Gisborne Workshop
Bushmere Arms, 1:30pm Tuesday 20 June
We welcome growers and other interested people to an afternoon meeting to discuss actions growers can take to help restore paddocks impacted by Cyclone Gabielle. This meeting is open to all growers; pasture, fruit and vine crops as well as vegetable and arable crops.
Please register – it is free, but we like to be able to plan!
We all know that Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay have been severely impacted by sediment as a result of Cyclone Gabrielle. Months on, there are still many problems to resolve, of which one is “what do I do to fix my paddocks?”
LandWISE with support from MPI, Vegetables NZ, AgResearch, Massey University, Gisborne District Council and Plant & Food has been coordinating the collection of information from experts and from impacted sites. We are offering this Gisborne Workshop to share the lessons so far, offer ideas of possible management actions, and outline a proposed long-term project to continue supporting growers.
What we expect to cover:
- What information is out there?
- Learning from the past
- Decision tree to guide management choices
- Early results from Hawke’s Bay testing
- Early results from Tairawhiti testing
- Paddock responses so far – what seems to be working?
- Where to from here?
We are also working with growers in Northland who, while not covered by sediment, have been severely impacted by constant flooding and long-term soil saturation. There are similar sites in Hawke’s Bay and Tairawhiti. It has not been an easy season for anyone.
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