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2018 V4 October
IPCC special report on impacts of global warming of 1.5°C
CIDSE report: "The Climate Urgency: Setting Sail for a New Paradigm"
Silvoarable agroforestry in the UK
Updating the GREATsoils project
DIVERSify: Designing InnoVative plant teams for Ecosystem Resilience and agricultural Sustainability
2018 V3 July
Non-chemical management of docks (Rumex)
The Jena Experiment and The ReMIX Project - the benefits of multi-species mixtures
"Holy hay" - Sainfoin growers guide
Trees for bees NZ - smart planting for healthy bees
Overwinter legume cover crops reduce nitrate leaching
2018 V2 April
Mini-ridgers: Lethal burial depth for controlling intrarow weeds
The use of UV-A light insect traps for TPP control and monitoring in glasshouses
2018 V1 January
Crop Rotations - A Planning Manual from SARE
2017 V4 October - No issue
2017 V3 July
ReMix - Redesigning European cropping systems based on species mixtures
2017 V2 April - no issue
2017 V1 January
The State of Food and Agriculture Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security - FAO
Obsalim® livestock health cards
Soil Health - Growing Resilient Efficient And Thriving (GREAT) Soils
Sprouted seeds for chickens and tractor tyre app
2016 V4 October - no issue
2016 V3 July
Report on Indigenous Agroecology by FFC scientist Dr Marion Johnson
iPES FOOD - calling for a paradigm shift in agriculture
Two important soil publications
OSCAR - Optimising Subsidiary Crop Application in Rotations - Final outputs
BioGreenhouse - sustainability and productivity of protected cropping systems
2016 v2 April
New pollination opportunities using lucerne leafcutting bees
2016 V1 January
Understanding biostimulants, biofertilisers and on-farm trials
Back to the future - electrothermal, systemic, weedkiller
New sustainable and ecological extension and information website launched
2015 V4 October
2015 V3 July - No issue
2015 V2 April - no issue
2015 V1 January
The fundamentals of soil nutrient management, soil testing and fertiliser recommendations
Miscanthus - a new tool for NZ ag and hort?
Comment: Agricultural paradigm shifts, climate smart farming and agro-ecology
2014 V4 October
Tanalised post alternatives used in the national grape cultivar library-vineyard at the BHU
Spring has sprung and hopefully so have more white-tipped Californian thistles!
2014 V3 July - no issue
2014 V2 May
Hedging Bets: Legume Mixtures in Pasture
Crushing Californian thistles to death and other on-farm, non-chemical control techniques
'Can healthy soil feed the world?' Seven scientists give their opinion
Challenges for pest management in New Zealand
2014 V1 January
Combing out weeds - innovation in arable and pasture weeding
The end of cockies cocaine? Biological nitrogen fixation for any crop without genetic engineering
White tip disease of thistle: Short update
2013 V2 October
Better than herbicides? - FFC research
White tipped Californian thistles: Be on the Lookout!
2013 V1 July
Make Soil Organisms Work for You: Mythbusting practices that do and don’t work.
100% non-chemical control of Tomato Potato Psyllid (TPP) in field crops - FFC research
“Sort and Treat” parasite control for lambs