Logging spin
OPINION: The Hound notes that the foreign-owned and controlled NZ forestry industry is starting to feel the pressure of the…
Monday, 24 September 2018 09:37
Immense crop farms amaze Kiwis
Four kiwi arable farmers were amazed recently to see the immensity of the cropping industries in western Europe and Ukraine.
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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.
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General News
Wednesday, 22 April 2015 09:36
Arable farmers show how to grow feed
Eat your heart out dairy farmers: even if your pasture is the best in the country it won’t come close to amassing the feed/day a cereal crop can, judging by Foundation of Arable Research (FAR) findings.
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General News
Friday, 20 September 2013 15:59
Noxious weed spill threatens arable sector
SEED OF Europe’s most notorious arable weed, blackgrass, has almost certainly been spilt in Canterbury prompting a cross-industry effort to try to contain the incursion.
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General News
Tuesday, 01 May 2012 11:07
Gains in online crop recording
A ONE-STOP crop recording system from Australia to meet all compliance, management and benchmarking requirements here is being considered by the Foundation for Arable Research.
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Management
Monday, 16 January 2012 14:38
Cropping conference coming up
The Foundation for Arable Research's (FAR) is hosting its fifth North Island conference in Hamilton next month.
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General News