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00:10:44

Join FAR's grad programme!

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2021/07/10

Applications for FAR’s 2022-2023 Graduate Programme are open until mid-August. In this episode, we talk to current grad, Fiona Anderson, about how the programme works, and what she’s been up to in her first six months. Spoiler alert…she’s loving it! FAR Graduate Programme Application form

00:16:40

Managing bird damage in arable crops

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2021/06/19

Bird feeding on crops is estimated to cost the New Zealand arable industry tens of millions of dollars every year, and don’t let’s even get started on starling nests and tractors! In this episode, FAR’s Owen Gibson outlines the pros and cons of bird management techniques from shotguns to lasers.

00:16:25

Growers Leading Change is growing!

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2021/06/12

Erica Callaghan updates Alison Stewart on progress within the Growers Leading Change programme, which now has seven grower groups running around the country, looking at everything from weed management to improving cereal profitability. But she says, they’re still looking to set up more groups and to identify farm businesses interested in implementing bigger changes as part of the Pathfinder Farm network.

00:12:22

BYDV – let the good guys do the work!

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2021/06/05

Insecticide seed treatments are starting to wear off as tillering begins, so late-autumn-early winter is a potential risk period for aphids in autumn sown wheat crops. But, says FAR cereal researcher Jo Drummond, before you start applying chemicals, get out and see if the ‘good guys’ are saving you some time and money by doing the job for you.

00:14:56

Crop Action… Live!

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2021/05/29

From herbicide efficacy and grain storage pests, to closing dates for fescue and cocksfoot. FAR’s Jo Drummond and Richard Chynoweth discuss what arable growers should be thinking about now…as autumn turns to winter.

00:23:15

Strip-till and no-till maize systems

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2021/05/22

FAR’s David Densely is a big fan of strip-till and no-till maize establishment. In this episode, David talks to Anna Heslop about the benefits of reducing cultivation in maize systems.

00:20:54

Two heads are better than one

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2021/05/15

FAR and Pure Oil NZ are working together on a Monitor Farm Project aimed at understanding the factors influencing oilseed rape yields. Alison Stewart talks to Keith Gundry about what they learned in the 2020/21 season.

00:13:34

Soil your undies!

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2021/05/08

Take one pair of cotton undies and one spade…that’s all you need to carry out a slightly unusual on-farm trial aimed at monitoring soil health. FAR’s Abie Horrocks explains the Soil your Undies campaign, where the rate of decomposition of a pair of cotton undies, provides an indicator of soil microbial activity.

00:20:12

Maize research: profitability, resilience and...

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2021/05/01

Anna Heslop and David Densley discuss FAR’s new PRE-focus maize research and extension strategy, and how it is being rolled out on-farm and in workshops this year.

00:19:30

FEP audits…going for gold

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2021/04/24

Looking for an A grade in your farm environment plan audit? In this episode, Anna Heslop asks FEP auditor Sue Cumberworth how the audit process works and what she wants to see and hear during an audit visit; and learns how to shift a B grade to an A.

00:10:35

Biosecurity, paying our way

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2021/04/17

Seed and Grain Readiness and Response (SGRR), the arable industry’s biosecurity group, formally signed up to a Government Industry Agreement (GIA) with MPI in June last year. The GIA agreement included the mechanism to set a biosecurity levy, and FAR is currently carrying out formal consultation and notification of this process. In this episode, Alison Stewart explains how and when the levy will be activated, and who pays.

00:26:31

Milling wheat myth busting

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2021/04/10

A large proportion of the wheat milled in New Zealand is imported. In this episode, FAR’s Ivan Lawrie does some myth-busting around why this is the case, and outlines a project aimed at improving grower returns by increasing consumer demand for New Zealand ‘grown’ bread.

00:23:42

Freshwater and FEPs - what's your plan?

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2021/04/03

FEPs, Freshwater Plans, Integrated Farm Plans…there’s a lot of talk about planning at present! In this episode, Alison Stewart talks to FAR Environmental Researcher Turi McFarlane about the range of farm plans currently under consideration, how they link to regulation and what arable farmers can do now, to get ahead in the planning game! One quick quote and a couple of video grabs highlighted. Also a couple of suggested deletions to tidy things up (if they work).

00:18:10

Growers Leading Change

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2021/03/27

From grassweeds to soil health and everything in between. Erica Callaghan, the National Coordinator of FAR’s Growing Leading Change programme talks to Alison Stewart about some of the Arable Growth Groups that are already up and running within this new knowledge exchange programme, and what’s coming next.

00:14:39

Select for cereal disease resistance

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2021/03/20

FAR’s Jo Drummond discusses the benefits of considering disease resistance ratings when choosing your autumn sown wheat cultivars, providing tips for cutting back on spending…not on yield.

00:18:38

Boosting seed research

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2021/03/06

SIRC, the Seed Industry Research Centre, is a grower-industry collaboration. It was formed in 2017 to ensure quality and continuity for seed research in New Zealand. In this episode, Ivan Lawrie outlines SIRC’s membership and funding model, and explains how SIRC determines which of the seed industry’s many pressing issues, to invest in.

00:18:00

Promoting the arable industry

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2021/02/27

Is the New Zealand arable industry hiding its light under a bushel? Anna Heslop talks to FAR CEO Alison Stewart about what policymakers and the public know about arable systems and products, and how FAR is working to change that.

00:15:17

Keep an eye out for grass grub

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2021/02/20

Two grass grubs per spade square equals 60 per square metre and that’s enough to do damage emerging cereal crops! With this in mind, Alison Stewart talks to AgResearch entomologist Sarah Mansfield current and future options for grass grub control.

00:15:37

Keeping up with velvetleaf

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2021/02/13

Welcome back to our first episode for 2021! Late summer is the key time for an on-farm velvetleaf search and destroy mission…this season’s plants will be well established, but won’t have set seed yet. AgResearch Weed Scientist Dr Trevor James chats to Alison Stewart about ongoing research into velvetleaf management and reminds growers what to look for when checking crops.

00:19:04

20 tonnes by 2020 - what have we learned?

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2020/12/16

Back in 2012, 20 tonnes of feed wheat per hectare was a pretty ambitious research goal. In this episode of Cut the Crop, cereal researcher Jo Drummond explains the impact of sowing dates and disease resistance on yields and how close we got to that magic number.

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