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Australian Soybean Conference 2007
14th Australian Soybean Industry Conference
"Success with Soybean"
The 14th Australian Soybean Industry Conference was held in Bundaberg in March.
Conference proceedings can be downloaded by clicking on presenter names below.
Conference Presentations
Keynote Address: Mr Kim Cooper, Food Grade Soybean Manager, St. Clair Agri Services, Ontario, Canada
Soya foods – Global trends: Dr Vish Lakshminarayana, So Natural, Technical and Operations Manager
Introduction – Success with soybeans and sugarcane: Mr Neil Halpin, Senior Experimentalist, Queensland Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries
Soybeans in a sugarcane farming system: Dr Alan Garside, Research Leader, Sugar Yield Decline Joint Venture
How soybeans are successful in my cane farming system: Mr Elton Petersen, Farmer, Maryborough
How soybeans are successful in my cane farming system: Mr Bruce Peterson, Farmer, Childers
Soybean IPM workshops: Women in Sugar
Breakfast address: Mr Robert Green, President Australian Oilseeds Federation
Introduction – Success in expanding the industry: Dr Susan Knights, Australian Oilseeds Federation – Agronomic Support for Soybeans, SE Knights Consulting
Developing a Soybean Industry in the Northern Territory: Mr Vernon Nicholle, Energy Crops Australia
Success with Biotechnology: Stewart Addison, Associate Fellow, Monsanto Australia Limited
Soybean biotechnology and end user targets: Professor Peter Gresshof, Director, ARC Centre of Excellence, Integrative Legume Research, University of Queensland
Developing strategies for genetically modified and non-genetically modified crops in Queensland: Mr Peter Cronin, Principle Research Scientist, Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
Sense and Sensibility – the truth about soy and cancer: Dr Leigh Ward, School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, University of Queensland, Dr Barbara J Meyer, University of Wollongong & Ms Katie Battersby, University of Queensland
New directions in the Australian soybean breeding program: Dr Andrew James Plant Breeder, CSIRO Plant Industries
Improving soybean varieties for coastal farming systems: Dr Natalie Moore, Research Agronomist, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries
Soybean industry development in north Queensland: Export and value chain initiatives to SE Asia, Mr Stephen Sinclair, Senior Trade & Business Officer, Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
Purple seed stain and other emerging diseases: Dr Malcolm Ryley, Principle Plant Pathologist, Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
The potential for nematode problems in the developing soybean breeding program: Dr Graham Stirling, Biological Crop Protection
Coastal soybean IPM and beyond: Mr Hugh Brier, Pulse Entomologist, Queensland Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries
Coastal soybean IPM and beyond: Geoff and Maureen McCarthy, ISIS district farmers
Conference Proceedings
