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A foliar fertiliser is a product that is designed to be applied directly to the leaves of the plant.

Rabobank's Emma Higgins recently outlined some of the current headaches facing the agriculture sector.

A Bay of Plenty company has been sentenced after a dense cloud of lime dust across a motorway caused a multi-vehicle crash which killed a driver.

With the cost of fertiliser soaring, Mark Daniel called on advice from Power Farming product manager John (JP) Chapman to understand how to get the best bang for your buck as you set off on your spring application campaign.

OPINION: Like many of you, I’m so over the uninformed knockers of primary industries.

Everywhere I go, whether it be in town or on farm, I hear a similar topic being discussed. It’s the fact prices have risen and as a result farmers and growers have become very focused on controlling on-farm costs.

India plans to double its budgeted 2021-22 fertiliser subsidies to a record of more than 1.55 trillion rupees (US$20.64 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, to avoid potential shortages amid a sharp increase in global prices of chemicals, fertiliser and fuels.

Farmers are being told to expect further rises in fertiliser prices within weeks.

The country's two largest fertiliser traders have increased prices, for the second time in as many months.

Federated Farmers vice president Chris Lewis claims farmers won't be making much money this year, despite a record forecast milk price.