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April 03, 2025
Opportunities and challenges for arable
Canterbury rural professional and farmer Thomas Holmes last year participated in the Kellogg Rural Leadership programme, focusing his study on opportunities...
Canterbury rural professional and farmer Thomas Holmes last year participated in the Kellogg Rural Leadership programme, focusing his study on opportunities...
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March 31, 2025
Get involved with your ARG
Levy payers wanting to have more say in FAR’s research priorities and activities now have a great opportunity to be more involved. In this episode of Cut the Crop, FAR B...
Levy payers wanting to have more say in FAR’s research priorities and activities now have a great opportunity to be more involved. In this episode of Cut the Crop, FAR B...
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March 11, 2025
Delayed harvest keeps crop driers busy
In this week’s Cut the Crop, Alison Stewart talks to three growers in Wairarapa, Mid Canterbury and South Otago about how they are dealing with the delayed h...
In this week’s Cut the Crop, Alison Stewart talks to three growers in Wairarapa, Mid Canterbury and South Otago about how they are dealing with the delayed h...
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February 19, 2025
The biosecurity risks of windblown pests and diseases.
A number of pests and disease have blown into New Zealand from Australia. We can’t stop them from arriving this way, but work is underway to ...
A number of pests and disease have blown into New Zealand from Australia. We can’t stop them from arriving this way, but work is underway to ...
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January 28, 2025
Fall armyworm more advanced this season
Populations of maize pest fall armyworm are two to three weeks more advanced than in previous seasons. In this episode of Cut the Crop, FAR biosecurity offi...
Populations of maize pest fall armyworm are two to three weeks more advanced than in previous seasons. In this episode of Cut the Crop, FAR biosecurity offi...
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April 03, 2025
Reducing the weed seed burden at harvest
Chaff decks, attached to the back of a combine harvester to reduce the weed seed burden, are widely used in Australia, but have not been adopted in NZ. In ...
Chaff decks, attached to the back of a combine harvester to reduce the weed seed burden, are widely used in Australia, but have not been adopted in NZ. In ...
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March 26, 2025
Identifying diverse herbicide options
With herbicide resistance rising in NZ, arable farmers are being warned not to continually rely on the same chemical products. In this week’s Cut the Crop, FA...
With herbicide resistance rising in NZ, arable farmers are being warned not to continually rely on the same chemical products. In this week’s Cut the Crop, FA...
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March 04, 2025
What is the value of your farm data?
Visiting farm data expert Dr Sagi Katz talks about the value of farm data and the development of tools that can use it to support on farm decision making.
Visiting farm data expert Dr Sagi Katz talks about the value of farm data and the development of tools that can use it to support on farm decision making.
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February 10, 2025
UK maize challenges and opportunities
Maize silage in the UK is not just grown for beef and dairy feed, it is also used as an energy crop to generate bio-gas and electricity. In this episode of Cu...
Maize silage in the UK is not just grown for beef and dairy feed, it is also used as an energy crop to generate bio-gas and electricity. In this episode of Cu...
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January 21, 2025
What’s on at annual maize event
Getting the best value from maize management is the focus of FAR’s premier annual maize field day at its research site near Hamilton on February 4. In this episode ...
Getting the best value from maize management is the focus of FAR’s premier annual maize field day at its research site near Hamilton on February 4. In this episode ...
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March 31, 2025
Future Farm project expands to Southland
After a second harvest, a FAR demonstration block at Chertsey is showing the potential gains from using more future focused approaches including direct dri...
After a second harvest, a FAR demonstration block at Chertsey is showing the potential gains from using more future focused approaches including direct dri...
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March 20, 2025
Insights from US no-till and maize growing
Waikato dairy farmer and maize grower Alan Henderson shares some insights from a United States no-till conference he attended. In this episode of Cut the...
Waikato dairy farmer and maize grower Alan Henderson shares some insights from a United States no-till conference he attended. In this episode of Cut the...
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February 26, 2025
How to prevent and repair soil compaction
Visiting UK agricultural engineer and soil expert Philip Wright says soil compaction can cause significant yield losses. In this episode of Cut the Crop, ...
Visiting UK agricultural engineer and soil expert Philip Wright says soil compaction can cause significant yield losses. In this episode of Cut the Crop, ...
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February 03, 2025
Global trends in herbage seed
Visiting US herbage seed researcher Nicole Anderson is here to test a new rapid seed moisture testing device for grass seed under New Zealand conditions. In this epis...
Visiting US herbage seed researcher Nicole Anderson is here to test a new rapid seed moisture testing device for grass seed under New Zealand conditions. In this epis...
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January 16, 2025
FAR’s new regional strategy
FAR has just implemented a new regional strategy aimed at increasing grower engagement and feedback in the regions. This will be based around FAR’s seven regional Arabl...
FAR has just implemented a new regional strategy aimed at increasing grower engagement and feedback in the regions. This will be based around FAR’s seven regional Arabl...