Projects Approved in the Sustainable Farming Fund 2007/08 Round
(Less than $20,000 Category)

Grant No. Name of Applicant Group Project Title Contact Person Address Telephone Email
L07/008 Building Capability on Maori Pastoral Farms Project Group Maori Farm Consultancy Guidelines John Halse Enterprise Northland
PO Box1762
Whangarei
09 438 5110 john@enterprisenorthland.co.nz
L07/009 Canterbury Collective Waste to wealth Frances Clement New Zealand Pork Industry Board
PO Box 4048
Wellington
04 917 4756 frances.clement@pork.co.nz
L07/011 David Musgrave Generate New Organic Mixed Cropping Growers David Musgrave 31 Kennedy Street
Geraldine
South Island
03 6922 842 david@fwf.co.nz
L07/014 Efficient Beef Production Group Profitable Farming of Beef Cows Duncan Smeaton 168 Woodlands Road
RD 2
WAIHI
07 863 7821 dsmeaton@xtra.co.nz
L07/018 Forest Industry Contractors Association (FICA) Network for women in forestry Anna Hamlett- Rodgers PO Box 6160
Rotorua
07 921 1380 annahr@fica.org.nz
L07/023 Hawkes Bay Regional Council Improving the performance of temporary irrigation systems on orchards Andrew Curtis 159 Dalton St
Private Bag 6006
06 833 8093 curtis@hbrc.govt.nz
L07/025 Horticulture NZ's Fresh Tomato Product Group Committee Documenting new procedures for Whitefly Control (in New Zealand Greenhouses under Integrated Crop Management practices) Ken Robertson HortNZ
PO Box 10 232
Wellington
04 472 3795 ken.r@hortnz.co.nz
L07/026 Horticulture NZ's Fresh Tomato Product Group Committee Resource Inventory and Carbon Footprint for Greenhouse Tomatoes and Capsicums Ken Robertson PO Box 10 232
Wellington
04 494 9973 ken.r@hortnz.co.nz
L07/028 Innovatek Ltd Forest Products Technology E-Transfer Brent Apthorp PO Box 904
Dunedin
03 470 1902 brent.apthorp@innovatek.co.nz
L07/029 John Morrison Pre-feasibility study into the future sustainable water supply options for the Tarras district John Morrison 102 Thomson Gorge Rd
R D 3
Cromwell 9383
03 445 2033 jdmorrison@xtra.co.nz
L07/030 John Scandrett Mitigation of Dry Rot in Brassicas John Scandrett 10 Kinloch Street
PO Box 5003
Waikiwi
Invercargill
03 215 4381 scandrettrural@xtra.co.nz
L07/033 LandWISE Rapid assessment of soil compaction contributions to losses in field crops Dan Bloomer 21 Ruahapia Rd
R D2
Hastings
06 876 6630 dan@pagebloomer.co.nz
L07/037 Marlborough District Council Controlling the invasive pastoral weeds Chilean needle grass and nassella tussock with a selective, low toxicity, soil active herbicide Ben Minehan PO Box 443
Blenheim
03 520 7400 bmi@marlborough.govt.nz
L07/038 Marlborough Grapevine Improvement Group Inc Production of improved Botrytis-tolerant Sauvignon Blanc clones combining in vitro and mutagenic technology Dr Ranjith Pathirana Crop & Food Research Ltd
Batchelar Rd
Palmerston North
06 355 6169 pathiranar@crop.cri.nz
L07/039 MediaLab Remote Monitoring and Management of Dairy Effluent Bridgit Hawkins PO Box 5033
Wellington 6145
04 381 4469 Bridgit@MediaLab.co.nz
L07/041 National Beekeeping Association of New Zealand Reducing the Threat Tutu Toxic Honey Poses to the New Zealand Beekeeping Industry and Consumers Jim Edwards 10Nikau Lane
RD 1
Otaki
06 362 6301 jimedwards@xtra.co.nz
L07/046 Northland Sustainable Dairying group Best Management Poster for Land Application of Effluent Kathryn George PO Box 20261
Hamilton
07 850 9813 Kathryn.george@fonterra.com
L07/047 NZ Blackcurrant Council Assessment of blackcurrant bush size and wood quality to aid with nitrogen recommendations Murray Craighead Nutrient Solutions Ltd
118 Duffs Rd
Balcairn
RD2
Rangiora
03 312 9598 murray@nutrientsolutions.co.nz
L07/048 NZ Farm Forestry Association On-line pest and disease database for forestry Dean Satchell 33(b) Skudders Beach Road
R D 1 Kerikeri
Northland
09 4075525 dsatch@xtra.co.nz
L07/049 NZ Llama Association Development of a New Zealand Code of Welfare for Llamas Penny King 136 Horsman Road
RD 2
Henderson
027 244 2311 penny@karmallamas.co.nz
L07/050 NZ Paeony Society Paeony Flowers "Best Practice Harvest Management" Jill McLaren Cairnmuir Rd
RD Cromwell
03 445 3525 jillandjohn@xtra.co.nz
L07/052 Otago & Southland Deer Focus Farm Community Group Developing efficient methods of diagnosing parasitism in red deer Richard Copland PGG Wrightson Consulting
Private Bag 1966
Dunedin
03 470 0316 rcopland@pggwrightson.co.nz
L07/057 South Island Dairying Development Centre (SIDDC) Lincoln University Dairy Farm (LUDF) Resource Inventory and Carbon Footprint Richard Christie PO Box 160
Lincoln University
Canterbury
03 325 3884 rchristie@siddc.org.nz
L07/060 TĀNE’S TREE TRUST Development of new Workshop Programme on Planting Native Trees for Timber Ian Barton Chairman
P O Box 1169
Pukekohe
09 239 2049 ibtrees@wc.net.nz
L07/067 Yellow Bristle Grass Action Group Management and Control of Yellow Bristle Grass (Setaria pumila) Michael Newson Dexcel Limited
Private Bag 3221
Hamilton
07 858 3837
0274 750 918
Michael.Newson@dexcel.co.nz
L07/070 Blackcurrants NZ Ltd; NZ Boysenberry Council Ltd; Strawberry Growers NZ Inc Nutrient nitrogen management for better disease control in berries Antonia Crawford 11 Grenville St
Lower Hutt
04 569 8263 propco@xtra.co.nz