Arable

Study focused on future-proofing the profitability, sustainability and wellbeing of NZ’s hill country farmers.

General manager bowing out after 12 years in the industry.

Major project to develop alternatives to chemical pest control requires faster approval process for biologicals in NZ.

Manawatū farmer Simon Nitschke emerged as the big winner of the night, bagging two awards.

Sector gets ready to celebrates its top innovators and heroes.

Foundation for Arable Research upgrades website search function with cutting-edge artificial intelligence.

Info goes to build map of seed crops that helps maintain crucial isolation.

Latest AIMI survey shows yields up on both crops.

Corn ethanol production has slotted a useful second crop into farmers’ cycle – and its byproduct has found customers in NZ.

Brazil's green energy policy plays back well for local farmers keen to contribute some of their less productive cropping land for biomass growing for extra income.

A vast Brazilian estate develops its own bio-pesticides in its on-farm bio-reactor.

Planting a second crop has boosted Brazil’s corn production into double digit annual growth rates.

Forum will update exporters and importers on movement of NZ seeds to and from global markets.

Sowing multiple cultivars together has several benefits, research confirms.

Innovation pays off for a family of forward thinkers.

Consultant casts doubt on claims of grain oversupply.

Bid to regularise standards and rules across domestic and imported seed.

Low and inconsistent prices and a lack of trust are said to be racking sector.

East coast growers feel hung out to dry after tough season.

Richard Rennie sets out to track an increasingly popular NZ dairy cow feed to its source in Brazil’s agricultural heartland.

Forewarning of likely demand could stabilise supply and pricing, FAR says.

Wheat and barley growers invited to record seed on online form to calculate royalties due.

Charlotte Tumilson is the IP manager at Grasslanz Technology Limited.

Arable Hall of Fame also preparing to induct first growers.

The on-farm experiments are known as try-outs, rather than trials, as they are not fully scientifically replicated, but still provide a useful indicator for growers.

Projected record consumption and certain supply constraints will have a bearing on local industry.

Opposition to plant genetics work can be a matter of marketing, Women in Seed conference told.

The sector encompasses far more than pastures and crops, and is increasingly essential to meeting global food needs.

It’s painstaking work that can have a widespread impact.

Online tool will allow farmers to list farm-saved seed and meet their obligations.

Fiona Foley is enjoying the responsibility of guiding the company’s plant breeding strategy for NZ.

A Dutch farmer shares how he took his knowledge of farming in the Netherlands and applied it to his Mid Canterbury cropping and livestock operation.

The Tayler brothers, who farm around 1000ha, also grow process potatoes for Bluebird Foods and McCain.

Nominations are open for Grower of the Year in maize, cereal and seed categories, and a team of judges will select one of these winners as 2024 Arable Farmer of the Year.

Management method that enhances populations of beneficial species or disrupts populations of pest species outlined in seminar.

Trial results mark recent harvest as best autumn-sown yield ever recorded.