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The Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) is an applied research & information transfer organisation responsible primarily to #NZarable growers🌱

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This week's podcast guest is Scottish arable farmer and agronomist Gordon Rennie. Listen as he tells Scott Champion that low crop returns and fewer chemicals are leading UK growers to look at other income streams. Watch📺 bit.ly/35ZJ9cS Listen 🔊 bit.ly/2D7RDQq
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Join us next week at our first three autumn round ups, topics covered will include; cereal production, ryegrass cutting dates and strategies to manage hail damage. Find out more and register here ➡️ far.org.nz/events
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Congratulations to Andrew and Amy Darling, Timaru, for picking up the FMG Risk Management Award at the Canterbury Ballance Farm Environment Awards last week. It’s great to see arable represented on the podium at events like these.
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A sharp rise in aphid numbers in cereals in late October has FAR staff pondering if this led to yield losses due to YDV infection. Listen as FAR senior field officer Ben Harvey looks back at an unusual season. Watch📺 bit.ly/35ZJ9cS Listen 🔊 bit.ly/2D7RDQq
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Autumn round ups are back! Still delivering you regionally focused research results, but this year we have made some events online hopefully making it easier to attend. Full details of times and topics for each location are on the FAR website. far.org.nz/events
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Join FAR at the Hotel Ashburton, 4pm tomorrow (Wed 4 March) for a catch up on all things arable and harvest. Bring a mate and enjoy a couple of hours off-farm. Your first drink and the snacks are on us. RSVP admin@far.org.nz or just turn up.
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Join FAR at the Dunsandel Pub, 4.30pm or the Makikihi Hotel 4pm, tomorrow (Tues 3 March) for a catch up on all things arable and harvest. Bring a mate and enjoy a couple of hours off-farm. Your first drink and the snacks are on us. RSVP admin@far.org.nz or just turn up.
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Check out our latest YouTube video with Graeme Gardyne talking about the oat industry group, the oat breeding programme and the importance of oats to Southland. Subscribe to the FAR YouTube channel to stay up to date with new videos! youtu.be/ML2PkuaxsvQ?si…
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A Growers to Bakers programme has been initiated by FAR. FAR's Jo Drummond and NZ Flour Millers’ Association director Phil Jackson say that protein numbers aren’t everything when it comes to flour quality. Watch📺 bit.ly/35ZJ9cS Listen 🔊 bit.ly/2D7RDQq
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Thanks to the team at Cochranes who stepped in to harvest the ryegrass at FAR’s Chertsey Site. The machine we had lined up was unavailable when we needed it. Cochrane’s New Holland CR11 demo machine did a great job, and without it, we would probably have lost the crop.
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FAR’s Technology Manager Chris Smith surveyed growers on their 2025 harvest losses at the combine workshops. This showed that growers who measure with drop trays, record half the crop losses of those that don’t. Watch📺 bit.ly/35ZJ9cS Listen 🔊 bit.ly/2D7RDQq
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The number of growers involved in the Grain Nutrient Analysis project is increasing each year. South Otago arable grower Craig Whiteside talks about the changes he's made to crop nutrient applications as a result. Watch📺 bit.ly/35ZJ9cS Listen 🔊 bit.ly/2D7RDQq
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