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The Leucaena Network Conference
| Start: | Friday 28 March 2014 @ 8:00am |
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| End: | Saturday 29 March 2014 @ 5:00pm | Event category: | Past event |
| Venue |
Emerald Agricultural College
Capricorn Highway
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Emerald, Qld 4720 Australia |
Reinvigorating leucaena
The Leucaena Network presents the 14th Annual Leucaena Conference followed by the annual general meeting and farm tour.
Guest speakers:
- Prof. Max Sheldon (UQ) – Psyllid-resistant leucaena variety – PBR trial and field/grazing.
- Hayley Giles and Nahuel Pachas (UQ) – Leucaena water use and salinity tolerance.
- Gavin Peck (DAF) – Managing plant nutrition in leucaena pasture; Improving the productivity of rundown sown grass pastures.
- Mick Halliday (UQ) – Leucaena toxicity research update.
- Prof. Athol Klieve (QAAFI) – Leucaena bug production research update.
- Tim Emery (DAF) – Beef cattle finishing systems – which stack up?
- Grazier experiences – Renovating leucaena pastures; Commercial irrigated leucaena pastures.
- Geoff Niethe (MLA) – Review of the MLA Northern Beef R&D program.
- Scott Dalzell (Santos) – Innovation in irrigated leucaena systems.
Cost: Members – $185 per person and non-members – $255 per person – includes lunch and dinner.
For more information and to register visit The Leucaena Network website.