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6.00 pm, Thursday 30 May 2019
Lincoln University, Stewart Building, Lecture Theatre One
Inaugural Distinguished Professorial Lecture Professor Stephen Wratten FRSNZ presents Future farming,
future food: An in-depth analysis of how ‘western’ agriculture can damage the prospects for our future food security, and offers ideas for practical and ‘sustainable’ improvement on how we grow our food.
Please register on link in pdf.

The Lincoln University Seed Research Centre is running its Seed Technology Short Course in Mid-June to early July (9.00 am - 3.30 pm, 4 days per week for 3 weeks). Programme details & registration via the link below.

6.00 pm, Thursday 9 May 2019
Lincoln University, Stewart Building, Lecture Theatre One

Inaugural Distinguished Professorial Lecture Philip Hulme FRSNZ presents his extremely popular Royal
Society Te Apārangi 2018 Leonard Cockayne lecture.

Please register on link in pdf

It is with sadness that we advise that George Hill passed away on Monday last week. George Hill was a member of the Agronomy Society Council from 1975 until 2011. George was also Editor of the Agronomy Society Proceedings for a number of years. George’s contribution to the Society was recognised by his being made a Fellow of the Society. We extend the Society's deepest sympathy to George’s wife Roberta and family.

This is a reminder that the 2016 Agronomy Society and NZ Grassland Association Conferences are being held in Timaru from November 2-4. The venue is the Caroline Bay Hall.

The Agronomy Society of New Zealand will hold its AGM at 5.45 pm on Thursday 3 November 2016. The venue for this meeting is Caroline Bay Hall, Te Weka Street, Timaru

The 7th International Crop Science Congress will be held during August 14–19, 2016, Beijing, China.

The Agronomy Society of New Zealand will hold its AGM at 5.00 pm on 4th November 2015. The venue for this meeting is Solway Park Hotel, High Street in Masterton. The agenda for this meeting is as follows:

The American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America will hold their Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota between 15-18 November 2015.

The focus of the Agronomy Council this year has been to continue looking at ways of increasing the profile of the Society amongst the wider community, and increase our membership...

At the recent AGM in Alexandra the following members were (re-)elected to represent the society in 2015

The Annual General Meeting of the Agronomy Society of New Zealand will be held at 5.45 pm on 6th November 2014. The venue for this meeting is The Cellar Door, 143 Centennial Avenue in Alexandra (http://www.cellardooralexandra.co.nz/).

Dr James Millner, Massey University, stepped down from serving on the New Zealand Agronomy Council at the Annual General Meeting in November 2013.

We’re pleased to announce that the 2014 Agronomy Conference will be held jointly with the NZ Grasslands Association in Alexandra from November 5-7, 2014.

Earlybird registrations for the joint NZGA and ASNZ conference have been extended. As in previous years online registrations are available via the Grasslands website.

Members are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Agronomy Society of New Zealand on November 6, 2013 at 5.30 pm. The venue for this meeting is the Trinity Wharf Conference Centre, Tauranga.

Applications are now invited from prospective candidates for the Kathleen Spragg Agricultural Research Award.

Food security and safety continues to be a topic of global significance. As competition for resources increases agronomists have a critical role to play in ensuring the profitable and sustainable production of food and feed products.

This year our conference theme is Sustaining agriculture and horticulture - new science, technologies and practices.

Earlybird registrations for the joint NZGA and ASNZ conference are now open.

We are pleased to announce that the 2010 Agronomy New Zealand proceedings have been finalised. Hard copies are being printed and will be mailed to members in the coming weeks.

There has been a significant growth in water demand for irrigation in Canterbury primarily associated with the expansion of dairying. With the sustainability limits of the current methods of abstraction being reached and with continuing demand, water availability is a major regional issue...