Open fieldwalk – Wednesday 6 September – free registration via Eventbrite. Cover crop measurements have continued over the winter. The hybrid treatment (annual ryegrass) will be sprayed out early September ahead of strip tilling to allow for the creation of a stale seed bed. The conventional treatment (annual ryegrass) will be sprayed out three weeks…
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Cyclone Gabrielle Update
Post Cyclone Gabrielle baseline sediment and sampling has been completed across impacted areas in Hawke’s Bay, Gisborne and Northland. This has been completed by LandWISE, AgResearch, Massey University, Plant and Food Research, Gisborne District Council and Luke Posthuma on behalf of the Northland Kumara Growers Association. Data from this sampling is being collated. A selection…
Carbon Positive Update
After harvesting the McCain sweetcorn crop, we mulched the entire paddock and also rotarty-hoed the conventional treatment plots. Winter cover crops were planted in late April after sweetcorn was harvested. We have Moata annual ryegrass planted in the Conventional and Hybrid treatments and a mix of oats, vetch and blue lupins planted in our Regenerative…
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…
Bridgette – our 2022-23 Summer Intern
We have been delighted to have Bridgette Haldane working with us this summer, with support from Callaghan Innovation. A Hawke’s Bay local, Bridgette is studying agriculture at Massey University. We have a major soil health and soil fertility programme this season. We are doing baseline measurements at the MicroFarm, and we have eight process crop…
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…