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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....
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. ...
ANOVA Statistical Analysis Tool
This ANOVA Statistical Analysis Spreadsheet Tool has been designed to help make sense of the results of on-farm trials and try-outs....
Crop Action: Issue 19 2023
Crop Action keeps you up to date with arable crop development and actions right across New Zealand....
H77 Blind seed disease management in ryegrass seed crops
FAR carried out a number of studies in the 2000s to investigate the effect of various fungicides on the incidence of blind seed disease and on fungal endophyte transmission. This publication summarises those studies, which are still relevant, and updates the list of fungicides registered in New Zealand for blind seed disease control....