Resources
Spring Cereal and Ryegrass Discussion
This handout was prepared for FAR's August 2021 cereal and ryegrass discussions. It focuses on nitrogen use efficiency along with weed, pest and disease control....
MPI finds velvetleaf seed in imported radish seed
The detection at the border of a very small number of velvetleaf seeds in imported radish seed is a timely reminder for all farmers growing seed crops from imported seed to monitor their crops for weeds....
Crop Action Edn 194
Crop Action keeps you up to date with arable crop development and actions right across New Zealand....
Northland, and Auckland/ Waikato Border Update
Federated Farmers have provided the following excellent summary of how the North Island travel border will work, assuming that regions south of Auckland shift into Level 3 from 12.00am Wednesday 1 September. ...
Winter grazing review - have your say
Consultation on proposed changes to intensive winter grazing regulations started on Thursday, 26 August and will run for six weeks until Thursday, 7 October 2021....
Two grower seats on FAR Board
Passionate about arable? Consider joining the FAR Board....
Covid Update - 18 August 2021
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....
2021 Overseer Review and Response
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....
Integrated Weed Management Workshop (booklet)
This booklet summarises the material covered at FAR's Integrated Weed Management Workshop on Thursday 22 July 2021. Read the booklet....
Soil testing saves money
As fertiliser prices increase, so do the number of reasons to make sure you're not using more than you need. ...