Crop Action: Issue 8 2023

Crop Action keeps you up to date with arable crop development and actions right across New Zealand.

Growers are reminded to report any grass weeds that appear unfamiliar or could resemble black-grass (Alopecurus myosuroides). Early reporting remains one of our strongest tools for protecting the industry.

Crop Action keeps you up to date with arable crop development and actions right across New Zealand.

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.

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.

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 keeps you up to date with arable crop development and actions right across New Zealand.

The AIMI survey of New Zealand cereal growers, as at 1 July, 2024 is now available online.

Crop Action keeps you up to date with arable crop development and actions right across New Zealand.

This book outlines trial-specific yields and individual cultivar disease ratings for spring sown wheat and barley cultivars included in the 2024-2025 CPT trials.