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Cut the Crop!

Foundation for Arable Research (NZ)

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00:17:30

FAR – progress and priorities

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2021/12/11

FAR CEO Alison Stewart talks to Hugh Ritchie about his three years as Board Chair… what’s worked and what’s still a work in progress.

00:13:08

Sort out your silos!

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2021/12/04

FAR’s Jo Drummond explains why now is a good time to start preparing silos for the upcoming harvest…and how to do it right! For more info: Understanding stored grain pests - https://www.far.org.nz/articles/71/c210-understanding-stored-grain-pests Regular monitoring protects grain quality - https://www.far.org.nz/articles/72/c211-regular-monitoring-protects-grain-quality

00:20:39

Arable biosecurity. What's going on?

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2021/11/27

FAR is involved in a range of international, national and on-farm biosecurity initiatives aimed at protecting our sector. In this episode of Cut the Crop, FAR’s GM R&D, Andy Pitman, outlines some examples of this work. For more information, B3 - Better Border Bioprotection

00:19:21

The big three issues for Irrigation New Zealand

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2021/11/20

In this episode of Cut the Crop, Irrigation NZ Chief Executive Vanessa Winning talks to Alison Stewart about the organisation’s three big issues: policy, perception and industry training. Irrigation NZ website

00:19:07

What’s up with ramularia?

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2021/11/10

Ramularia is everywhere. Soonie Chng from Plant & Food Research explains the latest New Zealand research findings on this disease and ponders what future management might look like. FAR Cereal Disease Strategy, 2020

00:17:12

Change in the air for rural mental health

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2021/11/06

In this episode of Cut the Crop, Anna Heslop talks to rural mental health advocate and Will to Live founder Elle Perriam about Will to Live’s latest venture…the Rural Change Programme, which is funding counseling services for New Zealand farmers and farmworkers. It’s inspiring and it could be the help that you, or someone you love, needs right now. Links: www.willtolivenz.com/i-want-help www.rural-support.org.nz/ https://farmstrong.co.nz/

00:13:02

There are no bad crops - fluxmeter findings

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2021/10/30

A seven year project measuring just how much nitrogen is lost from arable systems has found that there are no good or bad crops, but there are definitely good and bad years. In this episode of Cut the Crop, FAR’s Diana Mathers discusses the findings of the fluxmeter SFF project, and how they can be used to support on-farm decision making. Link: https://www.far.org.nz/articles/1545/nitrogen-the-confidence-to-cut-back-far-focus-14

00:15:03

Drone flies - breed your own hybrid crop pollinators

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2021/10/23

Drone flies are great pollinators of hybrid vegetable seed crops. In this episode of Cut the Crop we talk to Dr. Brad Howlett from Plant & Food Research about just how easy it is to support honey bee pollination by breeding drone flies in the paddock where you need them. For more information, visit https://www.far.org.nz/articles/1564/managing-drone-flies-for-pollination

00:16:57

Crop Action Live – cereals and grass seeds

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2021/10/16

It’s decision time for cereal and grass seed crops! In this episode of Cut the Crop, we talk to FAR’s Jo Drummond and Richard Chynoweth about what factors to consider around weed, pest and disease management, closing dates, nutrients and irrigation.

00:14:58

An arable update: what our growers told us

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2021/10/09

A survey of arable growers has highlighted that arable is a great industry to be involved with, but also that it is getting more stressful. In this episode of Cut the Crop, Growers Leading Change National Coordinator, Erica Callaghan, outlines the results of a survey of 10 percent of New Zealand’s arable growers and explains how these results will be used to develop a more tailored extension approach.

00:20:45

Know your number: tools for greenhouse gas emissions...

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2021/10/02

With greenhouse gas emissions compliance deadlines looming, FAR has developed two DIY tools to help arable farmers calculate and understand their on-farm situation. In this edition of Cut the Crop, FAR environment researchers Dirk Wallace and Turi McFarlane explain the E-Check emissions calculator and the Arable Greenhouse Gas Emissions planning module.

00:16:59

From fungicides to freshwater…FAR’s on the case

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2021/09/25

Anna Heslop talks to FAR CEO Alison Stewart about the impacts of the most recent Covid lockdown, some new tools and resources for growers, what’s happening in the field.

00:19:54

Soil quality...a DIY test

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2021/09/18

Soil quality changes over the rotation are important indicators of how management decisions affect soil quality. In this episode of Cut the Crop, Anna Heslop talks to Abie Horrocks about how to carry out your own DIY soil quality test, and what the results may mean. How to do a mini-VSA assessment

00:12:05

How much is too much? Optimising N rates for cereals

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2021/09/11

FAR researcher Jo Drummond talks to Anna Heslop about how to get the most bang for your nitrogen buck in the coming season.

00:15:20

Maize: profit, resilience and environment

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2021/08/21

FAR researcher David Densely talks to Anna Heslop about the next 12 months of maize research and extension. There’s a lot of work going into on-farm trials looking at establishment techniques and cover-crops, and, linked to it, a series of field days. David also announces the date of FAR’s 2022 Maize Conference

00:19:56

Climate change and New Zealand arable

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2021/08/14

In the second of a series of Cut the Crop podcasts with Dr Harry Clark, Director of New Zealand’s Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre, we discuss how New Zealand farmers and growers are being asked to respond to the climate crisis. New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre

00:18:53

Arable Road Trip

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2021/08/09

On this episode Alison Stewart checks in with growers Hew Dalrymple in Bulls, Andrew Darling in Timaru and Craig Whiteside in Clinton to see what the 2020-21 season has handed them. Handy hint…it’s a pretty mixed bag!

00:22:49

Climate change – the big picture

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2021/08/07

How real is the threat of climate change to New Zealand? In the first of a series of Cut the Crop podcasts with Dr Harry Clark, Director of New Zealand’s Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre, we discuss how different levels of warming could impact on how and where we live and farm, and why reducing greenhouse gas emissions is so important. For more information, visit Ag Matters.

00:21:18

Making the most of maize!

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2021/07/31

Average effort equals average yields. In this episode of Cut the Crop, Anna Heslop talks to FAR’s senior maize researcher, David Densley, about moving Beyond the First Principles of maize production to increase yield and profit.

00:16:55

Catch crops after winter grazing

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2021/07/24

Catch crops like forage oats provide are a great way to suck up excess nitrogen after winter grazing, protecting your farm from leaching losses. In this episode, Anna Heslop talks to Peter Carey from Lincoln Agritech, about why it’s important to get catch crops in as soon as grazing is completed. He also touches on the use of A Spader drill in Southland.

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