Podcast
First fall armyworm find for the season
The first FAW find for the 2023/24 growing season has been confirmed in Northland. Three other moth captures at different locations require further analysis before confirmation....
ARIA 2023
Around 300 growers and industry reps turned out to catch up on all the latest research at FAR's ARIA event at the Chertsey Arable Site....
Fall armyworm identification and background
A number of information sheets and brochures are available to help understand and identify FAW and its natural enemies. ...
Profitable process and seed pea production booklet
If you missed our recent pea field day at our Chertsey research site check out the booklet here....
Kowhai Research Farm trials showcase booklet
If you missed our recent field day at our Kowhai Research Farm in Lincoln, check out the booklet here. ...
Nitrogen use efficiency factors for on-farm tryouts
This spreadsheet can be used to calculate nitrogen use efficiency factors when carrying out on-farm tryouts....
Extra 136 Non-chemical weed management – stale and false seedbeds
The use of stale and false seedbeds fell out of favour with the advent of herbicides. However, they are now a resurgent tool for weed management, often providing simple, effective and low cost weed control. This Arable Extra outlines how these traditional weed control techniques can be used alongside modern ones. ...
Extra 135 Non-chemical weed management - harvest and the weed seedbank
Minimising the weed seed rain reduces the size of the weed seedbank and consequently the populations of in-crop weed plants. This Arable Extra outlines the behavior of the weed seedbank, including seed half-life and dispersal. ...
Extra 134 Mechanical weed management
As herbicides become less effective and availability reduces, physical weeding is becoming a popular topic of conversation. This arable update outlines the differences between the two main classes of mechanical weeders: contiguous weeders that weed the whole field surface, and incontiguous weeders that treat the intrarow and interrow with different weeding tools....
Extra 133 Weed management – getting the timing right
Correct timing is critical to successful integrated weed management. This Arable Extra discusses the three timing windows that should be considered…time in the rotation, time in the crop growth cycle and time in the weed life cycle....