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October 13, 2023
Pathfinder farmer tackles yield variability
In a Pathfinder project, Bulls grower Hew Dalrymple is using remote soil sensing and mapping technology to manage variation in soil types and crop yield...
In a Pathfinder project, Bulls grower Hew Dalrymple is using remote soil sensing and mapping technology to manage variation in soil types and crop yield...
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September 21, 2023
Arable Farmer of the Year Hugh Ritchie
It’s been a roller-coaster year for Hawkes Bay farmer Hugh Ritchie. His farm was flooded during Cyclone Gabrielle and he won the 2023 Arable Farmer of the Ye...
It’s been a roller-coaster year for Hawkes Bay farmer Hugh Ritchie. His farm was flooded during Cyclone Gabrielle and he won the 2023 Arable Farmer of the Ye...
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August 31, 2023
Precision ag pioneer advocates variable rate technology
Visiting UK farmer Clive Blacker became a precision ag pioneer after looking to manage the variability in his soils. He tells Alison Stewart...
Visiting UK farmer Clive Blacker became a precision ag pioneer after looking to manage the variability in his soils. He tells Alison Stewart...
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August 10, 2023
French seed conference highlights NZ’s advantages
FAR researcher Richard Chynoweth, along with about 30 other NZ growers and industry people, attended the International Herbage Seed Conference in ...
FAR researcher Richard Chynoweth, along with about 30 other NZ growers and industry people, attended the International Herbage Seed Conference in ...
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July 19, 2023
Lessons from Australians farming with herbicide resistance
Australia’s experience shows that herbicide resistance does not mean an end to arable farm profitability, Chris Preston, Professor of wee...
Australia’s experience shows that herbicide resistance does not mean an end to arable farm profitability, Chris Preston, Professor of wee...
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October 04, 2023
Keeping up with compliance
Growers struggling to keep up to speed with the raft of environmental regulations coming onstream can tap into the expertise of FAR’s environment technical and policy ad...
Growers struggling to keep up to speed with the raft of environmental regulations coming onstream can tap into the expertise of FAR’s environment technical and policy ad...
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September 14, 2023
Preventing fungicide resistance in cereal crops
Fungicides are still effective in controlling Septoria tritici blotch in cereals, but small sensitivity shifts indicate a potential pathway to resis...
Fungicides are still effective in controlling Septoria tritici blotch in cereals, but small sensitivity shifts indicate a potential pathway to resis...
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August 22, 2023
Impact of freshwater reforms assessed
FAR environment researcher Abie Horrocks has looked at the economic impact of implementing national freshwater policy on Otago’s arable farmers, as part of a ...
FAR environment researcher Abie Horrocks has looked at the economic impact of implementing national freshwater policy on Otago’s arable farmers, as part of a ...
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August 02, 2023
FAR referendum: why growers should vote
Voting papers have arrived in growers’ mailboxes for the FAR referendum, which determines its future. In this episode of Cut the Crop, CEO Alison Stewart ex...
Voting papers have arrived in growers’ mailboxes for the FAR referendum, which determines its future. In this episode of Cut the Crop, CEO Alison Stewart ex...
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July 11, 2023
Emissions pricing – where’s the silver lining?
In response to climate change, New Zealand has set a target of net zero carbon by 2050. At FAR’s conference, senior environment researcher Dirk Walla...
In response to climate change, New Zealand has set a target of net zero carbon by 2050. At FAR’s conference, senior environment researcher Dirk Walla...
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September 25, 2023
What are the Southland GLC groups up to?
Tony Fenton has been facilitator for the Southland and South Otago Growers Leading Change groups for the last three years. In this episode of Cut the Crop ...
Tony Fenton has been facilitator for the Southland and South Otago Growers Leading Change groups for the last three years. In this episode of Cut the Crop ...
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September 07, 2023
Planning crop inputs when budgets are tight
With product prices down for all ag sectors this season, arable growers are reconsidering their budgets. In this episode of Cut the Crop, FAR researcher...
With product prices down for all ag sectors this season, arable growers are reconsidering their budgets. In this episode of Cut the Crop, FAR researcher...
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August 17, 2023
Using technology to cut back on N
Winner of the 2023 Arable Environmental and Sustainability Award, South Canterbury grower Andrew Darling is using technology such as a tractor-cab mounted N senso...
Winner of the 2023 Arable Environmental and Sustainability Award, South Canterbury grower Andrew Darling is using technology such as a tractor-cab mounted N senso...
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July 26, 2023
Optimising South Island maize yields
Climate changes mean the South Island could become a major growing region for maize, but different management to North Island standard practice may be needed. ...
Climate changes mean the South Island could become a major growing region for maize, but different management to North Island standard practice may be needed. ...
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July 06, 2023
Farming with reduced inputs
Scottish farmer David Aglen runs the AHDB Strategic Cereal Farm, the equivalent of a FAR Growers Leading Change Pathfinder farm. He told the FAR conference that farmers...
Scottish farmer David Aglen runs the AHDB Strategic Cereal Farm, the equivalent of a FAR Growers Leading Change Pathfinder farm. He told the FAR conference that farmers...