Together with the New Zealand Asparagus Council, we were fortunate to obtain funding from “Our Land and Water” to investigate nitrate best practice management. We surveyed a number of growers about fertiliser and nitrate management practices. We find growers generally have good management for transport, handling and storage. We see a wide range of practices…
Category: Nitrate
Update – BMPS for process vegetable crops
Run in conjunction with McCain Foods, Heinz-Watties and Hawke’s Bay Regional Council with support from the Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures fund, this project builds on work started under the Future Proofing Vegetable Production project. Focusing on sweetcorn, tomatoes, beetroot and green beans, we are comparing current farm practice with either the “Nutrient Management for…
Bram, our 2022 Summer Intern
With support from Callaghan Innovation, we were delighted to welcome Bram Paans to LandWISE for the summer season. Bram has just completed a B Hort Sci and Massey University, and is returning to undertake Master of Horticultural Science studies in 2022. Bram spent much of the summer sampling the asparagus and process crops we are…