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June 28, 2023
What was new at Cereals UK
FAR’s technology manager Chris Smith has just returned from Cereals, the UK’s largest arable farming event. In this episode of Cut the Crop he tells Anna Heslop that env...
FAR’s technology manager Chris Smith has just returned from Cereals, the UK’s largest arable farming event. In this episode of Cut the Crop he tells Anna Heslop that env...
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June 08, 2023
Growing food with a lighter environmental touch
A Lighter Touch is a $27 million, seven-year collaboration between the horticulture, arable and wine sectors to shift the focus from traditional cro...
A Lighter Touch is a $27 million, seven-year collaboration between the horticulture, arable and wine sectors to shift the focus from traditional cro...
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May 11, 2023
Managing cereal aphids: What to consider before spraying
FAR has been extending a network of aphid monitoring traps in cereal paddocks to help growers determine the risk of yield losses associated...
FAR has been extending a network of aphid monitoring traps in cereal paddocks to help growers determine the risk of yield losses associated...
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April 20, 2023
Cyclone Gabrielle’s aftermath: two months on
Flooded and ruined crops, broken fences, paddocks covered in silt and rubbish, combines and chase bins getting bogged during maize harvest – these are ...
Flooded and ruined crops, broken fences, paddocks covered in silt and rubbish, combines and chase bins getting bogged during maize harvest – these are ...
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March 29, 2023
Picking a winning wheat and barley cultivar
FAR’s Cultivar Evaluation booklet for autumn sown wheat and barley will be available this month, based on the 2023 harvest’s CPT trial results. FAR’s se...
FAR’s Cultivar Evaluation booklet for autumn sown wheat and barley will be available this month, based on the 2023 harvest’s CPT trial results. FAR’s se...
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June 21, 2023
Telling a positive irrigation story
Getting the general public to understand the benefits of irrigation is difficult when many link it with intensive dairy, says Irrigation NZ CEO Vanessa Winning....
Getting the general public to understand the benefits of irrigation is difficult when many link it with intensive dairy, says Irrigation NZ CEO Vanessa Winning....
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May 31, 2023
FAR conference: Why you should go
FAR’s biennial conference is being held at the Lincoln Event Centre on June 29-30. In this episode of Cut the Crop, FAR's Alison Stewart and Anna Heslop preview w...
FAR’s biennial conference is being held at the Lincoln Event Centre on June 29-30. In this episode of Cut the Crop, FAR's Alison Stewart and Anna Heslop preview w...
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May 02, 2023
Breeding wheat to beat weeds
Lincoln University’s newly appointed lecturer in arable crop production, Pieter-Willem Hendriks, was previously involved with research in Australia breeding wheat cult...
Lincoln University’s newly appointed lecturer in arable crop production, Pieter-Willem Hendriks, was previously involved with research in Australia breeding wheat cult...
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April 10, 2023
Tapping into FAR’s weather and disease platform
With the help of HortPlus, FAR has added some weather related on-farm decision-making tools to its website to assist growers with crop, pest and dis...
With the help of HortPlus, FAR has added some weather related on-farm decision-making tools to its website to assist growers with crop, pest and dis...
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March 22, 2023
Seven Wonders of the Maize World
The Seven Wonders of the Maize World outlines the management factors that each year have a positive impact on maize yield. One of its authors, Professor Fred Below...
The Seven Wonders of the Maize World outlines the management factors that each year have a positive impact on maize yield. One of its authors, Professor Fred Below...
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June 15, 2023
Benchmarking a powerful tool
FAR’s senior maize researcher David Densley is a big fan of ProductionWise, a farm management software tool available to arable farmers. In this episode of Cut the Cro...
FAR’s senior maize researcher David Densley is a big fan of ProductionWise, a farm management software tool available to arable farmers. In this episode of Cut the Cro...
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May 18, 2023
ProductionWise gets an upgrade
ProductionWise has just had some upgrades, most notably a new mobile app to make data capture in the field easier. In this episode of Cut the Crop, Alison Stewart ta...
ProductionWise has just had some upgrades, most notably a new mobile app to make data capture in the field easier. In this episode of Cut the Crop, Alison Stewart ta...
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April 27, 2023
Adding value to arable
Southland grower Blair Drysdale is part of a Growers Leading Change (GLC) group providing support for people with added-value small businesses based on arable cropping. Blai...
Southland grower Blair Drysdale is part of a Growers Leading Change (GLC) group providing support for people with added-value small businesses based on arable cropping. Blai...
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April 03, 2023
Fall armyworm response enters new phase
With tropical insect pest fall armyworm now confirmed in both islands, eradication is no longer possible and the initial response will move to long-term man...
With tropical insect pest fall armyworm now confirmed in both islands, eradication is no longer possible and the initial response will move to long-term man...
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March 15, 2023
Precision ag: how to get started
Yield mapping during harvest is a good starting point for growers getting into precision agriculture. In this episode of Cut the Crop, FAR’s technology manager Chr...
Yield mapping during harvest is a good starting point for growers getting into precision agriculture. In this episode of Cut the Crop, FAR’s technology manager Chr...