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As the price of fertiliser rises, so does the value of the straw that stays on your farm.

Understanding the true value of your crop starts with knowing your full cost of production. Driven by the Northern South Island Arable Research Group (NSI ARG), FAR has developed a simple overhead cost calculator to help growers work out their farm’s overhead costs per hectare.

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.

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. 

Did you know that FAR has a fund to support growers who wish to attend relevant international conferences and events?

FAR has developed a simple electronic survey (decision tool) to help you identify which online Farm Management Systems (FMS) are best suited to you and your farm business.

A revised, 2024, version of the Good Practice Guide for Trading Maize Forage is now available. This version outlines the Claas JAGUAR NIR Sensor (CJNS) as well as the the John Deere HarvestLabTM3000 (JDHL).

Make sure you have completed this burning and smoke management plan before you burn - and keep it with you as evidence of planning while the burn is underway.

This spreadsheet can be used to calculate nitrogen use efficiency factors when carrying out on-farm tryouts.

This ANOVA Statistical Analysis Spreadsheet Tool has been designed to help make sense of the results of on-farm trials and try-outs.