Ryan-Salter) 12:05 - Video Introduction to the Field Trip 12:15 12:35pm Board Buses for Field trip 1:20pm Intensive Land Use: Sponsor Agriseeds 3:00pm Irrigation: Sponsor Farmlands 4:45PM BACK AT VENUE 6:00pm NZGA AGM (Cellar Door) Agronomy Society AGM (Cellar Door) 7:00pm Conference Dinner (and NZGT Awards presentation) at the Cellar Door 7 Friday 7 November 2014 8:00 Registration - Cellar Door, Centennial Avenue 5a: Improving production with 5b: Improving Hill Country: 8:30 forage. Chair - Derrick Moot Chair - David Chapman Improving summer and autumn feed quality in New Zealand 8:35 Water use efficiency of fodder beet crops (E hill country (G Rennie) Chakwizira) Adaptation of Trifolium repens x T. uniflorum hybrid Is nitrogen fertiliser an economic option in tussock hill 8:55 clovers to drought stress (K Widdup) country? (D Stevens) Effect of timing of harvest on nutritive value of four The economics of transformation toward sustainable hill 9:15 cultivars of kale (Brassica oleracea L. Var. acepha- country land use: Whatawhata case study (M Dodd) la) (C Westwood) Early performance of oversown pasture mixtures on non- Performance of fodder beet cultivars in the South 9:35 cultivable hill country at four geo-climatically different sites Island (G Milne) (K Tozer) Deriving pasture growth patterns for Land Use Capability 9:45 Classes in different regions of New Zealand (R Cichota) 9:55 TO MORNING TEA 10:25 AM 10:25 a.m. Levy Oration: Sponsor NZGA: Chair Warwick Lissamann 6a: Hot Topics: 6b: Our Environment: 10:55 a.m. Chair Graham Kerr Chair David Stevens The chemical composition of high sugar and control The production and water extraction of lucerne and 11:00am ryegrasses in grazed pastures at different latitudes ryegrass under different irrigation frequencies on a shallow throughout NZ (G Cosgrove) soil.
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