Following our successful annual conference in May, we wish to thank all the speakers and sponsors who supported us, and the delegates who enriched proceedings and made it an enjoyable event.
The conference focused on building and rebuilding our soils, topics close to recovery from the impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle and “Carbon Positive”, our new regenerative process crop production project.
The well-loved Tech Session had new companies presenting their technologies, ideas about responsible robotics and a panel discussion led by Brendan O’Connell from AgritechNZ.
Thanks Callum Ross from Ross-AI, Hamish Penny from Croptide, Quinn Elstone from WaterForce, Callum Eastwood from DairyNZ, Andrew Kersley from Smart Machine Co and Guy Coleman from University of Sydney for sharing your stories and insights!
Day 2 focused on weed management, with insights from two overseas experts, Lynn Sosnoskie and Michael Widderick, and updates from the AgResearch herbicide resistance management project – Trevor James, Zachary Ngow, Andrew Griffiths and Dan Bloomer.
The afternoon field event was a chance to see things first-hand in the paddock, and for many a first opportunity to see our regen project at the MicroFarm.
Thanks Tobi and Robert of live2give for the mulch planter demo, Hamish Penny for showing the Croptide system, Andrew Kersley and Rob Elstone for bringing the electric OXIN robot for everyone to play with, Nick Gillot of Tulloch Farm Machinery from bringing the Einbock Pneumaticstar, Andy Lysaght for demonstrating the new soil spader, Steven Haswell of BioAg for showing the germinating seed mix intended for revegetating sediment covered sites, and our own Alex Dickson for presenting the Carbon Positive winter cover crops.
Copies of the Conference Handbook and the speakers’ presentations have been loaded on our website where they are available to registered members. Anyone can register for free or can choose to be a Full financial member supporting our efforts.
