Podcast
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....
Extra 132 Integrated weed management
Integrated weed management (IWM) is a system level approach to managing weeds. It combines multiple control approaches into a single weed management programme. This Arable Extra explains physical, chemical, biological and ecological approaches and provides some examples of how they can be used....
Arable Industry Marketing Initiative (AIMI)
View the latest AIMI Survey of Cereal and Maize Areas and Volumes to 31 October 2024....
Crop Action: Issue 20 2023
Crop Action keeps you up to date with arable crop development and actions right across New Zealand....
AIMI cereals survey to 10 October 2023
The AIMI survey of New Zealand cereal growers, as at October 10, 2023 is now available online....
Have your say on the future of Canterbury
Environment Canterbury is asking for feedback on the future direction of climate action, land use and biodiversity, and water and coastal issues in the region. Read on for tips on what to include in your submission. ...