Grassland Society of Southern Australia Inc.

Grass, Science & Farming
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    The April 2012 Newsletter (Issue 296) is now available.

    2012 Annual Conference


    Tasmania • Back to Grassroots Farming

    The Conference Page is Now Available. Check out this amazing event with 4 exciting full day long tours, a special chartered flight, a great conference and dinner and wonderful accommodation.

    2012 Conference

    		  

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    Grassland Society of Southern Australia
    receive 3 months membership free March 2012 - June 2013*
    receive a bonus conference proceedings for 2011

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    *Note:
    Regular membership renewal is for July 2012 - June 2013
    Offer valid for new members or non current members only

    Call for poster abstracts for Tasmanian conference

    Members and readers intending to present a poster at the Society’s 53rd Annual Conference, to be held at the Launceston Tramshed on 25th-27th July 2012, are asked to submit an abstract of their poster.

    See news article for details…

    POSTPONEMENT NOTICE

    Postponement notice of the Mac Troup Lecture which was originally scheduled to be held on 16th March in Bendigo. The postponement is due to a clash with another agricultural event.

    The Mac Troup Lecture will be rescheduled for Mid Year

    Soil Testing Promotion for Grassland Society Members

    As we lead up to the Grasslands Annual Conference to be held in Launceston between July 25th and 27th 2012, the Grasslands Society of Southern Australia Inc (GSSA) and Nutrient Advantage® would like to offer GSSA members the opportunity to receive a discount on registration fees for the conference simply by conducting soil testing with Nutrient Advantage this season between January 1st 2012 and May 31st 2012.

    With soil health and plant nutrition forming a crucial part of farm profitability, now is a great time to gain better insight into you soils nutritional status and save money on you conference registration fees for 2012

    Please click on the Nutrient Advantage Logo to download a brochure on this opportunity

    The Plant Factory


    Author:
    Leo J Hamilton
    Agronomic Services Pty Ltd
    Bairnsdale, Victoria
    Source:
    Presented by the author at the 49th Annual Conference of the Grassland Society of Southern Australia Inc. held at Bairnsdale, 14-15 August 2008.
    Note:
    Don’t press the audio button more than once, unless you like a lot of echoing :)
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    New Website • Australian Grasslands Association

    A new website has been created on the 15th of August, 2011 called Australian Grasslands Association (www.australiangrasslands.org.au). The Australian Grasslands Association is a partnership initiative of the Grassland Society of Southern Australia Inc. and The Grassland Society of NSW Inc. to undertake a regular comprehensive and critical review of the pasture research industry, to set the scene, detail completed and ongoing research projects and the gaps in research, and develop recomendations for future research investment.

    The GSSA Annual General Meeting was held on Friday, the 3rd of June 2011 in Hamilton, Victoria

    For more information on this an other events, please see the events page.