Cut the Crop!

Weeds are a significant challenge in wheat production, particularly as resistance to herbicides becomes more widespread. In this episode of Cut the Crop, Matilda Gunnarsson of FAR and Pieter-Willem H…

FAR researcher Abie Horrocks is trialling the oversowing of a legume in ryegrass regrowth after harvest as a way of extending the value of ryegrass seed crops. In this episode of Cut the Crop, she te…

Passing the farm on to the next generation can be a complex and sometimes difficult exercise. In this episode of Cut the Crop, Rural Coach partner Chris Coughlan who advises on succession planning sa…

FAR’s maize expert David Densley looks back at three years of maize research as well as future possibilities. In this episode of Cut the Crop, he tells Alison Stewart that the main focus remains prof…

FAR’s maize expert David Densley looks back at three years of maize research as well as future possibilities. In this episode of Cut the Crop, he tells Alison Stewart that the main focus remains prof…

Vulpia hairgrass is a common and problematic grass weed in ryegrass seed crops, while the parasitic weed small broomrape is becoming an increasing issue in clover seed crops. In this episode of Cut t…

FAR is holding its 2024 maize conference in Hamilton on February 12-13. In this episode of Cut the Crop, FAR’s senior maize researcher David Densley says the conference has everything from internatio…

Visiting English arable farmer Rob Waterston says that the prevalence of invasive crop weed black-grass as well as the loss of traditional crop chemistry is forcing UK growers to change their rotatio…

FAR CEO Alison Stewart has just returned from visiting Scottish arable researchers and growers. In this episode of Cut the Crop, she says that Scottish farmers are diversifying beyond their tradition…

FAR’s Growers Leading Change knowledge extension programme has now been going for more than three years. In this episode of Cut the Crop, GLC national co-ordinator Philippa Rawlinson talks about what…

In a first for FAR, it has set up a seven-year future-focused arable demonstration site at Chertsey. In this episode of Cut the Crop, FAR researcher Owen Gibson says that the project will be a conver…

Mid Canterbury growers and great mates Angus McKenzie and Will Mackenzie are members of a Growers Leading Change group looking at the impacts of different crop establishment techniques and systems on…

FAR’s biggest annual event of the year, ARIA, will be held at the Chertsey Arable Research Site on November 29. In this episode of Cut the Crop Anna Heslop of FAR explains that this year’s event is a…

Mid Canterbury arable grower Simon Lochhead is a member of a Growers Leading Change group injecting liquid fertiliser and biological products into the soil. In this episode of Cut the Crop he tells A…

FAR is holding a series of grower field events in late November which will examine combine harvesters from the front to the back to ensure as much yield as possible goes into the silo and is not left…

In a Pathfinder project, Bulls grower Hew Dalrymple is using remote soil sensing and mapping technology to manage variation in soil types and crop yields. In this episode of Cut the Crop he explains …

Growers struggling to keep up to speed with the raft of environmental regulations coming onstream can tap into the expertise of FAR’s environment technical and policy advisor Hannah Ritchie. In this …

Tony Fenton has been facilitator for the Southland and South Otago Growers Leading Change groups for the last three years. In this episode of Cut the Crop he outlines the issues for growers in these …

It’s been a roller-coaster year for Hawkes Bay farmer Hugh Ritchie. His farm was flooded during Cyclone Gabrielle and he won the 2023 Arable Farmer of the Year award. In this episode of Cut the Crop …

Fungicides are still effective in controlling Septoria tritici blotch in cereals, but small sensitivity shifts indicate a potential pathway to resistance. In this week’s Cut the Crop FAR senior cerea…