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April Agronomy Update from Ashburton Store Manager, Bill Cabout.

Greenfeed oats are an essential component of New Zealand's winter-feeding systems. Sown in autumn, they provide high-quality, fast-growing feed to sustain livestock through the colder months.

As daylight hours shorten and colder temperatures are on the horizon, choosing a reliable performing cultivar is key to maximising winter feed in the coming months.

March Agronomy Update from Ashburton Store Manager, Bill Cabout.

Spring once again has delivered a variety of weather conditions with mixed periods of cooler and then warmer weather. We have had regular rainfalls plus one big rainfall with reasonably good weather in between.

The inclination of farmers to be “tidy Kiwis” by repeatedly spraying the vegetation along fence-lines is increasing the risk of herbicide resistance, says Foundation for Arable Research senior field researcher Charles Merfield.

Long before farm nutrient management came under scrutiny, one New Zealand pasture breeding company was routinely keeping all its up-and-coming ryegrass cultivars hungry for nitrogen.

For the next three months we are looking at the final sprays for finishing off our cereal and grass seed crops, getting our silos cleaned up before harvest, continuing our post emergence sprays on fodder beet, pre and post emergence sprays on forage brassicas and weed control in new pasture.

It’s disappointing when ryegrass fails to live up to its promise, leaving farmers frustrated and weary of perennial cultivars.

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