Andrew Barber

Biography

Andrew Barber – Agrilink NZ

Andrew Barber is the owner of Agrilink NZ, an agricultural engineering consultancy, specialising in resource use efficiency right across the primary sector. Agrilink supports Potatoes NZ, Horticulture NZ, Product Groups, NZ GAP and their Farm Environment Plans, erosion and sediment control, nutrients, agrichemicals, water, and carbon footprinting. Andrew works with Sustainable Winegrowing NZ, where Agrilink NZ annual delivers over 20,000 individualised benchmarking reports. Andrew led the project Don’t Muddy the Water and is now the Programme Manager for the vegetable industry’s project Sustainable Vegetable Systems (SVS). SVS is focused on delivering a management tool to help growers implement good nitrogen management practices.

Risk Scorecards – Implementing Meaningful Action

Risk Scorecards are the latest buzz that simply formalise what we all constantly do; determine and prioritise our actions.

In the context of Farm Environment Plans Scorecards justify and ensure mitigations are proportionate to the risk.