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The other day I read a couple of articles that made me think. The first, published in Stuff was on a report by Otago and Victoria Universities on the number of Kiwis at risk of getting bowel cancer because they live in areas with an elevated water nitrate level.

There has been a mixed response by the agriculture sector to the recently released Climate Change Commission’s 2021 draft report. 

It seems basic human nature that when things are tough, we become very focused on surviving. We concentrate on doing the essential things that will enable us to get through the pressure or difficulty we are facing. 

Apart from Covid-19, there seems to be one topic that is dominating the farming media at the moment – freshwater and all the new rules and policies designed to protect it.

It's that time of year again — planning for maize.

With forage maize playing such an important part of the New Zealand fodder supply chain, a useful hand-held moisture measuring device might prove useful for making good management decisions.

A Dutch-built drill for establishing catch crops is said to offer a quicker and more effective method of establishing grass under maize.

In a normal season, maize stubble wouldn’t be required as a feed on dairy farms.

Waikato owner-operated farmers Nacre and Anthony Maiden says the “stars aligned” this year to give them a particularly bumper maize crop despite the drought and their sandy loam soils.

When is it too late to plant maize? Ian Williams, Pioneer forage specialist explains.