Cyclone Recovery: Best practice for cropping
Dr Dirk Wallace is a Senior Researcher with the Foundation for Arable Research, bringing 15 years of experience investigating how on‑farm decision‑making shapes profitability and environmental performance. He is passionate about building great soils that work for growers and improving understanding of the relationships between soils, crops, and profit.
His research interests have led to a role in developing a programme of work to support the recovery of annual cropping systems following Cyclone Gabrielle. Funded by MPI, Vegetable Research & Innovation, and FAR, this programme engaged local experts to support and learn from growers as they navigated recovery. The project focused on capturing grower experiences, documenting impacts and the management decisions made during recovery. By recording both successes and setbacks, the work aims to provide future growers with a practical, experience‑based resource to support faster and better‑informed recovery following extreme weather events.
