LandWISE Events Carbon Positive Field Walks We hold regular open field walks for our community to visit the Carbon Positive research plots, hear updates and contribute to future plans. Our email LandWISE Updates give details – sign up to receive notifications. LandWISE Events Archive Others’ Events Merfield Agronomy Physical and Ecological Weed Management Workshop Tuesday…
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Lessons from two years of winter cover crops
When the Carbon Positive project began, most of the Operations Advisory Group probably thought “six years = six crops”. Certainly, the focus for the operations group has been on the summer crop(s). A lot of energy has been put into getting the operations right for each treatment. Our winter cover crops, initially thought to be just…
STAMP Field Trip – IFAMA 2024
Last year I joined the STAMP (Strategic Thinking Agri-Food Marketing Program) for young professionals working in the agri-food sector. The program is supported by Massey University, AGMARDT and FoodHQ. We meet four times a year to connect, and through workshops, case study analysis, and discussions, we are provided with a platform to gain insights into…
Non-Chemical Weed Management Workshop
Presented by Dr Charles ‘Merf’ Merfield. 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Friday 26 July 2024 PIA Event Centre, Pukekohe, New Zealand. In person only, there is no online version. The purpose of this workshop is to give a complete overview of non-chemical weed management as part of Integrated Weed Management (IWM) and will include addressing…
Revitalise Te Taiao – mātauranga-led, science-informed research
In a special event after the LandWISE Conference “Rebuilding Our Soils”, we hosted a wānanga/workshop led by Erina Wehi-Barton, Taonui Campbell and Clare Bradley. Clare introduced the Our Land and Water project “Revitalise Te Taiao” at the conference, and it attracted considerable interest. They have been integrating Matauranga Maori, farming, and scientific knowledge to promote…
Mulch Direct Planting in Vegetable Production
Invitation to Manawatu Field Day Thursday 1st Feb 2024 Our good friends from live2give in Palmerston North are hosting a summer field day to discuss mulch systems for commercial vegetable production. The field day will include a demonstration of the MulchTec-Planter in action. You may remember the MulchTec-Planter from our conference demonstration day last year….
Non-Chemical Weed management Workshop
We strongly recommend Charles (Merf) Merfield’s non-chemical weeding workshops. Even herbicide users should be considering non-chemical controls as part of an integrated weed management approach. Herbicide resistance is well established in New Zealand, and you’ll find the chemical companies are recommending a mix of controls. Merf’s next workshop will be at Lincoln in July. Details…
Vegetable Production Nitrogen Management
This project is built on the previous Future Proofing Vegetable Production project and presents a series of on-line workshops and tutorials and make the lessons available to the wider fresh vegetable production industry. We previously published our first courses and have seen uptake. Give them a try. We have published the next two courses in our series of…
Vegetable Production Nitrogen Management
A long time in gestation, this project began in July. A follow up to the Future Proofing Vegetable Production project, Vegetable Production Nitrogen Management Workshops was intended to run a series of workshops and field days around the country. Tripped up by Covid and growers with lack of staff, the project was redesigned as creating…
Welcome Alex
LandWISE Board member Alex has changed her role and is now also our Project Manager: Sustainable Systems at LandWISE! Since starting at the beginning of October, she has been very busy establishing trials at the MicroFarm and at eight local process cropping farms. We are delighted to have Alex on board, with her strong background…