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Moisture probe trial at Chertsey research site
The moisture probe trial is back for 2025-26 season. We have moisture probes from different providers installed at our Chertsey research site. View the different companies dashboards here....
Maize Update 90 Maize pre-emergence herbicides and how best to use them
Pre-emergence herbicides have been the mainstay of maize weed management. This Maize Update discusses factors affecting pre-emergence herbicide success including application timing, modes of action and soil interactions. ...
From the Ground Up Spring 2025
Welcome to the spring 2025 edition of From the Ground Up...
FAR Board Vacancies
The FAR Nominations and Remunerations Committee (NRC) is calling for nominations to fill four grower director positions on the FAR Board from 1 January 2026. ...
Crop Action: Issue 16, 2025
Crop Action keeps you up to date with arable crop development and actions right across New Zealand....
Extra 142 Nutrient management for autumn sown crops after a wet winter
Following a very wet winter, FAR has received a number of requests for information around managing yellow autumn sown crops. This Arable Extra outlines ways to distinguish between nitrogen and sulphur deficiencies and provides some information to support decision making around crop management....
Extra 141 Options for replanting milling wheat (2025)
Wet conditions throughout winter 2025 have created challenges for growers across Canterbury. This Arable Extra addresses issues around 1) autumn sown wheat paddocks with drowned out patches and 2) considerations around sowing autumn milling wheat seed in the spring....
Cereals update 231: Do T0 fungicides add financial value? Ten years of research says 'no'.
This Arable Update summarises yield and profitability results from 47 FAR trials since 2013, comparing programmes with and without a T0, to help guide your decision-making....
Crop Action: Issue 15, 2025
Crop Action keeps you up to date with arable crop development and actions right across New Zealand....
Maize Update 89: On-farm biosecurity: Invasive weeds in maize systems and how to avoid them
Farmers face three levels of biosecurity risk; regional biosecurity incursion risk; border biosecurity, regional biosecurity and on-farm biosecurity. This Maize update discusses the importance of on-farm biosecurity, the one factor you have control over....