FAR Weekly: 16 December 2018

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

With concerns about fuel and fertiliser prices increasing, FAR Technology Manager Chris Smith has some tips for doing your best to use inputs as efficiently as possible. 

Catch up on the booklet for the white clover seminar held April 2026. 

FAR contracts Macfarlane Rural Business (MRB) to update the Cost of Production spreadsheet annually. There are two spreadsheets below. The first is based on forecast figures for the for the 2026-27 harvest and now includes mid-Canterbury irrigated  winter OSR, sunflowers, and maize silage, along with Hawkes Bay unirrigated maize grain. The second is based on 2025/26 figures.

Planning for the 2026 New Zealand Arable Awards is well underway...all we need now are your nominations.

A large-scale research project is establishing a diverse and sustainable toolkit of weed management strategies for cropping farmers in the face of rising rates of herbicide resistance. 

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

This arable extra discusses how emergence timing influences Vulpia development, flowering, and seed production Canterbury field conditions.

Read this autumn black grass update here. 

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