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Bad timing

Your canine crusader reckons fertiliser company Ballance Agri-Nutrients’ new chief executive David Wynne may need to improve his timing.

Something in the water?

Your old mate wonders if there’s something in the water that’s caused the recent raft of departures – some sudden – of many top executives in the agri sector.

Glammy whammy

The Hound reckons there must be a whole lot of red (which is appropriate) faces at the red meat promotion agency Beef + Lamb NZ after its major SNAFU in this year’s Golden Lamb Awards (The Glammies).

NZ has a ‘rock star’ lifestyle – thanks to farming

Jacqueline Rowarth, professor of agribusiness, The University of Waikato.

At the beginning of April, the Social Progress Index was released ranking New Zealand 5th of 133 countries, accounting for 94% of the global population.

Four tonnes a first for ryegrass

Record ryegrass: FAR’s Richard Chynoweth was one of seven speakers at FAR’s recent autumn results meetings.

For the first time in FAR trials ryegrass seed yields have topped 4t/ha.

Now is the time to decide on hogget breeding

April is the month when farmers need to make the final decision about hogget breeding for the year.

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.

Homing in on oilseed options

FAR’s Jen Linton demonstrates pgr effects on oilseed rape trials at the arable site, Chertsey, late last year. No significant difference was recorded.

FAR cultivar and herbicide trials with resurgent crop oilseed rape promise to help growers hone their agronomy on the resurgent crop.

Farmers have a stake in forestry industry

Farmers with woodlots have a vested interest in a successful forestry sector.

Tick eradication not Theileria silver bullet

Ensuring young stock are sourced from areas caught up in the outbreak of Theileriosis is still the best defence for farmers’ in areas where the disease is prevalent, says Bay Of Islands vet Garth Riddle.