Field Day at Bywong, Canberra

Field Day Announcement - Thursday 2nd November 2006

‘Effects of phosphorus and surface-applied lime on production and sustainability of wool on the NSW tablelands’

This field day will be held at Bywong (30 km north of Canberra, about 6 km north of Sutton on Queanbeyan- Gunning road) and will inspect & discuss the results of a major soil fertility project run over the past 8 years. The project was originally started by Acid Soil action in 1998 and since 2004 has received support from AWI.

The field day will discuss the results of the trial and cover:

1. Soil status (pH, Al, P etc) over the period 1998-2005;
2. Pasture composition & yield over the period 1998-2005;
3. Sheep and wool production
4. Using PBI (phosphorus buffer index) to improve fertiliser P application efficiency (Richard Simpson, CSIRO);
5. Pasture establishment studies.

For more information, please contact Mark Norton, NSW DPI at Canberra (Phone 02 6246 5548 or the Southern Tablelands Branch of the Grassland Society of NSW.

Remember the date - Thursday 2/11/06 for a very informative look at soil fertility, pastures and sheep production. Field day starts at 2:00 pm.