At at 11:59pm on Tuesday 17 August 2021, all of New Zealand moved into COVID-19 Alert Level 4 for a period of three days. The Auckland and Coromandel regions, currently most closely linked to the outbreak, will staying at Alert Level 4 for at least seven days. The confirmation of the Delta variant and a further 6 cases (at last count) makes extensions of lockdown periods highly likely....
FAR welcomes this review. Its findings reflect and address many of the concerns FAR has raised in discussions with the Overseer owners over the last 10 years....
As fertiliser prices increase, so do the number of reasons to make sure you're not using more than you need. ...
Welcome to the winter 2021 edition of From the Ground Up. This edition includes information on cereal endophyte, greenhouse gas emission numbers and DIY soil quality monitoring....
If you grow certified seed, you should be aware of changes to New Zealand’s seed certification processes, and that you need to consent to your grower details being transferred to a new system...NOW!...
The presentations from the FAR Conference 2021 are now available to watch online here....
The Spring Cereal Cultivar Evaluation Book for 2020/21 is now available to read....
Over 200 people have registered for FAR’s upcoming conference Responsible, profitable, arable (Monday 28 and Tuesday 29 June, Lincoln University) and time is running out for those still looking for a seat....
FAR is expanding its research into the use of cover crops, following maize grain harvest, with a new cover crop research strategy....
FAR, alongside four other industry-good organisations, has put together a winter grazing checklist to help farmers literally tick all the boxes of good management practice....