Cut the Crop!

With product prices down for all ag sectors this season, arable growers are reconsidering their budgets. In this episode of Cut the Crop, FAR researchers Jo Drummond and Richard Chynoweth say monitor…

Visiting UK farmer Clive Blacker became a precision ag pioneer after looking to manage the variability in his soils. He tells Alison Stewart that having a sensor tool on his tractor cab, that enables…

FAR environment researcher Abie Horrocks has looked at the economic impact of implementing national freshwater policy on Otago’s arable farmers, as part of a wider report. In this episode of Cut the …

Winner of the 2023 Arable Environmental and Sustainability Award, South Canterbury grower Andrew Darling is using technology such as a tractor-cab mounted N sensor to reduce crop inputs. He tells Ali…

FAR researcher Richard Chynoweth, along with about 30 other NZ growers and industry people, attended the International Herbage Seed Conference in France. In this episode of Cut the Crop, he provides …

Voting papers have arrived in growers’ mailboxes for the FAR referendum, which determines its future. In this episode of Cut the Crop, CEO Alison Stewart explains how FAR is able to leverage its rela…

Climate changes mean the South Island could become a major growing region for maize, but different management to North Island standard practice may be needed. Researcher Owen Gibson told FAR’s confer…

Australia’s experience shows that herbicide resistance does not mean an end to arable farm profitability, Chris Preston, Professor of weed management at the University of Adelaide says. He told the F…

In response to climate change, New Zealand has set a target of net zero carbon by 2050.

At FAR’s 2023 conference, senior environment researcher Dirk Wallace urged farmers to know their emissions num…