North Island sweetcorn and maize growers should be keeping an eye out for fall armyworm, which has now been identified in Waikato....
Many thanks to all who attended webinars, watched podcasts and completed the agricultural emissions pricing options survey. ...
An egg mass of the serious pest fall armyworm has been identified in Tauranga....
The wet summer and harvest period means grass grub and slugs are likely to cause problems for arable growers. ...
Is it OK to feed sprouted grain to livestock? Short answer - yes. Long answer - PGG Wrightson have summarised all you need to know into a technical info sheet. See below....
Wet harvest conditions are proving challenging for cereal growers in Canterbury and elsewhere in New Zealand. FAR and PGG Wrightson have outlined some options for dealing with sprouted crops. See below....
What are the options for grass seed crops which have been cut for weeks?...
FAR’s online Maize Conference was a roaring success....
Is it OK to use desiccants on mown ryegrass seed crops? Find out what the research says....
It's time to have your say on greenhouse gas emission pricing systems....