Soil nitrogen supply calculator

This Herbage Update summarises three seasons of irrigation experiments investigating yield penalties from early versus late-season drought and identifying mechanisms to guide irrigation strategies for improved water-use efficiency.

This report outlines findings from the moisture probe trial including the performance of each of the systems tested in Year 2 (2024-25) and outlines key points to consider when choosing a moisture monitoring system based on findings from both year’s work.

Watch here as FAR's Dirk Wallace takes you through step by step how to use FAR's soil nitrogen supply calculator.

FAR's Senior Environment Researcher Dirk Wallace takes you through the steps to taking your own soil samples and sending them off to the lab.

The moisture probe trial is back for 2025-26 season. We have moisture probes from different providers installed at our Chertsey research site. View the different companies dashboards here.

Soil health is the key to success in any farming system, join this evening webinar with Philip Wright owner of Wright Resolutions Limited (UK) to learn how reduced and more effective tillage, correct use of tyre pressures can impact on your soil health and structure, possibly increasing yields.

FAR contracts the services of Macfarlane Rural Business annually to update the Cost of Production spreadsheet for a standard set of crops from a case study group of a typical irrigated Mid-Canty arable farm with a mid to high input system.

With Spark and One NZ decommissioning their 2G and 3G networks across the country near the end of 2025. FAR has contacted the companies involved with the moisture probe trial to find out how it could affect your farm.

Read the booklet for the 2025 autumn round up series here. 

Following the 2024 combine workshops the team have been travelling around the South Island meeting with growers and helping them reduce their losses and improve combine efficiency. Find out more about how you can measure your harvest losses here.