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Get your entries in for the Wheat Awards 2021

March 1, 2021 by Rebecca Flannery

How do your wheat crops look this year? Average, good, great? United Wheatgrowers, Federated Farmers and New Zealand Grain and Seed Trade Association now invite entries from growers in the annual wheat awards. Crops harvested in 2021 are eligible for entry in the following classes: Premium milling wheat, milling wheat, gristing wheat, feed wheat, and […]

Hotter, drier, CRISPR: editing for climate change

February 26, 2021 by Lauren Hale

Gene editing technology will play a vital role in climate-proofing future crops to protect global food supplies, according to scientists at The University of Queensland.  Biotechnologist Dr Karen Massel from UQ’s Centre for Crop Science has published a review of gene editing technologies such as CRISPR-Cas9 to safeguard food security in farming systems under stress from extreme and variable climate conditions.  […]

White paper sets out pressing regenerative agriculture research priorities

February 22, 2021 by Simon Edwards

A new white paper says there is significant overlap on the continuum of practices between mainstream and regenerative agriculture. Among its conclusions is that there is a pressing need for scientific testing of the limited evidence and anecdotal claims being made by regenerative agriculture practitioners and proponents. Lead author Dr Gwen Grelet, a senior researcher […]

Economic Week – February 19

February 19, 2021 by Simon Edwards

by Nick Clark, Federated Farmers Manager General Policy Seven in a row Continued strong demand from China saw dairy prices increase again in this week’s Global Dairy Trade auction. The GDT Price Index was up 3.0% compared to the previous auction a fortnight ago.  All six commodities on offer increased in price, led by whole […]

A day in the life of an arable farmer…

February 15, 2021 by Simon Edwards

New Zealand’s arable industry is worth $2.1 billion each year to the economy, and earns us $260 million in export sales.  It also employs more than 11,300 Kiwis. It’s a diverse sector, and a world leader in both volume and quality producing the likes of radish seed, white clover seed and carrot seed. But while […]

NZ needs its own Project Warp Speed on climate change

February 12, 2021 by Simon Edwards

by Peter Griffon, founding Director of the Science Media Centre. This article was first published in BusinessDesk. OPINION: The good news about the Climate Change Commission’s draft plan to meet our Paris Agreement commitments and avoid the worst of climate change is that it doesn’t hinge on technology yet to be developed. The commission has […]

Economic Week – February 12

February 12, 2021 by Simon Edwards

by Nick Clark, Manager General Policy, Federated Farmers of NZ Budget 2021 The Government this week released Budget Policy Statement 2021 for the upcoming Budget. Last year’s Budget was focused mainly on the immediate need to keep New Zealand safe from COVID-19 and combatting the economic fallout.  While continuing this work, Budget 2021 will move […]

Knowing your fertiliser includes understanding how it spreads

February 11, 2021 by Simon Edwards

With the summer season being a busy time for farmers and growers keen to get the fert’ on, there’s often a tendency to focus on getting the job done, rather than think too much about what’s in the product or how it’s being applied, says the Fertiliser Quality Council. The organisation, which overseas Fertmark and […]

Australian Zanda McDonald Award winner named

February 11, 2021 by Lauren Hale

Rozzie O’Reilly from Holbrook NSW has an exciting year ahead of her after being crowned the 2021 Australian winner of the prestigious Zanda McDonald Award. O’Reilly, 28 years old, is breeding manager at LAMBPRO, Australia’s largest prime lamb seedstock business. She is responsible for managing the database for 6,000 performance recorded stud ewes, co-ordinating staff […]

Ewe’ll love this milk

February 10, 2021 by Rebecca Flannery

Sheep milk … is it really a thing? More than 250 people turned out at the first Sheep Milk New Zealand open day last week, to see for themselves what sheep milk might mean for the future of New Zealand’s primary industries. The open day was held at Tuscany Downs, Kirwee, 40 minutes west of […]

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