There are increasing cases of herbicide-resistant grass weeds in New Zealand. Herbicide efficacy trials play a key role in understanding shifts in resistance....
Issue 5 of Harvest Snippets 2023 provides a harvest season summary....
Crop Action keeps you up to date with arable crop development and actions right across New Zealand....
Ninety fall armyworm moths were found in Northland traps this week. The total number of fall armyworm finds this season is 133, up 5 from last week....
Farmers and growers are encouraged to familiarise themselves with the just-published 2023 Code of Practice for fertiliser nutrient management....
Farmer, MC and rural commentator Craig Wiggins (Wiggy) is on a mission to improve the physical health and mental well-being of rural people.He tells FAR CEO Alison Stewart that people shouldn’t put off going to the doctor or reconnecting with a mate....
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 Chris Smith tells Anna Heslop that this often tends to bring more questions than answers about on-farm variability and how to manage this. He offers some advice about how to get started....
Black-grass (Alopecurus myosuroides) has become a serious grass weed in winter cereals in the United Kingdom (UK) and Europe where many populations have developed resistance to many of the grass weed herbicides used in winter cereals. Read the updated March 2023 guide below....
If you missed this week's Maize Pathfinder field day, you can read the booklet below....
Only one fall armyworm find has been reported this week, which could indicate that the spread is slowing down at this stage of the season....