This Quarterly newsletter includes:Information, networking and practical resources, FAR Referendum 2011: FAR targets fourth term, MAF SFF supports FAR research, FAR announces 2011 scholarship winner, Competition corner, French toast, Agricultural health and safety could save millions, FAR Maize Conference 2012, Crops Annual Expo 2011, Biocontrol agent helps keep clover root weevil in check in pasture, $35,000 per scholarship, Bio-Protection research for the arable industry, FAR research and extension strategy and portfolio, AgResearch thanks partners for DuPont Innovation Award, FAR gets up close to Cook’s findings, Cover yourself with a contract, Arable Research Groups - call for nominations, What influences Cante rbury farmers’ decision-making processes when buying fertiliser?, Irrigation NZ hits the road to make irrigation pay, Biosecurity, What sort of maize season did we have?, GROWSAFE and approved handler re-certification, First Bio-Protection Symposium - managing pests: the future for biocontrol, Petrol rebates - worth claiming, Women in Arable, Feeding our Future.