LandWISE 2025 Getting to Carbon Positive Doing what we can to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions is not about meeting regulations, it is about meeting the expectations of our markets and others in our supply chains (and ourselves and the planet!). Most large companies must report on their own emissions and those of their suppliers…
Month: April 2025
Regenerative Cropping and Biological Factors
At LandWISE 2025 you’ll hear about regenerative cropping systems (however they be defined, or not), soil carbon and sequestration, and the use of cover crops in vegetable and arable systems. Add in the role of biology and ecology in pest and disease management, and some new systems and gadgets to monitor crop pests, soil nitrates…
Electrification
Why are we dedicating half a day to electrification at LandWISE 2025? Part of the answer, of course, is in the conference title – “Getting to Carbon Positive”. If we want to get our emissions to zero, we need to stop using fossil fuels. But that is only part of it as Uttam Singh Floray,…
Carbon Positive Field Walk
1:00 – 2:00 pm Tuesday 13 May at the MicroFarm Centre for Land and Water, 21 Ruahapia Rd A chance to see the emerging winter cover crops and discuss last season and preview plans for summer 2025-2026 Please register (free)
Cover crops emerging
Our process green bean crop was harvested on the 13th of March and yields were excellent – above the level agreed in fact, and we got a reduced payout for the excess. All good though! The cover crops were direct-drilled by Mike Kettle contractors on the 7th of April. There was good moisture, but hot…
Quantofix vs MQuant Nitrate Test Strips
As part of my Te Ahikawariki/Vegetable Industry Centre of Excellence (VICE) internship I have been helping Dan run workshops in Pukekohe, Palmerston North/Levin and Gisborne. As apart of these workshops we have been demonstrating how to use a Nitrachek device. The Nitrachek device produces a nitrate parts per million (ppm) result based on the colour…