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AgriFutures: evokeAG - Food Farm Culture

Tue, 19 Feb 2019 09:00:00 +1300

An initiative by AgriFutures Australia, evokeAG hopes to connect all people across the food and agriculture landscape to change the conversation and elevate thinking to expedite outcomes.

Showcasing leading innovation from within Australia and around the world, organiser's hope that this event will help drive innovation, collaboration, funding and opportunities across the Asia Pacific region.

For more information on speakers, to register and more, click here.
https://evokeag.com/

World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit

Tue, 16 Oct 2018 09:00:00 +1300

The World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit returns to London on 16-17 October 2018 and welcomes international agribusiness leaders, investors and innovators from across the supply chain.

With over 60 speakers and featuring a new crop of exciting agtech start-ups, the agenda will explore the evolution of data-driven agronomy and predictive agriculture, automation and robotics, soil health, new genomic approaches to traits, and biological discovery platforms.

Including breakout sessions on blockchain, vertical farming and investment opportunities in animal health, the programme will also discuss the maturing landscape of agtech investment, with a focus on global agtech centres of excellence and innovation.

The event is co-located with Future Food-Tech (October 18-19) the events offer a week of agri-food networking: Rethink Ag & Food Innovation Week (RAFI).

For more information on registration - including Early Bird Registration - go to the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit website.

Innovation Series: Imagining the role science will play in NZ's future

Tue, 11 Sep 2018 08:45:00 +1200

Hosted by Blinc. Innovation, speaking at this 'Innovation Series Breakfast' event is Juliet A. Gerrard, Chief Science Advisor to the Prime Minister. With a focus on the role science will play in our our society, creating a sustainable world and the future food chain.

For more information and to register for the event, click here.

LandWISE 2018 Technical Session: Implementing New Technologies To Manage Crop Health

Fri, 25 May 2018 09:00:00 +1200

LandWISE are hosting a 'By Application event on Implementing new technologies to manage crop health”.

The Technical Sessions are an opportunity for lead farmers, researchers and technologists to workshop a topic, hearing from different perspectives and seeking opportunities for collaboration.

The programme will start with presentations from lead farmers followed by presentations from research and tech perspective.

More information and registration details are available on the LandWISE website: http://www.landwise.org.nz/events-2/coming-events/2018-technical-session-implementing-new-technologies-to-manage-crop-health/

LandWISE 2018: Technologies for Timely Actions

Wed, 23 May 2018 08:00:00 +1200

LandWISE host their sixteenth annual AgTech Conference inviting lead farmers and growers, researchers and tech developers to see how agtech is and can be applied on farm.

Click here to register and for more information.

Covered over the two days:

-How can managers and other decision makers get the information they need, process it, and decide what to do?

-What is the information they need?

-What tools help them make sense of it?

-What’s available (or coming) to make it as easy and reliable as possible to do the right thing, in the right place at the right time?

It’s not just computer stuff: a new quick Nitrate test promises rapid determination of available N while standing in the paddock – considerable help when deciding “do I put more now or can I hold off?” Combine that with smart crop zoning (that does involve computing) and maybe we can lift quality and reduce impacts.

2018 also sees the final year of our SFF Onions NZ project drawing to a close and there will be a focus on that. We think there are lessons that can apply to other crops too.

LandWISE has been awarded three significant new projects. We’ll be launching them at the LandWISE Conference on the 23 – 24th May 2018 in Havelock North.

The LandWISE Conference is recognised as a key learning and networking opportunity each year. Come and hear from and debate with overseas and local presenters, engage in practical demonstrations at the MicroFarm, and swap ideas and experiences with agtech leaders.

AgTech Delegation to Israel: An Invitation

Fri, 04 May 2018 09:00:00 +1200

For more information on the Australia and New Zealand AgTech Delegation to Israel in May, read on.

This is an invitation to the Trans-Tasman Agricultural Technology (AgTech) delegation to Israel led by Fonterra’s Chief Operating Officer Farm Source, Mr Miles Hurrell. The Mission is open to both Australian and New Zealand organisations across both the private and public sectors. This delegation is an excellent opportunity for leaders in AgriBusiness, farmers and growers, agronomists and breeders, and technology investors to gain an understanding of Israel’s world leading AgTech eco-systems, emerging trends, and to establish key bilateral relationships.

For more information on this opportunity, click here.

Contact:
Sharron Lloyd
General Manager New Zealand
Trans – Tasman Business Circle
Australia | New Zealand | Singapore | Israel
m: +64 21 974 661
e: sharron.lloyd@buscircle.com

PA17 - The International Tri-Conference for Precision Agriculture in 2017

Mon, 16 Oct 2017 09:00:00 +1300

The event is a forum for researchers and practitioners to meet, discuss, influence and learn from the most influential people in precision agriculture research and application. It includes the 7th Asian-Australasian Conference on Precision Agriculture (7ACPA), the 1st Asian-Australasian Conference on Precision Pasture and Livestock Farming (1ACPLF), and Digital Farmer & Grower 2017 (DF&G2017).

To download the conference brochure, click here: PA17 - The International Tri-Conference for Precision Agriculture in 2017

To register for any of the PA17 Conferences, click here.

7th Asian-Australasian Conference on Precision Agriculture (7ACPA)
The ACPA is one of three international Precision Agriculture conferences that are conducted biannually as part of a series – each held in different locations around the world.

At the ACPA, world-leading scientists will present and discuss the research and development of Precision Agriculture in the Asian-Australasian region and around the world. The Conference will include field trips to view practical examples of ongoing precision agriculture and horticulture in New Zealand.

New Zealand offers spectacular landscapes and extraordinary opportunities to see diverse and first class agricultural production systems which are highly profitable. In collaboration with the 7th ACPA, the Society of Precision Agriculture Australia (SPAA) will be joining us with a symposium on arable production using Precision Agriculture.

Presentations from our keynote presenters will include: A world view, diversity and advancement, automisation, hands-free robot fields, proximal and remote crop sensing.

1st Asian-Australasian Conference on Precision Pasture and Livestock Farming (1ACPLF)
The Precision Agriculture Association of New Zealand is pleased to announce the 1st Asian-Australasian Conference on Precision Pasture and Livestock Farming, to be held in conjunction with the 7ACPA.

Precision Pasture and Livestock Farming (ACPLF) represents knowledge and tools for managing pastures and animals. Farmers can measure pasture growth or monitor animal welfare, health and productivity with digital tools from ACPLF. Such tools can also assess the environmental impact from livestock. New Zealand and Australian agritech research and commercial organisations have a strong history of innovation in this space and farmers are proven adopters and leaders in the related farming systems.

The 1ACPLF will succeed the Australian New Zealand symposium series on Spacially Enabled Livestock Management and introduce additional topics.

Presentations from our keynote speakers will include: What can we learn from use of developing countries, precision medicine, what can it offer, benefits, limitations and expectation to animal based farm information management systems.

Digital Farmer & Grower 2017 (DF2017)
Digital Farmer and Grower (DF&G2017) is a conference, dedicated to farmers, growers, their consultants and counterparts in service and support organisations of the primary sector. DF&G2017 will cover a range of needs of farmers and growers to be informed of the latest developments and application of precision agriculture. This conference offers unique ways to grow the network of people interested in practical adaptation of precision agriculture technologies in New Zealand, Australia, Asia and beyond.

The main focus of DF&G2017 is to demonstrate how to adapt precision agriculture technologies for use in production systems. This will also address how practitioners can meet growing demands of consumers by the use of precision technologies and ensure future sustainability.

Three sessions over two days are covering the precision agriculture adaptation and use for ‘Permanent Crops’, ‘Arable Crops’ and ‘Pastures and Livestock’. A fourth session addresses the ways precision agriculture already helps farmers and growers to produce ‘within limits’.

Farmers and growers present their experience, panel discussions allow for drilling deep into critical points and informal meetings offer chances to interact with the speakers and the panel members.

For information and to register, please visit our event website.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE AREA:
Based in Hamilton, the conference welcomes attendees into a city which is the gateway to the central North Island of New Zealand. Located in the heart of the Waikato just two hours drive south of Auckland International Airport, it is the largest inland city with the Waikato River flowing through its centre. Hamilton offers a choice of places to relax, enjoy and do business with a great mix of vibrant fine dining, leisure, lifestyle and activity choices for the whole family. With mountains, lakes, beaches, rivers, and many major tourist destinations within a few hours drive, Hamilton is the perfect hub for visiting guests.

The Waikato is world renowned for its dairy and beef industry and luscious green pastures with a mild climate and moderate year round rainfall. It is home to one of the largest agricultural events in the Southern Hemisphere, New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays.

For more information, click here.