Events
LandWISE events and activities include:
- Winter Precision Ag Seminars and fieldwalks will be held in June and July, dates to be advised.
- Annual Autumn Conference, Workshops, Field walks and Trial site visits
- All are welcome at these events. Our aim is to have as many people participating as possible.
Call James on 06 6504531 or 0272 757757 or email james@landwise.org.nz for more information.
2010 LandWISE Conference and Crop sensor Workshop
With Special Thanks to AGMARDT for funding travel for Professor David Lamb (Conference Keynote speaker), Dr. Eileen Perry and Dr. Roger Mandel.
Know Your Farm – With Precision Ag, Havelock North,
These events were held on 12th & 13th & 14th May.
**UPDATED LandWISE 2010 Conference Schedule**
The LandWISE conference aims to be to the leading Precision Agriculture event in New Zealand each year.
Contentr included:
- Precision Ag and the Big Wide World – MAF Director of Strategy Development – James Palmer, Professor David Lamb (UNE) and Dr Charles Merfield, on the challenges and changes driving advances in Precision Ag. in NZ and worldwide.
- Making Your Data Valuable - New ways farm data is enhancing farm profitability. this is how it is being collected and used to farm better.
- Knowing and Growing Your Soil – Ways you can preserve and improve soil quality.
- Managing Traffic in the Field – Updates on managing soil compaction, a technical session on tyre inflation and successful Controlled Traffic Farming in NZ.
- Managing Variability – Demystifying crop sensors, agronomy tools and Variable Rate Technology to improve effectiveness with fertiliser and other inputs.
- Precision Irrigation – How some NZ farmers are managing water smarter to reduce the cost and environmental impacts of irrigation.
This year the LandWISE Conference was followed by a one day Crop Sensor Workshop on 14th May 2010.
Contact LandWISE for more information at info@landwise.org.nz
Thanks to our Project Sponsors and Conference Gold Sponsors:
Records of past events are shown here for your interest
LandWISE Events November-December 2009
by James Powrie
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 Hall, cnr Mainwarings Rd and McCrory’s Rd
Discussion:
Carrot seed crop establishment trial – differences to date
Mechanical Weeding – demo
Update on NI Advanced Farming Systems farmers – What other NZ farmers are up to with Precision Agriculture
Thursday 19 November
Field Walk NZ Fresh Cuts – Chris Butler
Permanent beds for Fresh vegetables – GPS and controlled traffic farming
(10am – 12pm)
Location: Courtesy NZ Freshcuts, Driveway on left at end of Prices Road, Mangere, South Auckland.
Discussion: GPS protocols
Update on ‘Advanced Farming Systems’ and ‘Holding it Together’ projects
(1.00-2.30pm)
Location: The Franklin Centre, Massey St. Pukekohe.
Discussion: LandWISE GPS protocols
Field Walk: Controlled traffic for potatoes and onions A S Wilcox – Simon Wilcox
(3.00pm – 4.30pm)
Location: Courtesy AS Wilcox, 567 Mercer Ferry Road (on right after Hunter rd if coming from Pukekohe) Pukekawa, South Auckland
Tuesday 24 November 2009
Update on ‘Advanced Farming Systems’ and ‘Holding it Together’ projects
(1.00pm-2.00pm)
Location: Levin RSA 32 Bristol St. Levin.
Discussion: LandWISE GPS protocols.
Field Walk on Controlled Traffic farming and Permanent beds for Fresh vegetables
(Furrow diking for improved infiltration and soil protection will also be viewed)
(2.30pm-4.30pm)
Location: Courtesy John Clark, Woodhaven Gardens, Joblins Rd, Levin.
Discussion: Controlled Traffic farming, Soil conditions, Furrow diking.
Tuesday 1 December 2009
FieldWalk Precision Agriculture, Opou Station – Clark Farming/ F&D Briant
Update: ‘Advanced Farming Systems’ and ‘Holding it Together’ projects
(10.00am-12.00pm)
Location: 190 Papatu Rd Manutuke, Gisborne
Discussion: CTF maize and squash, GPS adoption, LandWISE GPS protocols
Thursday 3 December 2009
FAR Combinable Crops Field Day 2009
(1.30pm to 6.30pm)
Location: FAR Arable Research Site, 2km north of Chertsey, SH1
Key note speaker: Jim Wilson, Precision Ag specialist and arable farmer from UK.
Advanced Farming Systems project update, Strip Tillage presentation.
Friday 4 December 2009
FAR Precision Agriculture and Advanced Farming Systems Field Day
(10.30am – 12.30pm)
Location: Courtesy Craige Mackenzie, Greenvale Pastures, 337 Reynolds Road, Methven.
Discussion:
Nick Poole – MAF/FAR crop sensing project
Jim Wilson – PA and Crop sensors
General exploration of what Craige has been doing with PA.
Tuesday 8 December 2009
FAR and LandWISE Precision Agriculture and Advanced Farming Systems Field Day
Presentation by Jim Wilson of Soil essentials in UK, on crop sensing and PA at Green Shed
(12.15pm-1.00pm )
Location: Green Shed, Centre for Land and Water, 21 Ruahapia Rd, Hastings
Field walk and discussion on Precision agriculture at Scott Lawson’s organic farm.
(2.00pm)
Location: Courtesy Scott Lawson, Lawson’s Organic Farm, 302 Ngatarawa Rd, Hastings
For further information:
Call James on 06 6504531 or 0272 757757 or email james@landwise.org.nz
2010 LandWISE Conference
Know Your Farm – With Precision Agriculture, Havelock North, 12th & 13th May.
The LandWISE conference aims to be to the leading Precision Agriculture event in New Zealand each year.
You will get to meet other farmers, growers and industry people with an interest in Precision Agriculture. And hear world class speakers on these topics:
- Precision Ag and the Big Wide World – MAF Director of Strategy Development – James Palmer, Professor David Lamb (UNE) and Dr Charles Merfield, will address the challenges and changes driving advances in Precision Ag. in NZ and worldwide.
- Making Your Data Valuable - New ways farm data is enhancing farm profitability. See how it is being collected and used to farm better.
- Knowing and Growing Your Soil – Ways you can preserve and improve soil quality.
- Managing Traffic in the Field – Updates on managing soil compaction, a technical session on tyre inflation and successful Controlled Traffic Farming in NZ.
- Managing Variability – Demystifying crop sensors, agronomy tools and Variable Rate Technology to improve effectiveness with fertiliser and other inputs.
- Precision Irrigation – How some NZ farmers are managing water smarter to reduce the cost and environmental impacts of irrigation.
Members enjoy a discount, so if you are coming to the LandWISE conference, consider signing up, you will be in excellent company.
This year the LandWISE Conference will be followed by a one day Crop Sensor Workshop on 14th May 2010. Places limited.
To receive a conference schedule, to register or to learn more about our activities, contact LandWISE for more information at info@landwise.org.nz
