LandWISE Events November-December 2009

LandWISE, FAR and the Sustainable Farming Fund, invite you to attend the following events:

Monday 16 November 2009

FAR and LandWISE Precision Agriculture and Advanced Farming Systems Field Day Canterbury

(2.00pm – 4.30pm)

Location: Courtesy John Evans, Tregynon, 1723 Mainwarings Road, RD11, Dorie near Rakaia, Canterbury.

Sign posted from Dorie Hall, cnr Mainwarings Rd and McCrory’s Rd

Discussion:

Carrot seed crop establishment trial – differences to date

Mechanical Weeding – demo

Update on NI Advanced Farming Systems farmers – What other NZ farmers are up to with Precision Agriculture

Thursday 19 November

Field Walk NZ Fresh Cuts – Chris Butler

Permanent beds for Fresh vegetables – GPS and controlled traffic farming

(10am – 12pm)

Location: Courtesy NZ Freshcuts, Driveway on left at end of Prices Road, Mangere, South Auckland.

Discussion: GPS protocols

Update on ‘Advanced Farming Systems’ and ‘Holding it Together’ projects

(1.00-2.30pm)

Location: The Franklin Centre, Massey St. Pukekohe.

Discussion: LandWISE GPS protocols

Field Walk: Controlled traffic for potatoes and onions A S Wilcox – Simon Wilcox

(3.00pm – 4.30pm)

Location: Courtesy AS Wilcox, 567 Mercer Ferry Road (on right after Hunter rd if coming from Pukekohe) Pukekawa, South Auckland

Tuesday 24 November 2009

Update on ‘Advanced Farming Systems’ and ‘Holding it Together’ projects

(1.00pm-2.00pm)

Location:   Levin RSA 32 Bristol St. Levin.

Discussion:   LandWISE GPS protocols.

Field Walk on Controlled Traffic farming and Permanent beds for Fresh vegetables

(Furrow diking for improved infiltration and soil protection will also be viewed)

(2.30pm-4.30pm)

Location: Courtesy John Clark, Woodhaven Gardens, Joblins Rd, Levin.

Discussion:   Controlled Traffic farming, Soil conditions, Furrow diking.

Tuesday 1 December 2009

FieldWalk Precision Agriculture, Opou Station – Clark Farming/ F&D Briant

Update: ‘Advanced Farming Systems’ and ‘Holding it Together’ projects

(10.00am-12.00pm)

Location: 190 Papatu Rd Manutuke, Gisborne

Discussion: CTF maize and squash, GPS adoption, LandWISE GPS protocols

Thursday 3 December 2009

FAR Combinable Crops Field Day 2009

(1.30pm to 6.30pm)

Location: FAR Arable Research Site, 2km north of Chertsey, SH1

Key note speaker: Jim Wilson, Precision Ag specialist and arable farmer from UK.

Advanced Farming Systems project update, Strip Tillage presentation.

Friday 4 December 2009

FAR Precision Agriculture and Advanced Farming Systems Field Day

(10.30am – 12.30pm)

Location: Courtesy Craige Mackenzie, Greenvale Pastures, 337 Reynolds Road, Methven.

Discussion:

Nick Poole – MAF/FAR crop sensing project           

Jim Wilson – PA and Crop sensors

General exploration of what Craige has been doing with PA.

Tuesday 8 December 2009

FAR and LandWISE Precision Agriculture and Advanced Farming Systems Field Day

Presentation by Jim Wilson of Soil essentials in UK, on crop sensing and PA at Green Shed

(12.15pm-1.00pm )

Location: Green Shed, Centre for Land and Water, 21 Ruahapia Rd, Hastings

Field walk and discussion on Precision agriculture at Scott Lawson’s organic farm.

(2.00pm)                             

Location: Courtesy Scott Lawson, Lawson’s Organic Farm, 302 Ngatarawa Rd, Hastings

For further information:

Call James on 06 6504531 or 0272 757757 or email james@landwise.org.nz

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