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April 23, 2021
FEP audits…going for gold
Looking for an A grade in your farm environment plan audit? In this episode, Anna Heslop asks FEP auditor Sue Cumberworth how the audit process works and what she wants t...
Looking for an A grade in your farm environment plan audit? In this episode, Anna Heslop asks FEP auditor Sue Cumberworth how the audit process works and what she wants t...
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March 31, 2021
Freshwater and FEPs - what's your plan
FEPs, Freshwater Plans, Integrated Farm Plans…there’s a lot of talk about planning at present! In this episode, Alison Stewart talks to FAR Environmental Res...
FEPs, Freshwater Plans, Integrated Farm Plans…there’s a lot of talk about planning at present! In this episode, Alison Stewart talks to FAR Environmental Res...
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March 04, 2021
Boosting seed research
SIRC, the Seed Industry Research Centre, is a grower-industry collaboration. It was formed in 2017 to ensure quality and continuity for seed research in New Zealand. In this...
SIRC, the Seed Industry Research Centre, is a grower-industry collaboration. It was formed in 2017 to ensure quality and continuity for seed research in New Zealand. In this...
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February 11, 2021
Keeping up with velvetleaf
Late summer is the key time for an on-farm velvetleaf search and destroy mission…this season’s plants will be well established, but won’t have set seed yet. AgResearch W...
Late summer is the key time for an on-farm velvetleaf search and destroy mission…this season’s plants will be well established, but won’t have set seed yet. AgResearch W...
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November 04, 2020
Freshwater, Greenhouse Gases and Farm Environment Plans
Description: There’s a lot going in the freshwater, greenhouse gas and farm environment plan compliance space. In this episode, Farm Systems...
Description: There’s a lot going in the freshwater, greenhouse gas and farm environment plan compliance space. In this episode, Farm Systems...
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April 15, 2021
Biosecurity, paying our way
Seed and Grain Readiness and Response (SGRR), the arable industry’s biosecurity group, formally signed up to a Government Industry Agreement (GIA) with MPI in June last...
Seed and Grain Readiness and Response (SGRR), the arable industry’s biosecurity group, formally signed up to a Government Industry Agreement (GIA) with MPI in June last...
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March 24, 2021
Growers Leading Change
From grassweeds to soil health and everything in between. Erica Callaghan, the National Coordinator of FAR’s Growing Leading Change programme talks to Alison Stewart about s...
From grassweeds to soil health and everything in between. Erica Callaghan, the National Coordinator of FAR’s Growing Leading Change programme talks to Alison Stewart about s...
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February 24, 2021
Promoting the arable industry
Is the New Zealand arable industry hiding its light under a bushel? Anna Heslop talks to FAR CEO Alison Stewart about what policy makers and the public know about ara...
Is the New Zealand arable industry hiding its light under a bushel? Anna Heslop talks to FAR CEO Alison Stewart about what policy makers and the public know about ara...
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December 09, 2020
20 tonnes by 2020 - what have we learned?
Back in 2012, 20 tonnes of feed wheat per hectare was a pretty ambitious research goal. In this episode of Cut the Crop, cereal researcher Jo Drummond exp...
Back in 2012, 20 tonnes of feed wheat per hectare was a pretty ambitious research goal. In this episode of Cut the Crop, cereal researcher Jo Drummond exp...
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October 21, 2020
Regen ag, cover crops and arable systems…does it work?
Leeston arable farmer and regen ag proponent David Birkett is back, talking to Alison Stewart about how he uses cover crops to improve soil q...
Leeston arable farmer and regen ag proponent David Birkett is back, talking to Alison Stewart about how he uses cover crops to improve soil q...
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April 08, 2021
Milling wheat myth busting
A large proportion of the wheat milled in New Zealand is imported. In this episode of Cut the Crop, FAR’s Ivan Lawrie does some myth-busting around why this is the case,...
A large proportion of the wheat milled in New Zealand is imported. In this episode of Cut the Crop, FAR’s Ivan Lawrie does some myth-busting around why this is the case,...
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March 17, 2021
Select for cereal disease resistance
FAR’s Jo Drummond discusses the benefits of considering disease resistance ratings when choosing your autumn sown wheat cultivars, providing tips for cutting b...
FAR’s Jo Drummond discusses the benefits of considering disease resistance ratings when choosing your autumn sown wheat cultivars, providing tips for cutting b...
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February 17, 2021
Keep an eye out for grass grub
Two grass grubs per spade square equals 60 per square metre and that’s enough to do damage emerging cereal crops! With this in mind, Alison Stewart talks to AgResear...
Two grass grubs per spade square equals 60 per square metre and that’s enough to do damage emerging cereal crops! With this in mind, Alison Stewart talks to AgResear...
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November 25, 2020
How do you make the most of irrigation?
What is deficit irrigation? Is variable rate irrigation a good investment? FAR Environmental Researcher, Dirk Wallace, talks to Alison Stewart about how to...
What is deficit irrigation? Is variable rate irrigation a good investment? FAR Environmental Researcher, Dirk Wallace, talks to Alison Stewart about how to...
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October 15, 2020
Managing diseases of beet and radish seed crops
Alison Stewart and Phil Rolston discuss the emerging impacts of diseases of vegetable seeds on international markets, and outline management options...
Alison Stewart and Phil Rolston discuss the emerging impacts of diseases of vegetable seeds on international markets, and outline management options...