What others have said
Day 1 Wednesday 25 May
Session 1: Ideas from across the ditch
Smart Farming in Queensland – Julie O’Halloran (Queensland DAF)
Precision in Queensland Vegetables – Ian Layden (Queensland DAF)
Precision Agriculture in Tasmania – Rob Tole (Greenvale pastures)
Variable Rate Technology – Queensland – Ben Moore (DJM Farming)
Smart Farming in Tasmania – John McPhee (UTAS)
Session 2: Smart farming in New Zealand
Investigating variability in potatoes – Sarah Sinton (Plant&Food)
Getting value from soil EM maps – Chris Smith (AgriOptics)
Measuring nutrient loss from cropping Paul Johnstone (Plant&Food)
Fertiliser Calibration with FertSpread – Dan Bloomer (LandWISE)
Session 3: Other Smarts
Smart Biology – Charles Merfield (Future Farming Centre)
Sprout: Accelerating new Technologies – Stu Bradbury, Tom Rivett and Julian McCurdy
LandWISE AGM
Session 4: Enhancing the profitability and value of onions
Onions NZ Research Project – Jane Adams (Onions NZ)
A profit and loss map – Justin Pishief (Centre for Land and Water)
Plant and crop modelling – Bruce Searle (Plant & Food)
Mapping soil and canopy development – Dan Bloomer (LandWISE)
Day 2 Thursday 26 May
Session 5: Value from Data
Horticultural value chains – Alistair Mowat
The value of hyperspectral data – Megan Cushnahan (NZCPA)
Turning big data into informed action – James Beech (BNZ)
Digital horticulture research strategy – Roger Williams (Plant&Food)
Session 6: The value of robots
Weeding robots: a global review – Armin Werner (Lincoln AgriTech)
Digital Agriculture: challenges and risks – Tristan Perez (QUT)
Vision systems for onion crops – Kit Wong (Callaghan Innovation)
Value from UAVs in forestry – David Herries (Interpine)
UAV regulations to know – Simon Morris (Altus UAS)
Session 7: In the Field
Yamaha RMAX helicopter, UAVs, Orchard robotics,
Sensors, Soil amendments
Associated Event
Friday 26 May Trans-Tasman Vegetable Growers
Discussions: key crops and technologies of interest
Field Trip – farms and processing