FAR Weekly: 29 October 2017

Independent analysis of estimated on-farm ryegrass seed crop growing costs in Canterbury for the 2026/27 season shows a median cost of production to be $3.73 per kilo for growing costs and farm overheads plus business costs. 

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

BYDV is a complex, aphid-transmitted disease that poses significant risks to cereal production in New Zealand. Find out more about the disease in this update.

A T1 fungicide can be the hardest application to get right. Ideally, it targets GS 32 (leaf 3 emergence, two leaves below the flag), but getting the timing right can be challenging if conditions are wet and/or windy. FAR has extended the T1 window to late GS 31- GS 33 find out more here.

Micronutrients are essential trace elements required by plants in very small quantities (mg/kg dry matter). They are critical for normal plant growth, development, and reproduction. Find out more about micronutrients here.

This Arable Extra covers tips for spring nutrient requirements including nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sulphur and magnesium. 

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

This factsheet is for arable and mixed-cropping growers deciding how to protect an existing crop, establish the next crop and avoid compaction during an unusually wet spring.

This fact sheet outlines the differences between urea, urease inhibitors, polymer coated urea (PCU), nitrification inhibitors, calcined ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulphate or sulphate of ammonia and compound fertilisers.

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