The Future Of Farming Hits The Road

The Future Of Farming Hits The Road

A high-tech vision of the future of New Zealand agriculture will be launched at the East Foyer of Parliament at 6.10pm on November 7 by Young Farmer of the Year John McCaw.

The Future Farming Roadshow is a cutting-edge interactive exhibition that will be touring the country from November until March next year, then again in October and November 2007. It is an initiative of the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology.

When visitors enter the exhibition, they will step into the year 2017. Inside, large, state-of-the-art plasma screens display how advances in biotechnology and other factors may have changed New Zealand agriculture.

Visitors can watch and listen to broadcasts of rural news from the future, and inspect virtual farms or digital supermarket shelves. When touched, the farms and the products in the supermarket “open up” to reveal more information.

These displays, which are both informative and engaging, will highlight some of the opportunities and challenges New Zealand agriculture may face during the next decade. There are also case studies of exciting developments in current agricultural research that show just how realistic this peek into the future may be.

The Roadshow will be available for people to view and photograph following the launch.

A list of venues the Roadshow will be visiting, and an image of the interior of the exhibition, are attached below. Entry is free. Please note that the itinerary is not finalised and that more places will be added to the tour.

FUTURE FARMING ROADSHOW TOUR SCHEDULE

PERIOD 1

Tue 7 Nov 2006 PARLIAMENT
Wed 8 Nov 2006 PARLIAMENT
Thu 9 Nov 2006
Fri 10 Nov 2006 BLENHEIM A&P Show
Sat 11 Nov 2006 BLENHEIM A&P
Sun 12 Nov 2006
Mon 13 Nov 2006
Tue 14 Nov 2006
Wed 15 Nov 2006 CHRISTCHURCH A&P
Thu 16 Nov 2006 CHRISTCHURCH A&P
Fri 17 Nov 2006 CHRISTCHURCH A&P
Sat 18 Nov 2006
Sun 19 Nov 2006
Mon 20 Nov 2006 CANTERBURY
Tue 21 Nov 2006 CANTERBURY
Wed 22 Nov 2006 CANTERBURY
Thu 23 Nov 2006
Fri 24 Nov 2006
Sat 25 Nov 2006 NELSON A&P
Sun 26 Nov 2006 NELSON A&P
Mon 27 Nov 2006 MOTUEKA/NELSON
Tue 28 Nov 2006
Wed 29 Nov 2006 STH CANTY
Thu 30 Nov 2006 STH CANTY
Fri 1 Dec 2006
Sat 2 Dec 2006 WYNDHAM A&P
Sun 3 Dec 2006
Mon 4 Dec 2006 CENTRAL OTAGO
Tue 5 Dec 2006 CENTRAL OTAGO
Wed 6 Dec 2006 CENTRAL OTAGO
Thu 7 Dec 2006
Fri 8 Dec 2006 INVERCARGILL A&P
Sat 9 Dec 2006 INVERCARGILL A&P
Sun 10 Dec 2006
Mon 11 Dec 2006
Tue 12 Dec 2006 WELLINGTON
Wed 13 Dec 2006 WELLINGTON
Thu 14 Dec 2006 to NON TOURING
Thu 18 Jan 2007 NON TOURING
Fri 19 Jan 2007
Sat 20 Jan 2007 LEVIN A&P
Sun 21 Jan 2007 LEVIN A&P
Mon 22 Jan 2007
Tue 23 Jan 2007 to NON TOURING
Thu 1 Feb 2007 NON TOURING
Fri 2 Feb 2007
Sat 3 Feb 2007
Sun 4 Feb 2007 KATIKATI A&P
Mon 5 Feb 2007 BAY OF PLENTY
Tue 6 Feb 2007
Wed 7 Feb 2007 BAY OF PLENTY
Thu 8 Feb 2007 BAY OF PLENTY
Fri 9 Feb 2007
Sat 10 Feb 2007 TE PUKE A&P
Sun 11 Feb 2007
Mon 12 Feb 2007 WAIKATO
Tue 13 Feb 2007 WAIKATO
Wed 14 Feb 2007 WAIKATO LIVESTOCK IMPROVEMENT/INNOVATION WAIKATO
Thu 15 Feb 2007
Fri 16 Feb 2007 PUKEKOHE A&P
Sat 17 Feb 2007 PUKEKOHE A&P
Sun 18 Feb 2007 PUKEKOHE A&P
Mon 19 Feb 2007
Tue 20 Feb 2007 AUCKLAND/WAIKATO
Wed 21 Feb 2007 AUCKLAND/WAIKATO
Thu 22 Feb 2007 AUCKLAND/WAIKATO
Fri 23 Feb 2007
Sat 24 Feb 2007 HELENSVILLE A&P
Sun 25 Feb 2007
Mon 26 Feb 2007 WHANGAREI
Tue 27 Feb 2007 WHANGAREI
Wed 28 Feb 2007
Thu 1 Mar 2007 DARGAVILLE FIELDAYS
Fri 2 Mar 2007 DARGAVILLE FIELDAYS
Sat 3 Mar 2007 DARGAVILLE FIELDAYS
Sun 4 Mar 2007
Mon 5 Mar 2007
Tue 6 Mar 2007 NORTHLAND
Wed 7 Mar 2007 NORTHLAND
Thu 8 Mar 2007 NORTHLAND
Fri 9 Mar 2007
Sat 10 Mar 2007 KUMEU A&P
Sun 11 Mar 2007 KUMEU A&P
Mon 12 Mar 2007
Tue 13 Mar 2007
Wed 14 Mar 2007
Thu 15 Mar 2007 FIELDING FIELDAYS
Fri 16 Mar 2007 FIELDING FIELDAYS
Sat 17 Mar 2007 FIELDING FIELDAYS
Sun 18 Mar 2007
Mon 19 Mar 2007 MASSEY UNIVERSITY
Tue 20 Mar 2007 MASSEY UNIVERSITY
Wed 21 Mar 2007 MASSEY UNIVERSITY
Thu 22 Mar 2007
Fri 23 Mar 2007
Sat 24 Mar 2007 SCION (ROTORUA)
Sun 25 Mar 2007
Mon 26 Mar 2007
Tue 27 Mar 2007
Wed 28 Mar 2007 LINCOLN FIELDAYS
Thu 29 Mar 2007 LINCOLN FIELDAYS
Fri 30 Mar 2007 LINCOLN FIELDAYS
Sat 31 Mar 2007
Sun 1 Apr 2007
Mon 2 Apr 2007 LINCOLN UNIVERSITY
Tue 3 Apr 2007 LINCOLN UNIVERSITY
Wed 4 Apr 2007 LINCOLN UNIVERSITY
Thu 5 Apr 2007

PERIOD 2

Thu 4 Oct 2007
Fri 5 Oct 2007
Sat 6 Oct 2007 MATAMATA A&P
Sun 7 Oct 2007 MATAMATA A&P
Mon 8 Oct 2007
Tue 9 Oct 2007 ROTORUA
Wed 10 Oct 2007 ROTORUA
Thu 11 Oct 2007
Fri 12 Oct 2007 GISBORNE A&P
Sat 13 Oct 2007 GISBORNE A&P
Sun 14 Oct 2007
Mon 15 Oct 2007 GISBORNE
Tue 16 Oct 2007
Wed 17 Oct 2007 HASTINGS A&P
Thu 18 Oct 2007 HASTINGS A&P
Fri 19 Oct 2007 HASTINGS A&P
Sat 20 Oct 2007
Sun 21 Oct 2007
Mon 22 Oct 2007
Tue 23 Oct 2007 HAWKES BAY
Wed 24 Oct 2007 HAWKES BAY
Thu 25 Oct 2007 HAWKES BAY
Fri 26 Oct 2007
Sat 27 Oct 2007 CARTERTON A&P
Sun 28 Oct 2007 CARTERTON A&P
Mon 29 Oct 2007
Tue 30 Oct 2007
Wed 31 Oct 2007 WAIRARAPA
Thu 1 Nov 2007
Fri 2 Nov 2007 PALMERSTON NORTH A&P
Sat 3 Nov 2007 PALMERSTON NORTH A&P
Sun 4 Nov 2007 PALMERSTON NORTH A&P
Mon 5 Nov 2007
Tue 6 Nov 2007
Wed 7 Nov 2007
Thu 8 Nov 2007 WANGANUI A&P
Fri 9 Nov 2007 WANGANUI A&P
Sat 10 Nov 2007 WANGANUI A&P
Sun 11 Nov 2007
Mon 12 Nov 2007 WAVERLY A&P
Tue 13 Nov 2007 TARANAKI
Wed 14 Nov 2007 TARANAKI
Thu 15 Nov 2007
Fri 16 Nov 2007 HAWERA A&P
Sat 17 Nov 2007 HAWERA A&P
Sun 18 Nov 2007
Mon 19 Nov 2007

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