Displaying items by tag: wheat

Tuesday, 24 March 2026 10:25

Dirty Pool!

OPINION: President Trump's tariff wars have torpedoed the US grain belt's biggest market, China, sending many US family farms to the wall.

Published in The Hound

Wednesday, 29 July 2020 13:38

Give that man a Guinness – another world wheat record!

Ashburton wheat grower Eric Watson, left, with Bayer’s David Weith in the paddock of wheat which has yielded a new world record. Photo: Supplied.

Going to liquid fertiliser is the big innovation that allowed Mid-Canterbury arable farmer Eric Watson to break his own Guinness World Record for wheat yield.

Published in Management

Tuesday, 20 September 2016 13:55

It’s a world record – or is it?

Leeston, Central Canterbury arable farmer David Birkett has unofficially smashed the world record wheat yield by at least 1 tonne/ha.

Published in General News

Thursday, 31 December 2015 08:55

Plant science technology combats climate change

Effect of climate change on average maize, rice and wheat yields in 2050: Based on process-based models (DSSAT) between 2010 and 2050 (%). Source: IFPRI study

This year will likely be the hottest on record, according to the World Meteorological Organisation.

Published in General News

Thursday, 23 April 2015 15:05

Is Wakanui’s reign starting to wane?

Torch is up there on yield but leaf rust ratings have changed, FAR’s Rob Craigie told growers.

While feed wheat variety Wakanui still tops the tables for four year adjusted mean yield in Canterbury, a couple of newer cultivars are nipping at its heels.

Published in Management

Monday, 17 December 2012 12:08