The 2026 NZSAP conference being held in conjunction with the Grasslands Conference in Blenheim Oct 28, 2026 – Oct 30, 2026
 
From 2023 the format of publications associated with the annual conference is changing through a new relationship with the New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research (NZJAR), with 12-15 publications that are accepted through their peer review process published within a special issue of NZJAR.  There will still be an opportunity to publish short communications directly through NZSAP.  Both publication formats will be presented orally at the conference.
 
From 2026, Royal Society Te Apārangi journals, including the New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research (NZJAR), will be published in partnership with Wiley. Authors affiliated with most institutions in Australia and New Zealand, including the Bioeconomy Science Institute, may be eligible to publish Open Access in NZJAR at no cost under the 2026 Read and Publish Agreement between the Council of Australasian University Librarians (CAUL) and Wiley. NZJAR is a subscription-based journal with a hybrid Open Access option. If authors are not covered by the CAUL/Wiley agreement, there is no publication fee for articles published under the subscription model. Author Accepted Manuscripts (AAMs) may be deposited in institutional repositories or scholarly collaboration networks after a 12-month embargo.
 
All  NZSAP-published short communications will be open-access and free from the time of publishing on the NZSAP website.
 
Selection of the 12-15 papers to be submitted to NZJAR will be made by the NZSAP committee based on the abstracts submitted below, but final acceptance for NZJAR publication will be at the discretion of the NZJAR editorial board based on feedback from their peer review process and adherence to their guidelines for papers. Details of the requirements for their journal can be found here. Whilst NZJAR does provide the option of full-length or short communication papers, abstracts relating to full-length papers will be given priority consideration for the NZJAR special issue by the committee, but may on request be considered for normal publication within NZJAR. 
 
Please complete the following form if you wish to submit an abstract for consideration, indicating your preferred format, and whether if your intention was for an NZJAR paper but it is not accepted (either by the NZSAP committee as an abstract or NZJAR as a submitted paper), whether you would be willing to proceed with an NZSAP short communication. Abstract submissions close at 5pm on Friday 20th March.  Decisions will be made by Friday 10th April and the NZJAR Papers or NZSAP Short Communications will need to be submitted to the respective publishers by Friday 19th of June.
 
By submitting an abstract you are acknowledging that the paper is to be presented in person at the Annual Conference by a person who has registered (and paid) to attend the conference and is a current member of NZSAP.  Whilst the exact format of the conference is yet to be determined it is likely that full papers will receive a 10-minute presentation time allocation, whilst short communications will only receive a 5-minute presentation time allocation. 
 
Abstracts will be selected on the basis of relevance and scientific merit. Judgement can only be made from what is presented in the abstract. Where appropriate, conclusions must be accompanied by data and appropriate statistical evaluation. Acceptance of an abstract by the management committee invokes a binding commitment upon the author and the institute where the work was undertaken to provide a written manuscript for publication in either the special issue of NZJAR or the society's short communications publication and give an oral presentation at the annual conference.
 
A special part of our conference is the Young Members Session. Young Members will be considered from both the NZJAR special issue and the short communication publications, the length of the article will not negatively impact the members submission or chances for the award.  The format of Young Member presentations at the conference is yet to be confirmed, but will be the same length of time regardless of whether a full publication or short communication.  Further details about eligibility and previous recipients can be found here.
 
Regarding Copyright: For papers accepted into the special issue of NZJAR different copyright conditions are available.  For Short Communications directly published by NZSAP contributing authors will retain copyright of material submitted to NZSAP. A manuscript submission form is to be submitted with the manuscript (not with this submission abstract).
 
Paper Details
Please indicate which author you expect to present the paper at the conference.
Corresponding Author Details
Abstracts must be no more than 300 words in length. Only submitted information can be considered. Do not include tables, equations or references.
Please provide the names and email addresses of 3 appropriate reviewers for this manuscript. Note that the management committee may or may not use these reviewers.
Do you wish to be considered for the Young Members Award? For eligibility criteria refer to https://www.nzsap.org/young-member-award. Young members will be considered from both the NZJAR special issue and the short communication publications, the length of the article will not negatively impact the members submission or chances for the award. They will be required to give an oral presentation and complete the "Young Member's Eligibility Form" prior to submission of their manuscript.
I acknowledge that by submitting an abstract that the paper is to be presented in person at the Annual Conference by a person who has registered (and paid) to attend the conference and is a current member of NZSAP.