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To survive and thrive in this changing world, New Zealand farmers must take a new look at what resilience means to them and their farming operations, Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) chief executive Alison Stewart says.

Agronomic tools and practices are available for maize growers facing the headwinds of increasing costs of production, extreme weather events and environmental considerations, Foundation for Arable Research senior maize researcher David Densley says.

Arable farmers are being encouraged to vote before the August 23 deadline in a referendum, which will determine the future of the Foundation for Arable Research (FAR).

Planting green a developing trend here and overseas where growers plant directly into a green crop, will be demonstrated at the Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) premier maize field day near Hamilton this month.

Climate change could make maize silage a more realistic fodder proposition for South Island dairy farmers, according to researchers speaking at the recent Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) CROPS 2022 event.

A new digital tool has been launched to help growers make decisions around aphid management and when to act to prevent damage to their crops.

A farm with five or fewer staff and observing social distancing among workers need not register as an essential business.

The Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) says it has named one of its own as their 2019 Researcher of the Year.

Leeston cropping farmer Simon Osborne likes to point out that all life is a symbiosis.

Initial results from the first national survey of herbicide resistance in arable farming have shown surprising resistance to glyphosate.