Wharf42 News
Covid-19 postpones AdvanceAg. South Australia’s commitment to Agritech didn’t.
Overnight, the South Australian government introduced increased community restrictions because of 2 new COVID-19 cases in the State. At about 7.00pm (NZT), I received a call from the Department of Primary Industries and Regions (PIRSA) advising me...
Expression of Interest: New Zealand – Korea Technology Roadshow 2021
On 25-26 August, the New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Korea will be hosting a two-day (virtual) tech roadshow. Its purpose is to provide New Zealand technology companies with the opportunity to present to, and connect with, some of Korea’s...
Join New Zealand’s ‘Space for Planet Earth Challenge’
As Wharf42 increases its focus on leveraging agrifood technologies to tackle both agricultural production and agrifood supply chain greenhouse gas emissions, we are delighted to be able to support this fantastic initiative as an 'Official...
Have you registered for Ireland’s SEED Agritech Global Leaders Forum?
I’m delighted to have been invited by Ireland’s All Business Post Group to take part in their Agritech Global Leaders Forum. It forms part of a new programme being developed called the SEED Summit. It’s a virtual event and takes place next Thursday...
Sharing the New Zealand agritech story with Western Growers
Last week, I spoke to Dennis Donohue, Director of the Northern California-based Western Growers Innovation & Technology Center on the Center’s ‘Voices of the Valley’ podcast. It gave me the opportunity to share New Zealand’s agritech story as...
evokeAG. goes bi-coastal. Two events will take place in 2022 – Perth and Sydney
AgriFutures Australia today officially announced details of their revised programme for evokeAG 2022. With the ongoing global pandemic and borders remaining closed, the decision has been made to host two one-day events; in Perth & in Sydney....
Announcing the 2035 Oceania Agri-Food-Tech Climate Summit
It was with incredible pleasure (and some relief) that I was able to announce at National Fieldays this morning the hosting of the 2035 Oceania Summit in April 2022. Good things take time and this Summit is a great example of that. Ever since we...
Wharf42 at National Fieldays 2021
With just one week to go, it’s great to be preparing to attend a 120,000 in-person event! To our followers outside New Zealand, this is the expected attendance at the 4-day National Fieldays 2021 event at Mystery Creek in 7 days time. Fieldays is...
You can view the BOMA Agri Summit ‘Australian Agritech Ecosystem’ virtual event below
Last week, I hosted the ‘Australian Agritech Ecosystem’ virtual event at e Tipu 2021 – The BOMA Agri Summit. I was joined by; Andrew Coppin, Chair, Australian Agritech Association John Harvey, Managing Director, AgriFutures Australia Dr Penny...