Do you know your anions from your cations? Can you rely on the release of anaerobically mineralisable N? Do your consultant’s recommended application rates make sense? In this edition of Cut the Crop we talk to Jeff Morton, from MortonAg about understanding and optimising your farm’s soil fertility.

Links

FAR Focus: The confidence to cut back

Managing soil fertility on cropping farms

FAR Strategy: Nitrogen application in wheat and barley

FAR Strategy: Nitrogen application in perennial ryegrass seed crops 

You can’t do much about the weather, but you can choose a cereal cultivar that will be better able to cope with whatever the seasons throw at it.

That’s the message from FAR Cereal Researcher Jo Drummond in this episode of Cut the Crop, which identifies some potential disease hangovers from the most recent harvest season and how they might affect following crops.

The wet summer didn’t help harvest much, but it’s been great for slugs, grass grub and weed seed set. In this edition of Cut the Crop, Richard Chynoweth advises arable growers to monitor pests before and after sowing and make sure they have access to the chemicals they need for weed control.

The wet summer didn’t help harvest much, but it’s been great for slugs, grass grub and weed seed set. In this edition of Cut the Crop, Richard Chynoweth advises arable growers to monitor pests before and after sowing and make sure they have access to the chemicals they need for weed control.

From 2025 farmers will have to pay for agricultural greenhouse gas emissions – now is your chance to have your say about what that payment system should look like.

In this episode of Cut the Crop, FAR CEO Alison Stewart outlines the three pricing options being considered and urges you to give us your feedback on the pros and cons of each.

The consultation closes at the end of March, so have a listen, and have your say.

Complete the emissions pricing survey here https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CGR67Q7

Cultivation practices, winter fallows, setback widths and planting plans can all impact on just how much soil a farm may lose during a major rainfall event. In this episode of Cut the Crop, Alison Stewart talks to FAR’s Abie Horrocks about the findings of recently completed research project call “Good management practices for setbacks on arable farms.

Techniques to beat climate change, different approaches for different soils and even for different Islands, Alison Stewart talks to FAR’s David Densley, who outlines some ‘new to New Zealand’ maize research and updates her on the long term maize research programme, in the North and South Islands.

For more information visit,

2022 Resilient Maize Systems conference booklet

A lot of vehicles are coming on and off-farm at this time of year.

Do you have a biosecurity plan for your business?

How do you plan to evade weeds and pests that are new to your farm?

 For more information visit, www.far.org.nz/articles/1217/arable-biosecurity-risk-register

www.far.org.nz/articles/1606/black-grass-detection

New Zealand farmers have one month to express their opinions on a greenhouse gas emissions pricing scheme as outlined in the He Waka Eke Noa agricultural emissions pricing options.

In this episode of Cut the Crop, Alison Stewart talks to Dirk Wallace, Senior Environment Researcher at FAR about how the consultation will work for arable growers during the very busy harvest period.

For more information, visit: https://www.far.org.nz/environment 

https://www.far.org.nz/articles/1610/he-waka-eke-noa-pricing-options-for-agricultural-emissions

David Densely outlines five key reasons why anyone associated with the New Zealand maize industry should attend FAR’s Maize Conference in Hamilton on February 2 and 3 2022.

International speakers, New Zealand-first maize research, benchmarking, learning from your peers, and more.

Get online and register now…registrations close on Wednesday 12 January.

Register online now  or via the Events page on the FAR website www.far.org.nz/events.