Conference Program

Theme: Food Security from Sustainable Agriculture

Australian Society of Agronomy Conference
Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand 14-18 November 2010
(in association with the New Zealand Grassland Association, the Agronomy Society of New Zealand and the New Zealand Soil Science Society)

Final Program November 2010 (3Mb)

Sunday evening
Mixer and posters

Monday morning
Opening

Plenary session. Theme: Food security, climate change and research
Can we feed the world in 2050?
Dr Greg Edmeades, Cambridge (NZ), previously CIMMYT, Mexico

Agricultural productivity in Australia and New Zealand: trends, constraints and opportunities
Dr Michael Robertson, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Perth

Maintaining Support for Agricultural R&D
Professor John Mullen, Charles Sturt University, Orange

Concurrent sessions, thumbnails and posters

Monday afternoon
Concurrent sessions, thumbnails and posters

New Zealand Grassland Association AGM

Australian Society of Agronomy AGM
  ASA 2010 AGM and proxy form

Tuesday morning:
Plenary session. Theme: Food security and sustainable resource use
The efficient use of water resources for agriculture and horticulture
Dr Brent Clothier, Plant & Food Research, Palmerston North

Agronomic responses to the looming shadow of peak phosphorus
Professor Peter Cornish, University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury

Greenhouse gas emissions and climate change impacts of the pasture system
Dr Harry Clark, NZ Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre, Palmerston North

Concurrent sessions, thumbnails and posters

Tuesday afternoon
Field trip around the Lincoln area visiting Lincoln University, Research Dairy Farm, Plant and Food Ltd, AgResearch Ltd, AUSGRAINZ plots

Tuesday night
Conference dinner, Christchurch Convention Centre

Wednesday morning

Pre-tour symposium - Agricultural Resources and Challenges of the Canterbury Plains

New Zealand Grassland Association Presidential Address: Putting research into farm practice
Mr Anders Crofoot, Castlepoint Station, Masterton

Regional resources and farm systems in and around Canterbury
Professor Derrick Moot, Lincoln University

Agricultural challenges of the Canterbury Plains
Dr Robyn Dynes, AgResearch, Lincoln

Concurrent sessions, thumbnails and posters

Wednesday afternoon
Five half-day tours in the Canterbury Region
Intensive Arable Production - a prospective 15 t/ha wheat crop and small seed production
Crops plus Dairy - high input dairy, and grain production with nitrate-leaching risks
Intensive Sheep - hundreds of thousands of lambs finished with specialist pastures
Winery and Conservation - North Canterbury vineyards, wine tasting and Greening Waipara
Mutton to Mussels - hill country sheep and more on the Banks Peninsula

Thursday morning
Concurrent sessions, thumbnails and posters

Thursday afternoon
Donald Oration - presented by the winner of the ASA Donald Medal

NZ keynote speaker - A view of the future landscape of agriculture and horticulture in NZ
Dr Bruce Thorrold, DairyNZ, Hamilton

Conference ends

Side meeting (Late Thursday or Friday morning)

GRDC High Rainfall Workshop (all welcome)

 GRDC high rainfall zone workshop agenda

Friday (side meetings)
Ashley Dene Field day -100 years of the Lincoln University dryland pastoral research farm
Proposals for other side meetings welcome