New Zealand Biochar Network Journal - September 2009

View from the Lammerlaws Pat Garden GRASSLANDNEWSGRASSLANDNEWSGRASSLANDNEWS In this Issue  Chairman s Comment  71st Conference—Waitangi  Conference registration form  Executive Officer Position  Biochar - stable soil carbon (Jacqueline Rowarth,... More

View from the Lammerlaws Pat Garden GRASSLANDNEWSGRASSLANDNEWSGRASSLANDNEWS In this Issue  Chairman s Comment  71st Conference—Waitangi  Conference registration form  Executive Officer Position  Biochar - stable soil carbon (Jacqueline Rowarth, Marta Camps and Mike Hedley, Massey University) NZGA IS SPONSORED BY AGRESEARCH GRASSLAND NEWS SPRING is always an interesting time for those of us in the pastoral game what‘s the growing season going to be like, how will our production levels shape up, will El Nino come to visit, and what about the markets, what will our currency do? Pitting one‘s skills against all these variables is what makes the game exciting for me – but perhaps this optimism is a reflection of the early spring we are experiencing here on the Lammerlaws in Central Otago! If you have an interest in the pastoral industry as a farmer, as a scientist or you are in agribusiness, why not take a few days away from your job and catch up with the latest Less