Collaborating with overseas maize experts is a good way to learn from their experiences. FAR's Dirk Wallace says a new UK collaboration is looking at maize innovations including late application of foliar nitrogen. Watch📺 Listen 🔊

Can 'A Lighter Touch' pay its way? To find out watch FAR Senior Cereals Researcher Jo Drummonds 2025 FAR Conference presentation here ➡️

Winter is slowly coming to an end and spring will be here soon, check out Sunday's edition of Crop Action for the latest info on what to think about on farm now and in the coming weeks.

Listen here to The Platform host Leah Panapa talk to FAR's Ivan Lawrie on the pressures facing arable farmers.

Seed and Grain Readiness and Response (SGRR) is the biosecurity entity for the arable sector. In this episode of Cut the Crop, FAR’s Ivan Lawrie talks about how the biosecurity levy is set and recent changes. Watch📺 Listen 🔊

Tonight FAR was at @LincolnUniNZ supporting the food and fibre awards and promoting the FAR grad programme. Congrats to all the students who won awards!

Reminder that this Wednesday we have a weed management in white clover field day in Mid-Canterbury, come along and hear about the these two on farm trials. More info and register here ➡️

Weeds, pests and herbicide resistance are some of the key issues that FAR is researching to provide growers with more options for crop management. In this week's Cut the Crop, hear about FAR's R&D programme. Watch📺 Listen 🔊

Spring is almost here! It is a good time to check out FAR's Jo Drummond's Cut the crop from last year which discusses a decision tree which poses a set of questions for growers to help you decide if whether a T0 fungicide is needed in wheat.

During his Nuffield study travels, Carlos Bagrie was blown away by the scale and sophistication of arable farming in Brazil. He says that this shows the need for NZ to focus on value rather than commodity markets. Watch📺 Listen 🔊

Next week come along to this joint FAR and @NZBeefLamb workshop! At this workshop you will hear from experts on forage systems and veterinarian Rochelle Smith (Northern Southland Vets). You will also hear from our farmer panel. More info register here ➡️

The 2024-25 spring CPT booklet is out now! Read it online here ➡️

FAR’s graduate programme gives an intro to all aspects of arable. Anna Heslop talks to FAR’s current graduate Catherine Harper & past participant Sonja Vreugdenhil about the opportunities the role has opened up. Watch 📷: Listen 🔊:

At FAR’s conference, Eva Schroeer-Merker of Germany discusses commercial developments in autonomous agricultural machinery. This is aimed at automating tasks like cultivation, sowing and mowing currently performed by human operators. Watch it here:

Herbicide resistance weeds are spreading - identifying and tackling the problem early is key to successful management. Join us for an identification and management workshop plus a presentation from Molloy Ag on sprayer calibration. More info and RSVP here:

Applications for FAR's grad programme are open now! Find out more about how to apply here ➡️ Get in quick applications close 3 August.

Join us at our maize winter workshops next week! The programme for the events vary at each location so have a look on the FAR website and register for your local event! Or can't make it in person? No worries the Hamilton workshop will be streamed online.

Instead of our regular Cut the Crop podcast, this week we have a presentation by James Venning, a grain grower from Yorke Peninsula in South Australia discusses how to maximise your precision ag investment. Watch it here ➡️

Sad day for @FARarable as we farewelled our favourite seed researcher Richard Chynoweth. Pictured here with co-legends Phil Rolston and Murray Kelly. #seed #arable #herbageseed

Check out the video of the conference presentation from Olly "Blogs" Harrison, a UK farmer with a very diverse farming business.