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Precision ag in cropping, potato trials walk

27 January 2017

Held on Thursday, 2 February from 9.00-11.00 am, courtesy of Morgan Bowles via the paddock entrance on Dominion Road, Seadown (opposite Ravensdown, 56 Dominion Road), the event will cover the following:

9.00 am 

  • An update on precision agriculture technology and uptake on UK cropping farms, Jim Wilson, SoilEssentials, Precision Farming Solutions, Scotland;
  • Precision agriculture in arable and potato crops: yield mapping results, Allister Holmes, FAR;

10.00 am 

Outline and update of FAR and Potatoes NZ potato research for 2017, Jen Linton, FAR, and Sarah Sinton, Plant & Food Research.