Resources
Managing drone flies for pollination
In hybrid seed crops, drone flies are more efficient pollinators than honey bees. They are 11 times more likely to deliver pollen from fertile to sterile flowers in carrot and three times more likely in radish....
E-Check - the arable greenhouse gas calculator
E-Check is a greenhouse gas emissions calculator which has been developed specifically for use in arable and mixed arable systems. ...
Cover crops and maize establishment
Handout from FAR Field Day 21 September, 2021...
Herbicide screening and Cereals Handout
Handout from FAR Field Day 21 September, 2021...
Crop Action Edition 195
Crop Action keeps you up to date with arable crop development and actions right across New Zealand....
2021 - Herbicide Mode of Action Groupings
Updated information on Herbicide Modes of Action groups in New Zealand....
Nitrogen: The confidence to cut back, FAR Focus 14
FAR Focus 14, Nitrogen: the confidence to cut back outlines tools and techniques to help inform nitrogen application decisions....
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....