CCRSPI Conference 2011
The inaugural CCRSPI Conference was held on 14-17 February 2011 at the MCG in Melbourne.
Bringing together over 300 scientists, farmers, research managers and policy makers, the Conference was an opportunity to share knowledge and information, and ensure the best available science in the agricultural sector is understood and interrogated for relevance by other sectors.
As the country’s only dedicated primary industries and climate change conference, it offered a unique interface between climate change research, policy and the farm.
The presentations (and associated audio) made at the Conference are available as an enduring resource. They can be viewed and streamed from the table below. A selection of photos taken during the Conference are available in the photo gallery.
A free public forum was held as part of the Conference at Federation Square, Melbourne city. ABC journalist Fran Kelly facilitated a diverse panel of leaders from the science, agriculture, community and policy sectors debating the question How do we feed and clothe the world in 2050? A video of the forum is available on The Monthly website.
The Conference program is available to download below.
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| CCRSPI Conference Proceedings 2011.pdf | 2.97 MB |
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| Day 3 | Transformational adaptation | New rural industries for future climates | Ros Prinsley |
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| Day 3 | Impacts and forecasting | Yield Prophet and precision agriculture - a suitable tool for risk management and increased productivity in the Northern Agricultural Region of WA? | Craig Topham | Agrarian Management |
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| Day 3 | Farming systems | Grains best management practice for managing climate threats and opportunities | Jeff Clewett | Agroclim Australia |
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| Day 2 | Socio-economic | Farmers adapting to climate change: financial and production analysis for three Victorian farms | Harm van Rees | Birchip Cropping Group |
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| Day 1 plenary | Opening plenary | The role of RDE and CCRSPI | Michael Robinson | CCRSPI |
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| Day 2 plenary | RDE for primary industries in Australia | The RDCs delivering the goods, for the past 20 years and the next 20 years | Dennis Mutton | Council of Rural Research and Development Corporations |
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| Day 1 plenary | Plants | Plant adaptation to climate change | Scott Chapman | CSIRO |
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| Day 1 | Farming systems | Adaptation strategies to shorter growing seasons for lamb enterprises in southern Australia | Matthew Harrison | CSIRO |
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| Day 3 plenary | Transformational adaptation | Transformational adaptation | Mark Howden | CSIRO |
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| Day 3 plenary | Soils | Soils and climate change: greenhouse gas emissions implications and research requirements | Jeff Baldock | CSIRO |
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| Day 3 | Transformational adaptation | Can Australia's peanut value chains transform to adapt to future climates - | Peter Thorburn | CSIRO |
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| Day 3 | Farming systems | Will managing for climate variability also manage for climate change? | Andrew Moore | CSIRO |
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| Day 3 | Impacts and forecasting | Practical management of climate variability in a changing climate | Peter McIntosh | CSIRO |
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| Day 3 | Farming systems | Managing future agricultural production in a variable and changing climate | Steven Crimp | CSIRO |
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| Day 3 | Farming systems | Will climate change negate better farm management for improving water quality in the Mackay-Whitsunday region? | Peter Thorburn | CSIRO |
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| Day 2 | Communications | "Message received" not "Message sent" | Susan McNair | Currie Communications |
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| Day 3 | Farming systems | Regional impacts of climate change on dryland farm: or what characteristics make a farm vulnerable or resilient? | Ross Kingwell | Department of Agriculture and Food WA |
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| Day 3 | Farming systems | Can flexibility be built into cropping systems for adapting to climate uncertainty? | Darshan Sharma | Department of Agriculture and Food WA |
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| Day 2 | Communications | The climate change risk management matrix | Neil Cliffe | Department of Employment Economic Development and Innovation Queensland |
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| Day 1 | Plants | Elevated atmospheric CO2 and wheat production in Australia | Glenn Fitzgerald | Department of Primary Industries Victoria |
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| Day 1 | Plants | Pome fruit heat damage to increase with climate change unless actively managed | Malcolm McCaskill | Department of Primary Industries Victoria |
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| Day 1 | Animals | Methane emissions unaffected when DHA fed to cows | Peter Moate | Department of Primary Industries Victoria |
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| Day 2 | Socio-economic | Five big questions | Chris Sounness | Department of Primary Industries Victoria |
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| Day 2 | Communications | Communicating climate and carbon information: don't forget the "E"... | Graeme Anderson | Department of Primary Industries Victoria |
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| Day 2 plenary | RDE for primary industries in Australia | National Primary Industries Research, Development and Extension Framework and CCRSPI | Bruce Kefford | Department of Primary Industries Victoria |
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| Day 3 | Soils | Can we reduce nitrous oxide emissions from animal production systems | Kevin Kelly | Department of Primary Industries Victoria |
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| Day 3 | Soils | How will the impact of elevated carbon dioxide on grain production vary with different soils? | Roger Armstrong | Department of Primary Industries Victoria |
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| Day 3 | Soils | Can we reduce nitrous oxide emissions from crops? | Sally Officer | Department of Primary Industries Victoria |
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| Day 1 | Plants | Queensland beef: carbon neutral? | Peter Whip | Farmer |
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| Day 1 | Animals | Farmer case study: Ian and Karen Litchfield, southern Riverina | Ian Litchfield | Farmer |
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| Day 2 | Water and landscapes | Managing land for integrated landscape outcomes | Steve Matthews | Farmer |
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| Day 1 | Farming systems | Managing risk in a highly variable climate: farmer case study | Barry Mudge | Farmer |
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| Day 3 | Transformational adaptation | Adapting a rice farm to climate change | Laurie Arthur | Farmer |
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| Day 3 | Greenhouse gas accounting | On-farm greenhouse gas audit | Mark McKew | Farmer |
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| Day 3 | Soils | Restoring soil carbon and landscape function will require us to change ourselves | David Marsh | Farmer |
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| Day 3 | Farming systems | Managing a highly variable and changing climate | David Cattanach | Farmer |
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| Day 2 plenary | RDE for primary industries in Australia | Climate change adaptation: marine biodiversity and fisheries | Colin Creighton | Fisheries Research and Development Corporation |
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| Day 3 | Socio-economic | Future Farm Industries Cooperative Research Centre: profitable perennials | Bob Farquharson | Future Farm Industries Cooperative Research Centre |
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| Day 1 | Farming systems | Novel perennial based farming systems are a key tool in adaptation | Mike Ewing | Future Farm Industries CRC |
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| Day 3 | Transformational adaptation | Transformational adaptation for the wheatbelt: energy tree cropping | Richard Bennett | Future Farm Industries CRC |
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| Day 1 plenary | Opening plenary | Where does agriculture need to be in 2030/50? | Peter Reading | Grains Research and Development Corporation |
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| Day 1 | Animals | Breeding cattle for lower greenhouse gas emissions in an Australian carbon trading environment | Rob Herd | Industry & Investment NSW |
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| Day 1 | Animals | Preliminary results of estimating on-farm methane for sheep production on the Northern Tablelands of Australia | Malcolm McPhee | Industry & Investment NSW |
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| Day 2 | Water and landscapes | Effects of rising CO2 concentration on water use efficiency of Eucalyptus saligna | Craig Barton | Industry & Investment NSW |
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| Day 3 | Greenhouse gas accounting | The greenhouse footprint of wood production in NSW | Fabiano Ximenes | Industry & Investment NSW |
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| Day 3 | Soils | Emissions of nitrous oxide from a cracking clay soil | Graeme Schwenke | Industry & Investment NSW |
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| Day 3 | Impacts and forecasting | Attitudes to climate change in southern NSW | Jan Edwards | Industry & Investment NSW |
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| Day 3 | Plants | Impact of climate change on wheat phenology in the NSW wheat belt | De Li Liu | Industry & Investment NSW |
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| Day 1 plenary | Opening plenary | The global challenge to feed and clothe the world’s population in a changing climate | M.S. Swaminathan | M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation India |
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| Day 2 plenary | Socio-economic | Social implications of climate change | Margaret Alston | Monash University |
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| Day 3 | Plants | Nutrient supply, below ground processes and elevated CO2 change the nutritional quality of cyanogenic clover Trifolium repens | Ros Gleadow | Monash University |
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| Day 2 | Water and landscapes | Lessons from recurrent droughts in plantations | Richard Harper | Murdoch University |
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| Day 2 plenary | Water and landscapes | Australia’s future landscapes: reflections on caution, hope, inspiration and transformation | Jason Alexandra | Murray Darling Basin Authority |
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| Day 3 plenary | Greenhouse gas accounting | Greenhouse gas accounting for the land-based sector | Annette Cowie | National Centre for Rural Greenhouse Gas Research |
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| Day 2 plenary | RDE for primary industries in Australia | Enhancing cooperation in agricultural greenhouse gas research | Laura Hogg | New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry |
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| Day 2 | Water and landscapes | The role of climate variability and climate change in NSW water sharing arrangements | Shahadat Chowdhury | NSW Office of Water |
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| Day 1 plenary | Animals | Livestock production in a changing climate | Beverley Henry | Queensland University of Technology |
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| Day 3 | Soils | The Australian Nitrous Oxide Research Program | Peter Grace | Queensland University of Technology |
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| Day 3 plenary | Transformational adaptation | Farming and food systems for a carbon, water, energy and nutrient constrained world | Andrew Campbell | Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods |
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| Day 2 plenary | RDE for primary industries in Australia | The role of the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation in climate change | Simon Winter | Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation |
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| Day 2 | Water and landscapes | What future for Riverina irrigation communities | Craig Clifton | Sinclair Knight Merz |
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| Day 1 plenary | Farming systems | Climate change and Australian farming systems | Peter Hayman | South Australian Research and Development Institute |
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| Day 1 | Plants | Early maturity of grapevines in SE Australia between 1995 and 2009 was associated with early onset rather than faster ripening | Victor Sadras | South Australian Research and Development Institute |
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| Day 1 | Farming systems | Management of grazing systems to 2030 | Melissa Rebbeck | South Australian Research and Development Institute |
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| Day 2 | Socio-economic | Closing the loop by using adaptive capacity workshops | Kerry Bridle | Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research |
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| Day 2 | Communications | Knowledge partnership: an extension approach in climate change adaptation | Marion Titterton | Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research |
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| Day 3 | Greenhouse gas accounting | Whole farm systems analysis of the greenhouse gas emissions of Australian dairy farms | Karen Christie | Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research |
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| Day 3 | Impacts and forecasting | An historical analysis of the changes in pasture production and growing season in three dairy regions of south east Australia | Richard Rawnsley | Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research |
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| Day 2 | Socio-economic | Opportunities emerging from consumer led changes towards a more 'climate friendly' diet - | David Pearson | University of Canberra |
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| Day 1 | Plants | GM crops for reducing greenhouse gas emissions | Rick Roush | University of Melbourne |
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| Day 1 | Farming systems | Can we achieve net reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and meet global food demand? | Richard Eckard | University of Melbourne |
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| Day 2 plenary | Water | Water theme plenary | John Langford | University of Melbourne |
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| Day 2 | Communications | What change should extension be enabling in the name of climate change adaptation | Lauren Rickards | University of Melbourne |
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| Day 3 | Soils | Modelling nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soils | Deli Chen | University of Melbourne |
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| Day 3 | Impacts and forecasting | Resilience surfaces for pasture production under climate change scenarios | Brendan Cullen | University of Melbourne |
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| Day 3 | Plants | Securing pulses under changed climates | Rebecca Ford | University of Melbourne |
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| Day 3 | Soils | A field study on the impact of the nitrification inhibitor DMPP on nitrous oxide emissions from pasture | Helen Suter | University of Melbourne |
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| Day 3 | Soils | Is it commercially viable to use dicyandiamide on a dairy farm in south-western Victoria? | Tim Huggins | University of Melbourne |
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| Day 3 | Socio-economic | An integrated assessment of land use change in the Border Rivers-Gwydir catchment | Jonathon Moss | University of New England |
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| Day 3 | Socio-economic | Agricultural adaptation during times of change | Thilak Mallawaarachchi | University of Queensland |
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| Day 3 | Farming systems | Managing crop production uncertainties and climate variability through a map-based system | Jean-Francois Rochcouste | University of Queensland |
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| Day 1 | Animals | Antimethanogenic plants for grazing system | Zoey Durmic | University of Western Australia |
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| Day 3 | Greenhouse gas accounting | Greenhouse gas emissions from food and biofuel production | Louise Barton | University of Western Australia |
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| Session | Theme | Title |
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| Day 1 | Animals | Antimethanogenic plants for grazing system |
| Day 1 | Animals | Breeding cattle for lower greenhouse gas emissions in an Australian carbon trading environment |
| Day 1 | Animals | Farmer case study: Ian and Karen Litchfield, southern Riverina |
| Day 1 | Animals | Methane emissions unaffected when DHA fed to cows |
| Day 1 | Animals | Preliminary results of estimating on-farm methane for sheep production on the Northern Tablelands of Australia |
| Day 1 | Farming systems | Adaptation strategies to shorter growing seasons for lamb enterprises in southern Australia |
| Day 1 | Farming systems | Can we achieve net reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and meet global food demand? |
| Day 1 | Farming systems | Management of grazing systems to 2030 |
| Day 1 | Farming systems | Managing risk in a highly variable climate: farmer case study |
| Day 1 | Farming systems | Novel perennial based farming systems are a key tool in adaptation |
| Day 1 | Plants | Early maturity of grapevines in SE Australia between 1995 and 2009 was associated with early onset rather than faster ripening |
| Day 1 | Plants | Elevated atmospheric CO2 and wheat production in Australia |
| Day 1 | Plants | GM crops for reducing greenhouse gas emissions |
| Day 1 | Plants | Pome fruit heat damage to increase with climate change unless actively managed |
| Day 1 | Plants | Queensland beef: carbon neutral? |
| Day 1 plenary | Animals | Livestock production in a changing climate |
| Day 1 plenary | Farming systems | Climate change and Australian farming systems |
| Day 1 plenary | Opening plenary | The global challenge to feed and clothe the world’s population in a changing climate |
| Day 1 plenary | Opening plenary | The role of RDE and CCRSPI |
| Day 1 plenary | Opening plenary | Where does agriculture need to be in 2030/50? |
| Day 1 plenary | Plants | Plant adaptation to climate change |
| Day 2 | Communications | "Message received" not "Message sent" |
| Day 2 | Communications | Communicating climate and carbon information: don't forget the "E"... |
| Day 2 | Communications | Knowledge partnership: an extension approach in climate change adaptation |
| Day 2 | Communications | The climate change risk management matrix |
| Day 2 | Communications | What change should extension be enabling in the name of climate change adaptation |
| Day 2 | Socio-economic | Closing the loop by using adaptive capacity workshops |
| Day 2 | Socio-economic | Farmers adapting to climate change: financial and production analysis for three Victorian farms |
| Day 2 | Socio-economic | Five big questions |
| Day 2 | Socio-economic | Opportunities emerging from consumer led changes towards a more 'climate friendly' diet - |
| Day 2 | Water and landscapes | Effects of rising CO2 concentration on water use efficiency of Eucalyptus saligna |
| Day 2 | Water and landscapes | Lessons from recurrent droughts in plantations |
| Day 2 | Water and landscapes | Managing land for integrated landscape outcomes |
| Day 2 | Water and landscapes | The role of climate variability and climate change in NSW water sharing arrangements |
| Day 2 | Water and landscapes | What future for Riverina irrigation communities |
| Day 2 plenary | RDE for primary industries in Australia | Climate change adaptation: marine biodiversity and fisheries |
| Day 2 plenary | RDE for primary industries in Australia | Enhancing cooperation in agricultural greenhouse gas research |
| Day 2 plenary | RDE for primary industries in Australia | National Primary Industries Research, Development and Extension Framework and CCRSPI |
| Day 2 plenary | RDE for primary industries in Australia | The RDCs delivering the goods, for the past 20 years and the next 20 years |
| Day 2 plenary | RDE for primary industries in Australia | The role of the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation in climate change |
| Day 2 plenary | Socio-economic | Social implications of climate change |
| Day 2 plenary | Water | Water theme plenary |
| Day 2 plenary | Water and landscapes | Australia’s future landscapes: reflections on caution, hope, inspiration and transformation |
| Day 3 | Farming systems | Can flexibility be built into cropping systems for adapting to climate uncertainty? |
| Day 3 | Farming systems | Grains best management practice for managing climate threats and opportunities |
| Day 3 | Farming systems | Managing a highly variable and changing climate |
| Day 3 | Farming systems | Managing crop production uncertainties and climate variability through a map-based system |
| Day 3 | Farming systems | Managing future agricultural production in a variable and changing climate |
| Day 3 | Farming systems | Regional impacts of climate change on dryland farm: or what characteristics make a farm vulnerable or resilient? |
| Day 3 | Farming systems | Will climate change negate better farm management for improving water quality in the Mackay-Whitsunday region? |
| Day 3 | Farming systems | Will managing for climate variability also manage for climate change? |
| Day 3 | Greenhouse gas accounting | Greenhouse gas emissions from food and biofuel production |
| Day 3 | Greenhouse gas accounting | On-farm greenhouse gas audit |
| Day 3 | Greenhouse gas accounting | The greenhouse footprint of wood production in NSW |
| Day 3 | Greenhouse gas accounting | Whole farm systems analysis of the greenhouse gas emissions of Australian dairy farms |
| Day 3 | Impacts and forecasting | An historical analysis of the changes in pasture production and growing season in three dairy regions of south east Australia |
| Day 3 | Impacts and forecasting | Attitudes to climate change in southern NSW |
| Day 3 | Impacts and forecasting | Practical management of climate variability in a changing climate |
| Day 3 | Impacts and forecasting | Resilience surfaces for pasture production under climate change scenarios |
| Day 3 | Impacts and forecasting | Yield Prophet and precision agriculture - a suitable tool for risk management and increased productivity in the Northern Agricultural Region of WA? |
| Day 3 | Plants | Impact of climate change on wheat phenology in the NSW wheat belt |
| Day 3 | Plants | Nutrient supply, below ground processes and elevated CO2 change the nutritional quality of cyanogenic clover Trifolium repens |
| Day 3 | Plants | Securing pulses under changed climates |
| Day 3 | Socio-economic | Agricultural adaptation during times of change |
| Day 3 | Socio-economic | An integrated assessment of land use change in the Border Rivers-Gwydir catchment |
| Day 3 | Socio-economic | Future Farm Industries Cooperative Research Centre: profitable perennials |
| Day 3 | Soils | A field study on the impact of the nitrification inhibitor DMPP on nitrous oxide emissions from pasture |
| Day 3 | Soils | Can we reduce nitrous oxide emissions from animal production systems |
| Day 3 | Soils | Can we reduce nitrous oxide emissions from crops? |
| Day 3 | Soils | Emissions of nitrous oxide from a cracking clay soil |
| Day 3 | Soils | How will the impact of elevated carbon dioxide on grain production vary with different soils? |
| Day 3 | Soils | Is it commercially viable to use dicyandiamide on a dairy farm in south-western Victoria? |
| Day 3 | Soils | Modelling nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soils |
| Day 3 | Soils | Restoring soil carbon and landscape function will require us to change ourselves |
| Day 3 | Soils | The Australian Nitrous Oxide Research Program |
| Day 3 | Transformational adaptation | Adapting a rice farm to climate change |
| Day 3 | Transformational adaptation | Can Australia's peanut value chains transform to adapt to future climates - |
| Day 3 | Transformational adaptation | New rural industries for future climates |
| Day 3 | Transformational adaptation | Transformational adaptation for the wheatbelt: energy tree cropping |
| Day 3 plenary | Greenhouse gas accounting | Greenhouse gas accounting for the land-based sector |
| Day 3 plenary | Soils | Soils and climate change: greenhouse gas emissions implications and research requirements |
| Day 3 plenary | Transformational adaptation | Farming and food systems for a carbon, water, energy and nutrient constrained world |
| Day 3 plenary | Transformational adaptation | Transformational adaptation |
