06/08/2025
Crop protection company ADAMA NZ is launching a new slug and snail bait, Ferrabait, containing the novel active ingredient Feralla, available in New Zealand in time for spring planting More
31/07/2025
Established pastures are just as important a ‘crop’ as any other when it comes to maximising land productivity, and keeping them clean and high yielding can pay big dividends. More
31/07/2025
Increasingly agriculture is a knowledge and science-based industry. More
31/07/2025
New Zealand Food Safety can’t say for sure when it will make a final decision on the proposed increase in Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for glyphosate in NZ arable crops, but expects to take the next steps in this consultation mid-2025. More
31/07/2025
Septoria resistance to existing fungicides in New Zealand wheat crops continues to evolve, prompting leading crop protection supplier Corteva AgriScience to double down on the importance of strategic, informed disease management. More
31/07/2025
Farmers have a new option for dealing with grass weeds and storksbill in high value swede crops this season, thanks to a new registration for Gallant Ultra. More
31/07/2025
APTIVIS®, a fourth generation SDHI (Group 7) fungicide powered by the active ingredient ADEPIDYN® technology, gained registration in New Zealand in July 2024 and was widely utilised in the pipfruit market last season offering powerful and dependable control of key diseases. More
31/07/2025
Septoria, leaf rust, stripe rust and eyespot all pose serious threats to
wheat crops making early season disease control is crucial. But the
speed at which these diseases are mutating poses another challenge, and
growers worldwide are grappling with how to combat fungicide resistance. More
30/07/2025
Komodo, a new post plant pre-emerge
herbicide registered by Arxada for
use in fodder and sugar beet is now
commercially available for the market. More
30/07/2025
Sowing high quality forage crops for next season’s feed may seem a long time
away, but spring will come round fast and the better your farmers plan ahead, the better their outcome will be. More