This FAR newsletter includes:FAR welcomes budget announcement, Tom Wolf, The Commodity Levies (Maize) Order 2006, MAF SFF funding round, Making irrigation pay, FAR research planning, Trans-Tasman collaboration searches for novel endophytes, FAR Focus, Project Update: Strip tillage into pasture, Strategic planning made simple, Succession planning: begin with the end in mind, Canterbury Crusaders come second by only 18 dollars per ha!, Endosulfan use prohibited, Ballance Farm Environmental Awards - Supreme winner, FAR warns growers of Broomcorn Millet, FAR Postgraduate Scholarship, Dates for your diary.