Update Proceedings

Event roundup by GRDC Western Region Panel Chairman Neil Young and conference convenor Greg Shea

Plenary presentations from all areas
GRDC Project Code	Presentation	Speaker	Paper
	Fact or Fiction? How do I know who’s telling the truth?	Dr Doug Edmeades (AgKnowledge)	Fact or Fiction: Who is telling the truth and how to tell the difference
CSO00040	Options for increasing soil carbon content	Dr Jeff Baldock (CSIRO)	Building Soil Carbon for productivity and implications for carbon accounting.
	Prospects for GM herbicide resistant lupins in WA – the GRDC perspective	John Harvey (GRDC)	*No paper available*
	Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme – Panel Discussion	Anne Bennett¹ Richard Harper² Ross Kingwell³ (¹DAFWA, ²Forest Product Commission, ³DAFWA)	*No paper available*
	Roundup Ready® Canola – Panel Discussion	DavidBowran¹ James Neilson² Andrew Wells³ Andrew Storrie⁴ David Fienberg⁵ (¹DAFWA, ²Monsanto, ³Nufarm, ⁴DPI NSW, ⁵CBH)	*No paper available*
	New technology delivers variable rate application without changing droplet size	Professor Ken Giles (UC Davis, California)	New spray technology delivers variable rate application without a change in droplet size
UA00088 UA00098 UA00104	Glyphosate resistance, wild oats, Group A and cross resistance to Mataven® – where are we headed and why? Testing and interpreting resistance tests	Chris Preston (University of Adelaide, Waite Institute)	Herbicide resistance in weeds and its management
	Chloride deficiency – Yes, chloride deficiency	Graeme Schwenke (NSW DPI)	Chloride deficiency in wheat
DAQ00004	High level phosphine resistance	Pat Collins (QLD DPI&F)	High resistance to phosphine
	Soil additives to stimulate N fixing and P availabilty – science, myth and legend	Professor Neal Menzies (University of Queensland)	Soil additives to stimulate N fixing and P availabilty – science, myth and legend
	Once in a lifetime	Bert Verdicchio (Rabobank)	Once in a lifetime in global financial markets
	Changing grain markets	Ron Storey (Australian Crop Forecasters)	Changing grain markets
	Remote and proximal sensing	David Lamb (University of New England)	Remote and in crop sensing: adapting to change
	Changing directions – What lies ahead?	John Chudleigh (Analysing Agriculture)	The challenges ahead
	Time of sowing for cereals and pulses – Best practice in a changing environment	Neil Fettell¹ Trevor Bray² (¹NSW DPI, ²Pulse Australia)	²Management of pulse crops – A time for change

Western Region
GRDC Project Code	Presentation	Speaker	Paper
	Summary of possible actions in response to increased fertiliser prices	Bill Bowden (DAFWA)	Fertilising in a changing price environment
CSA00016	When does fertilising by soil type and/or yield zone pay	Michael Robertson (CSIRO)	Fertilising to soil type (usually) pays
	Four decades of crop sequence in Western Australia	Mark Seymour (DAFWA)	Four decades of crop sequence trials in Western Australia
DAW00161	The area of break crops on farm: what farmers are doing compared to estimates based on maximising profit	Roger Lawes (CSIRO)	The area of break crops on farm: what farmers are doing compared to estimates based on maximising profit.
08WH10	The value of residual nitrogen from lupins	Alan Meldrum (Pulse Australia)	The value of organic nitrogen from lupins
	Farm Business Risk 2009: A review of historic data and the decision making processes to minimise financial and production risk	David Ward (Farmanco Management Consultants)	*No paper available*
	Grain Industry Association of WA (GIWA) "A whole of supply change approach"	Tony Critch (GIWA)	*No paper available*
	Soil carbon in context for WA soils	Fran Hoyle (DAFWA)	Soil organic carbon in WA agricultural soils
DAW0123	Eight years of IWM smashes ryegrass seed banks across 31 focus paddocks	Peter Newman (DAFWA)	Eight years of IWM smashes ryegrass seed banks by 98 percent over 31 focus paddocks.
	Roundup Ready® canola – 2008 limited release. Getting the system right	Andrew Wells (Nufarm)	Round Ready® canola - 2008 commercial release. Getting the system right.
	Prospects for Roundup Ready® Canola variety development	Justin Kudnig¹ Kevin Morthorpe² Wallace Cowling³ Tim Wilmshurst⁴ (¹Pacific Seeds, ²Pioneer, ³Canola Breeders WA, ⁴Nuseed)	³Performance of Canola Breeders Round Ready® canola hybrid CHYB 0 166 in 2008