Foundation for Arable Research
The Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) is an applied research organisation responsible to New Zealand arable growers and is involved in funding of arable and maize research and technology transfer.
FAR was formed in 1995 and operates under the Commodity Levy Legislation. FAR needs to hold a referendum of growers every five years and in the referendum in 2023, FAR received 88% support from arable growers, 79% support from maize growers and 69% from cereal silage growers who voted.
FAR Conference 2025: Combine harvester workshop learnings
Cover crops in maize: are legumes an option?
Introducing the FAR maize planter
Hawkes Bay virtual field walk
S4EP11 - Making time for physical and mental wellness
Optimising yield in modern perennial ryegrass seed crops
Webinar: Fall armyworm chat and website tour
Prioritising your cereal fungicide applications
S5EP23 - Management of birds on arable farms
S4EP16 - Tapping into FAR’s weather and disease platform
S3E10 - Cocksfoot growers’ questions answered
S3E34 - Tips for spring cereal disease management
S5EP18 - Don’t wait for a crisis to try IPM
S5EP15 - What is Aphid Chat?
S4EP20 - Managing cereal aphids: What to consider before spraying
S4EP52 - Managing key weeds in ryegrass and clover seed crops
S3E8 - Understanding soil test results
S2E32 - Drone flies - breed your own hybrid crop pollinators
FAR Conference 2025: Options to improve agronomic management and seed yield of herbage seed crops
FAR Conference 2025: Can 'A Lighter Touch' pay its way?
S5EP43 - Do “Scope” emissions affect arable growers?
How to take soil samples
S5EP44 - Maize nutrition: does the answer lie in the soil?
Sprayer 101 - looking after your sprayer
S5EP35 - Do you really need that T0 fungicide?
S5EP37 - Special insight into world’s ag trade
Getting your nitrogen right - Dirk Wallace
Autonomy in arable agriculture – what is in store, Eva Schröer-Merker
Biologicals – the biggest bandwagon in town, Alison Stewart
FAR Conference 2025: James Venning (Barunga grains, South Australia)