Topic: Farming

Most farmers want to improve their farm and are constantly on the search for better ways of farming, not only to get more profits but also to look goo…

On speaking with many conventional farmers the No. 1 fear that stops change is that taking any steps from traditional practices will lead to loss of p…

Unlike most of us who disparage weeds as unwelcome guests in our gardens (and paddocks), (many chefs have) quite a taste for them – literally.

Due to the rising costs of oil, in the form of fertilisers and pesticides, in the distances produce travels from farm to plate and in the energy it ta…

If you are achieving your goals in this area you are what we would term an innovative and thinking industry leader. You would have developed practices…

Recently we have been researching local Community Support Agriculture (CSA) groups to find out how they operate successfully. There are a growing hand…

A biological fertiliser program cost one farmer $110/ha this year compared with $215/ha for a conventional application of urea and MAP based on curren…

You probably know of farmers top dressing their cereal crops with nitrogen sometimes twice in the season. Sometimes they have improved crops. Sometime…

A recent article in a farm weekly reports that farmers around Lake Taupo, in the North Island of New Zealand, will need a permit to farm. Authorities …

In the next few minutes you are going to hear the story of nutrient dense foods and how this information can change your life. I think you are going …

Growers use one or all these methods as frost damage can cost all growers dearly over a wide range of crops. Growers have often asked us is there anyt…