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Pb1770-A Guide For Considering And Developing A Farmers Market In Tennessee, The University Of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service

Marketing, Finances and Value-Added Agriculture

Soybean farmers face a variety of marketing alternatives each year. Selling to a grain buyer at harvest is one way to sell soybeans. Another alternative is to store soybeans (either commercially or on-farm) and sell them later. Farmers may also set a price for their soybeans before harvest by signing a cash-forward contract with a grain buyer. The contract specifi es the quantity, price, grade, quality and date of delivery. Because prices have been historically lowest during harvest, storing and cash-forward contracting are ways to price soybeans before or after the harvest season, in hopes of achieving higher prices.

Sheep Updates 2003 - Posters, Maxine Brown, Gaye Krebs, Diana Fredorenko, Kathryn Edgerton-Warburton, Evan Burt, Nazrul Islam, Roy Butler, L. G. Butler, S. R. Brown, M. F. D'Antuono, J. C. Greeff, Ken Hart, Tanya Kilminster, Rachel Kirby, M. E. Ladyman, A. C. Schlink, I. H. Williams, P. E. Vercoe, Anyou Lui, Karen Smith, Martin Bent, Matthew Young

Sheep Updates

This session covers eleven papers from different authors:1 Sheep production on annual stubbles/pastures vs lucerne Maxine Brown Gaye Krebs Muresk Institute, Curtin University Diana Fedorenko Kathryn Egerton-Warburton Centre for Cropping Systems, Department of Agriculture Western Australia 2. The value chain of the Lake Grace livestock industry Evan Burt Nazrul Islam Department of Agriculture Western Australia 3. Native pastures, Dorper sheep and the 2002 drought Roy Butler Department of Agriculture Western Australia 4. Commercial sheep breeders can improve their sheep breeding program using wether trials L.G. Butler, S.R. Brown, M.F. D’Antuono, J.C. Greeff Department of Agriculture 5. Western Australia Linked ewe …

Agroecosystems Analysis From The Grass Roots: A Multidimensional Experiential Learning Course, Mary Wiedenhoeft, Steve Simmons, Ricardo Salvador, Gina Mcandrews, Charles A. Francis, James W. King, David Hole

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Faculty Publications

An intensive, experiential travel course in Agroecosystems Analysis was conducted in Iowa, Minnesota, and Nebraska (United States) during summers of 1998 and 1999. The intended student audience was advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students. Pretravel readings and a week-long series of farm visits, which consisted of in-depth interviews with the farmers and their families, prepared student teams to analyze and evaluate the production, economic, environmental, and social sustainability of 10 farms. Students shared their analyses both orally and in written reports. Based on a multifaceted student evaluation process, we found that participants were highly motivated, strongly engaged with the course …

Crop Updates 2003 - -Katanning, Robert F. Park, Robert Loughman, Colin Wellings, Greg Shea, Jocelyn Ball, Natasha Littlewood, Lucy Creagh, Alex Douglas, David Stephens, Ross Brennan, Mike Bolland, Narelle Hill, Phil Michael, Francoise A. Berlandier, Christiaan Valentine, Roy Latta, M. Rodger Beermier, Keith Devenish, Blakely Paynter, Kevin Young, Robin Wilson, Ian Barclay, Robyn Mclean, Jenny Garlinge, Bill Lambe, Neil Venn, Peter Clarke, Frances Hoyle, Leanne Schulz, Judith Devenish

Crop Updates

This session covers sixteen papers from different authors

1. Breeding Cereals for Rust Resistance – are we losing the battle? Robert F. Park, University of Sydney

2. Stripe rust – where to now for the WA wheat industry? Robert Loughman, Department of Agriculture, Colin Wellings, University of Sydney, Greg Shea, Department of Agriculture

3. Oaten hay production, Jocelyn Ball, Natasha Littlewood and Lucy Creagh, Department of Agriculture

4. Don’t rely on ‘Spray and Pray’ Alex Douglas, Department of Agriculture

5. Seasonal outlook: What is in store for 2003, David Stephens, Department of Agriculture

6. No-till copper, phosphorus and zinc …

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Crop Updates 2003 - Geraldton, David Stephens, James Fisher, Ian Edwards, Dennis Wise, Andrew Young, Robert Loughman, Ciara Beard, Greg Shea, Blakely Paynter, Roslyn Jettner, Kevin Young, Kevin Walden, Geoff Thomas, Robin Wilson, Iain Barclay, Robyn Mclean, Jenny Garlinge, Bill Lambe, Neil Venn, Peter Clarke, Martin Harries, Bob French, Wayne Parker, Murray Blyth, Peter Norris, Greg Lyle, Katheryn Steadman, Amanda Ellery, Sally C. Peltzer, Kari-Lee Falconer, Russell Speed, Terry Piper, Harmohinder Dhammu, Bindi Webb, Paul Blackwell, Phil Logue, Nigel Moffat, Rohan Ford, Miles Obst, Frances Hoyle, Leanne Schulz, Judith Devenish, Peter Newman, Grant Morrow, Ian Foster, Darshan Sharma, Marnie Thomas, Graham Walton, Hasan Zaheer, Paul Carmody, Mike Clarke, Paul Raper

Crop Updates

This session covers twenty eight papers from different authors

1. Seasonal Outlook: What is in store for 2003, David Stephens, Department of Agriculture

2. Examining The Management Options For Wheat Crops In The Coming Season, James Fisher, Department of Agriculture

3. GMO’s – what do they offer? Ian Edwards, Grain Bio Tech Australia Pty Ltd

4. The Big Gamble – Wheat prices for 2003, Dennis Wise, Profarmer

5. Market outlook for other grains, Andrew Young, General Manager Agricorp

6. Stripe rust – where to now for the WA wheat industry? Robert Loughman, Ciara Beard and Greg Shea, Department of Agriculture

7. Baudin …

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Crop Updates - 2003 Weeds, Bill Roy, Peter Newman, J. R. Peirce, B. J. Rayner, Kathryn J. Steadman, Gavin P. Bignell, Amanda J. Ellery, Sandy Nedelkos, Ross Chapman, Michelle J. Owen, Simone Dudley, Robert Gallagher, Pippa J. Michael, Julie A. Plummer, Peter Newman, Glenn Adam, Catherine Borger, Abul Hashem, Nerys Wilkins, Sally Peltzer, Alex Douglas, Fran Hoyle, Paul Matson, Michael Walsh, Darren Chitty, David Ferris, Paul Neve, Art Diggle, Patrick Smith, Stephen Powles, David Archer, James Eklund, Frank Forcella, Alister Draper, Rick Llewellyn, Aik Cheam, Siew Lee, David Nicholson, Mike Clarke, Debbie Allen, Harmohinder S. Dhammu, Terry Piper, L. E. Young

Crop Updates

This session covers Thirty four papers from different authors

INTRODUCTION

INTEGRATED WEED MANAGEMENT

IWM system studies/demonstration sites

1. Six years of IWM investigation – what does it tell us? Bill Roy, Agricultural Consulting and Research Services Pty Ltd

2. Long term herbicide resistance site, the final chapter, Peter Newman and Glen Adam, Department of Agriculture

3. Management of skeleton weed (chondrilla juncea) in a cropping rotation in Western Australia, J. R. Peirce and B. J. Rayner, Department of Agriculture

WEED BIOLOGY AND COMPETITION

1. Annual ryegrass seedbanks: The good, the bad and the ugly, Kathryn J. Steadman¹, Amanda …

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Crop Updates - 2003 Lupins, Mark Sweetingham, Bevan J. Buirchell, Geoff Thomas, Amelia Mclarty, Harmohinder Dhammu, Martin Harries, Wayne Parker, Terry Piper, David Nicholson, Jairo Palta, Neil C. Turner, Bob French, Kedar Adhikari, Katia Stefanova, Françoise Berlandier, Glen Riethmuller, Paul Blackwell, Geoff Fosbery, Bill Crabtree, Tracy Gilham, Laurie Wahlsten, Pierre Fievez, Mike Collins, John Holmes, Dirranie Kirby, Ken Adcock, Roger Jones, Rohan Prince, Stuart Johnson, Ramon Hall, Madeleine Ball, Sofia Sipas, David Petterson

Crop Updates

This session covers twenty one papers from different authors

LUPIN ISSUES AND R & D DIRECTIONS

1. Mark Sweetingham, Department of Agriculture

   ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

   VARIETIES AND BREEDING

2. New lupin line for release – WALAN2141, Bevan J, Buirchell, Mark Sweetingham, Geoff Thomas, Amelia McLarty, Harmohinder Dhammu and CVT and Lupin Breeding teams, Department of Agriculture

3. Lupin variety trial, Martin Harries and Wayne Parker, Department of Agriculture

4. Herbicide tolerance of new lupins, Harmohinder S. Dhammu, Terry Piper and David Nicholson, Department of Agriculture

   YELLOW AND ALBUS LUPINS

5. Selection for high lupin yield under terminal drought, Jairo A. Palta^1&2, Neil …

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Crop Updates - 2003 Oilseeds, Peter Nelson, Graham Walton, Hasan Zaheer, Paul Carmody, J. A. Fortescue, D. W. Turner, Janet Wroth, Wallace Cowling, Anh-Van Pham, R. F. Brennan, Glen Riethmuller, Greg Hamilton, Jo Hawksley, C. M. Zaicou-Kunesch, D. Eksteen, Françoise A. Berlandier, Christiaan Valentine, Owain Edwards, Roger Jones, Brenda Coutts, Lisa Smith, Jenny Hawkes, Ravjit Khangura, Moin Salam, Art J. Diggle, Martin J. Barbetti, Kevin Walden

Crop Updates

This session covers fifteen papers from different authors

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

VARIETIES

1. Large scale canola varietal evaluation in WA, Peter Nelson, Oilseeds WA

2. Performance of IT and TT canola varieties in the medium and high rainfall agzones of WA 2001-02, Graham Walton, Hasan Zaheer and Paul Carmody, Department of Agriculture

QUALITY

1. Reproductive biology, cotyledon development and oil accumulation in canola, J.A. Fortescue and D.W. Turner, School of Plant Biology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Western Australia

2. Plant and environmental factors affecting oil concentration in canola – a mini-review, D.W. Turner, School of Plant Biology, …

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Crop Updates - 2003 Pulses, M. Harries, R. French, I. Pritchard, R. Beermier, N. Poulish, S. White, M. Seymour, P. White, T. Pope, M. Blyth, L. Young, N. Abbas, J. Plummer, K. Siddique, D. Harris, T. Khan, K. Regan, G. Riethmuller, B. Macleod, J. Berger, N. Turner, F. Shan, H. Clarke, P. Smith, M. Baker, H. Dhammu, T. Piper, D. Nicholson, M. Materne, J. Howieson, R. Yates, S. Loss, Z. Rengel, B. Bowden, M. Bolland, J. Croser, A. Harrod, J. Galloway, C. Beeck, J. Wroth, W. Cowling, M. Salam, A. Diggle, R. Jones, B. Coutts, L. Smith, O. Byrne, D. Hardie, J. Ridsill-Smith, H. Sharma, K. Mann, S. Kelly, S. Sharma, H. Hunter, V. Vanstone

Crop Updates

This session covers fifty one papers from different authors

2002 PULSE INDUSTRY HIGHLIGHTS

CONTRIBUTORS

BACKGROUND

2002 REGIONAL ROUNDUP

1.Northern Agricultural Region, M. Harries, Department of Agriculture

2.Central agricultural Region, R. French and I. Pritchard, Department of Agriculture

3.Great Southern and Lakes, R. Beermier, N. Poulish and S. White, Department of Agriculture

4.Esperance Mallee, M. Seymour, Department of Agriculture

PULSE PRODUCTION ECONOMY AND GENETIC IMPROVEMENT

5.Faba Bean, P. White, Department of Agriculture

6.Germplasm evaluation, P. White, T. Pope, M. Harries and M. Seymour, Department of Agriculture

7.Row spacing and sowing rate, M. Seymour, Department …

Crop Updates 2003 - Cereals, Graham Crosbie, Robert Loughman, Collin Wellings, Greg Shea, Simon Mckirdy, Neil C. Turner, Brenda Shackley, Wal Anderson, Darshan Sharma, Mohammad Amjad, Steve Penny Jr, Melanie Kupsch, Anne Smith, Veronika Reck, Pam Burgess, Glenda Smith, Elizabeth Tierney, Peter Burges, Moin Salam, Megan Collins, Art Diggle, Blakely Paynter, Roslyn Jetter, Kevin Young, Jocelyn Ball, Natasha Littlewood, Lucy Anderton, Irene Waters, Tim Setter, Jeff Russell, Reg Lance, Chengdao Li, Sue Broughton, Michael Jones, Grace Zawko, Keith Gregg, Stephen Loss, Frank Ripper, Ryan Guthrie, Daniel Bell, Patrick Gethin, Narelle Hill, Laurence Caeslake, Vivien Vanstone, Sean Kelly, Helen Hunter, Christopher R. Newman

Crop Updates

This session covers twenty one papers from different authors:

PLENARY

1. Recognising and responding to new market opportunities in the grains industry, Graham Crosbie, Manager, Grain Products Research, Crop Breeding, Plant Industries, Department of Agriculture

2. Stripe rust – where to now for the WA wheat industry? Robert Loughman¹, Colin Wellings² and Greg Shea¹¹Department of Agriculture, ²University of Sydney Plant Breeding Institute, Cobbitty (on secondment from NSW Agriculture)

3. Benefits of a Grains Biosecurity Plan, Dr Simon McKirdy, Plant Health Australia, Mr Greg Shea, Department of Agriculture

4. Can we improve …