This is Murray Ballantyne, a beekeeper apiarist with over 35 years experience in beekeeping. Murray was also Chairman of the Topoclimate South Trust that ran the Topoclimate Project in Southland because he appreciated the value of microclimate information to farming.Murray provided a very good example of the economic value of microclimate information in relation . . . ? Read More: Beekeeper benefits from microclimate information
Hampton Farmer benefits from Microclimate Information This is the Hampton District in southeast Queensland. It’s an area of rich basaltic soils perched on the ridgeline of the Great Dividing range 800 metres above sea level in a warm to sub-tropical climate.
Twenty-four years ago, farmer, Graham Thomas, moved into the area and started growing avocados on part of a small . . . ? Read More: Hampton Farmer benefits from Microclimate Information
How the TOPOCLIMATE Mapping process helped a Southland farming couple.This is the story of a New Zealand farming couple who demonstrate many of the Topoclimate process principles and making better use of land resource information on their farm.
Merle and Bill Johnston intensively farm about 160 ha on the Waikaia Plains in . . . ? Read More: How the TOPOCLIMATE Mapping process helped a Southland farming couple.
