Resources
Seven Wonders of the Maize World
The Seven Wonders of the Maize World outlines the management factors that each year have a positive impact on maize yield. One of its authors, Professor Fred Below, of the University of Illinois, visited New Zealand in February as a guest of FAR. He tells Alison Stewart why a lift in yields has led to some of the Seven Wonders being revised.(RE)(SE...
Extra 131 Grass weed herbicide efficacy in arable crops
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: Harvest Snippets 2023
Issue 5 of Harvest Snippets 2023 provides a harvest season summary....
Crop Action: Issue 5 2023
Crop Action keeps you up to date with arable crop development and actions right across New Zealand....
Fall armyworm update 17 March 2023
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....
2023 Code of Practice for fertiliser nutrient management update
Farmers and growers are encouraged to familiarise themselves with the just-published 2023 Code of Practice for fertiliser nutrient management....
Making time for physical and mental wellness
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....
Precision ag: how to get started
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 management guide (March 2023)
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....
Maize Pathfinder Field Day
If you missed this week's Maize Pathfinder field day, you can read the booklet below....