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30/05/2026

Well, if you put a tractor demo near the gate to the field event, you should probably expect everyone to park there! Excellent weather for the LandWISE 2026 conference Soil Health for Profit?

24/05/2026

Our international speakers are on their way. We've collated the presentations and agreed the catering. We've mowed the lawns, pruned the hedge and printed the delegate handbooks. Are we making a name tag for you? Please share this post! www.landwise.org.nz/events/soil-health-for-profit.

20/05/2026

We've uploaded the Confirmed LandWISE 2026 Soil Health for Profit conference programme. Great to have it finally set! Knowledgeable presenters, supportive sponsors, great delegates. Come along and join the conversation! https://www.landwise.org.nz/events/soil-health-for-profit/

17/05/2026

This morning, we're featuring next week's "Soil Health for Profit" conference speaker, Dr Rowland Tsimba. He is the National Research & Agronomy Manager at Genetic Technologies (Pioneer®), in Hamilton. An agronomist with more than 25 years’ experience, he has worked across agricultural research, the seed industry, and on-farm extension in New Zealand. He leads Pioneer’s national field research programmes, with emphasis on maize agronomy, establishment, soil health, and tillage systems, including practical ways to reduce environmental impacts. Drawing on a long-term Waikato continuous maize silage cropping study, he will compare conventional, strip and no-till systems. Using establishment, yield, soil physical performance, and early carbon dynamics, he will challenge assumptions and raise practical decisions that matter in the paddock. 27-28 May in Havelock North www.landwise.org.nz/events/soil-health-for-profit

17/05/2026

It's getting so close now! Are you joining us for LandWISE 2026 - Soil Health for Profit? 27-28 May in Havelock North. Check out the presenters and their topics, register at www.landwise.org.nz We'd love to see you - bring a friend!

16/04/2026

Dirk Wallace is a Senior Researcher with Foundation for Arable Research (FAR), passionate about building great soils that work for growers and improving understanding of the relationships between soils, crops, and profit. At LandWISE 2026 - Soil Health for Profit, he will present findings from work that captured grower experiences, impacts and decisions made during recovery from Cyclone Gabrielle. The team recorded both successes and setbacks, and their work provides a practical, experience‑based resource to support faster and better‑informed recovery following extreme weather events. Have a look at what is on offer in Havelock North at the end of May. www.landwise.org.nz/events/soil-health-for-profit/

01/12/2025

Very happy with the butternut emergence in our Carbon Positive regen cropping trial, but cutworms are having a go. Trust an evening applying Best Seller will fix them.

16/05/2025

Come along on 22May and see for yourself! Www.landwise.org.nz

15/05/2025

The Bay will be buzzing, even more than usual! So much info to share, such a wise and practical bunch of presenters. Join the LandWISE Conference and question the speakers and the panel. Then attend the conference's Horizons Regional Council Field Event to see things in action. EVs, solar power, electric robots for orchards, and vineyards and vege farms. And bio strips and planters to reduce chemical dependence...... www.landwise.org.nz

⚡ Many of the 20 or so community groups that have popped up across New Zealand in recent months are planning events and expos, and many are showing locals what they could save by going electric. Electrify Hawke's Bay is combining both of those things at 12pm Friday 23 May and Rewiring Aotearoa CEO and Electric Cherriesco-founder Mike Casey will be there to answer your questions, alongside Uttam Singh Floray and Freenergy's Aaron Duncan.

If you want to learn from local case studies, dissect your electricity bills or dig into solar installation, this is the workshop for you. So find out more about the event and RSVP here 👉 https://loom.ly/Gud66iA

The day before this event on May 22, the Landwise Conference in Havelock North is focused on 'Getting to Carbon Positive' and it is dedicating half a day to rural electrification.

Given the growing interest in farm solar and storage - and the growing range of electric machines that are able to cut operational costs and emissions - it's not surprising and Casey and Solayer's Becks Smith will share their stories (and savings), Pieter-Willem Hendriks will talk about Lincoln University's electric research farm, and Rippletech's Ra Cleave will focus on electric vehicle conversions.

Grab your ticket 👉 https://loom.ly/AJ8BIok

The Bay will be buzzing next week.

11/05/2025

Delighted that Autonobit is going to demonstrate their vineyard/orchard robot at the 2025 conference. Come and see it and Govor (and lots more) on 22 May!

In 2024, LandWISE celebrated 25 years’ promoting sustainable production through leadership, support and research. Since we began in a field in 1999, we’ve completed a range of projects helping to conserve our soils, use our water wisely and get environmental and economic benefits from new (and o...