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As Canterbury irrigators settle in for one of the longest irrigation seasons ever, prospects for electricity prices to fall are not looking promising.

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.

After the last couple of years where winter- early spring has been memorable for heavy periods of rain leading to emergency level problems, it all seems very comfortable.

There’s a convenient, cost-effective way to keep your nitrogen investment in the ground for plant use.

The summer survivor’s guide for ryegrass pastures.

Micronutrient deficiencies can impact wheat yield and grain nutritional quality, but does applying micronutrients always improve these factors?

Now is the opportune time for farmers who are looking to secure their future energy, lower costs, and reduce their carbon footprint, to embrace solar power.

Dairy farming on the edge of a higher altitude area can produce a few challenges—but for Jayson and Clare Nish, growing maize isn’t one of them.

The spring agrichemical update will include what is happening on farm for the next three months with cereals, ryegrass, white clover, fodder beet and monitoring store grain.

Once again, we have seen some extreme weather through the winter period. While not as damaging as some previous years, the excess water across areas of Canterbury has been visually obvious for some periods.