This FAR newsletter includes:FAR cost of production benchmarking database, Grass Weeds of Arable Crops - The Ute Guide on sale now, Arrivals and departures, New channel to benefit farmers, Pasture Renewal website launched, Cereal harvest 2009, Competition corner, Taking Care of Business workshops welcomed by growers, Polite reminder - FAR Annual Return Declaration, Easter recipe, A word from Tony. FAR’s inaugural scholar, Arable Y’s, Women in Arable, FAR Maize Conference 2009, FAR Arable Sites sponsors, Dates for your diary.
From the Ground Up, Issue 57
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17 September 2025
Black-grass update
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.
17 September 2025
Maize Update 90 Maize pre-emergence herbicides and how best to use them
Pre-emergence herbicides have been the mainstay of maize weed management. This Maize Update discusses factors affecting pre-emergence herbicide success including application timing, modes of action and soil interactions.
17 September 2025
Extra 142 Nutrient management for autumn sown crops after a wet winter
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.
17 September 2025
Extra 141 Options for replanting milling wheat (2025)
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.
17 September 2025
Cereals update 231: Do T0 fungicides add financial value? Ten years of research says 'no'.
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.
17 September 2025
Maize Update 89: On-farm biosecurity: Invasive weeds in maize systems and how to avoid them
Farmers face three levels of biosecurity risk; regional biosecurity incursion risk; border biosecurity, regional biosecurity and on-farm biosecurity. This Maize update discusses the importance of on-farm biosecurity, the one factor you have control over.
17 September 2025
AIMI New Zealand survey of cereals areas and volumes: 1 July 2025
The AIMI survey of New Zealand cereal growers, as at 1 July, 2024 is now available online.
17 September 2025
2024-25 Spring sown CPT book
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.
17 September 2025
2024/25 Autumn Cultivar Book
The Autumn Cereal Cultivar Evaluation Book for 2024/25 is now available to read.
17 September 2025
Cereals Update 230 Winter wheat cultivar mixtures under irrigated and dryland conditions in Mid Canterbury
Planting a crop consisting of multiple cereal cultivars (cultivar mixtures) enhances genetic diversity, which can improve both seasonal and long-term agronomic performance and slow or reduce disease spread. To assess the viability of this approach for feed wheat production under current commercial conditions in New Zealand, FAR conducted a series of field trials in Chertsey, Mid Canterbury, between 2021 and 2024.