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.
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.
Arable sector industry bodies and the Government have committed to working together on actions to drive the future success and resilience of New Zealand’s arable sector.
Welcome to the Winter 2026 edition of From the Ground Up.
Eight award winners were named on Thursday night (20 August, 2026) and four people/couples were inducted into the Arable Industry Hall of Fame.
A FAR project is helping arable and dairy farmers understand more about the greenhouse gas emissions associated with growing and using feed wheat, feed barley, maize grain and maize silage.
If you’re an East Coast maize grower interested in improving nitrogen use efficiency, profitability and environmental outcomes, read on! FAR is offering several opportunities for maize growers to learn, collaborate and help shape future nitrogen management recommendations.
Plantain has become an increasingly important component of pasture seed mixes, driven in part by heightened environmental concerns regarding nitrate leaching from grazed pastoral systems. Nitrogen (N) fertiliser management is widely regarded as the principal agronomic lever for increasing plantain seed yield, especially in environments with low inherent soil fertility. This project aims to improve the agronomy of plantain seed production by identifying optimal biological and economic N application rates.
