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Autumn round up booklet 2025
Read the booklet for the 2025 autumn round up series here. ...
Moisture monitoring considerations
FAR's technology manager Chris Smith gives you some tips and tricks to help you pick the best moisture sensor for your system....
FAR Technical Report Issue 1: Moisture Monitoring Project 2023/24
In 2023, FAR set up a Moisture Monitoring project at its Kowhai Research Site in Lincoln to provide independent insights into the range of moisture monitoring systems available in New Zealand. This report covers findings from the first year of the trial and outlines key considerations when choosing a moisture monitoring system....
Oilseed O1: Oil seed rape management
Pure Oil NZ and FAR are collaborating to monitor oilseed rape (OSR) paddocks to identify strategies to improve yields. Their work has identified that many growers could reduce the amount of nitrogen applied to OSR crops without impacting on yield or profit....
Arable Extra 139 Nitrogen management, economic optima and indicators for arable crops 2024-2025
This Arable Extra discusses optimal nitrogen rates for crops based on 2024-25 fertiliser and crop prices....
Spring field events booklet
Read the booklet from our September 2024 spring field events here. ...
Moisture probe trial at Kowhai Farm
As of 14 Feb 2025 this trial is now over for the 2024-2025 season. But it will be back later in the year, keep an eye out for updates. ...
Catch crop guidelines - Forages for reduced nitrate leaching
Guidelines for the use of catch crops developed as part of the Forages for Reduced Nitrate Leaching Programme have been updated....
2024 Autumn round up series booklet
Find the booklets from the 2024 autumn round up series here. ...
Intensive winter grazing: Permitted Activity or Resource Consent?
A Permitted Activity rule outlines conditions that must be met to operate without a consent. If your activity meets all of those conditions, you don’t need council authorisation, and are not required to notify us of the activity. By answering all of the questions below, you can determine whether intensive winter grazing would be a permitted activity on your farm, or whether you would need a resource consent....