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If you are into CTF, you will know your paddock has two distinctly different soil conditions – loose and friable for growing crops, and hard and compacted for driving on. You will also realise that each area requires different management. A successful CTF system is more than just getting the wheels in the right place. To a large extent, your ... READ MORE

LandWISE, FAR and the Sustainable Farming Fund, invite you to attend the following events: Monday 16 November 2009 FAR and LandWISE Precision Agriculture and Advanced Farming Systems Field Day Canterbury (2.00pm – 4.30pm) Location: Courtesy John Evans, Tregynon, 1723 Mainwarings Road, RD11, Dorie near Rakaia, Canterbury. Sign posted from Dorie ... READ MORE

If PA adoption was a hurdle race, the gun went off a few years ago and the first hurdle was guidance. Guidance was successfully developed, quickly followed by auto-steer. We can pretty much say that all entrants cleared the first two hurdles. The third hurdle was yield mapping, and here we saw the first crash out because the software was very ... READ MORE

CTF- Taking the tractor off your beds and onto permanent tracks As featured in ‘Grower’ October 2009 Controlled Traffic Farming is a simple way to dramatically reduce input costs (time, fuel & machinery) – while sustainably increasing crop yields – towards increased farm profit. With appropriate agronomy and management ... READ MORE

James has been visiting our Auckland project farmers, NZ Fresh Cuts and AS Wilcox. The LandWISE focus at A S Wilcox is a trial introducing Controlled Traffic Farming concepts into onion and potato cropping. A split paddock trial comparing conventional practice with a permanent bed controlled traffic system is in its early stages. An onion crop ... READ MORE

Hi-Tech – Low Emissions Cropping – Economical – Energy Efficient – Environmentally Sound Dan and James from LandWISE attended the Australian Controlled Traffic Farming Association (ACTFA) conference in Canberra. Australian adoption of GPS It was estimated that 4000 RTK GPS units are in operation on vegetable and arable ... READ MORE

The PA symposium is recognised as the meeting point for Australasian Precision Agriculture researchers.  This year it was at the University of New England in Armidale (1000m ASL), With frost on the ground, the mornings were as chilly as home in Hawke’s Bay.  There was a strong New Zealand presence (10) with Dan and James from LandWISE.  Ian ... READ MORE

Now our website offers “Feeds” you can get automatic updates when we post new items or newsletters on the website. A wee search engine checks our site each day for new material and emails you if it finds any. Increasingly, this will be the main way we communicate with you, so please get registered as soon as you can. This will effectively ... READ MORE

You’ll see that our website offers “Feeds”. A wee search engine checks our site each day for new material and lets you know if it finds any. The steps below show you how to have LandWISE Feeds set as a favourite on your web browser. Subscribe via RSS RSS feeds set a favourites link in your web browser. The RSS feed collects our updates ... READ MORE

As published in ‘Grower’, September 2009. The invention of the wheel, is often raised as a measure of human progress. It has evolved from wood and stone, to steel and rubber. Once roads were formed and compacted for traffic, commerce and agriculture changed forever. Those with heavy loads to move had an option other than water, sled ... READ MORE