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This section of The BHU Future Farming Centre (FFC) website contains information on:

The FFC Bulletin: an extension newsletter providing practical information for improving farmers’ and growers’ lives and businesses.

Crop production, covering general crop production information, and pest & disease management.

Livestock production, covering general livestock production information, and pest & disease management.

Soil management including nutrient / fertiliser management and tillage / cultivation

Weed management both cropping and pasture / livestock.

Miscellaneous information, eg mesh crop cover sales, and information from the launch of the FFC

The information comprises a range of scientific research undertaken by the FFC and its partner research organisations; and extension and training materials covering all aspects of permanent, sustainable, non-chemical, organic and related agricultures and horticultures.

Information on courses, seminars, workshops etc., are on the events page

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      • 2013 V1
        • 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
        • “Sort and treat” parasite control for lambs
        • The grape and post collection at the BHU
        • News
      • 2013 V2
        • 2013 V2
        • United Nations Conference on Trade and Development 2013
        • Drought-Proof Pastures
        • Better than herbicides
        • White tipped Californian thistles: Be on the lookout!
        • Farming the third dimension
      • 2014 V1
        • 2014 V1
        • Good bugs vs. Bad bugs
        • Combing out weeds
        • The UNEP 2013 Emissions Gap Report
        • The end of cockies cocaine?
        • The future of phosphorus
        • White tip disease of thistle: Short update
      • 2014 V2
        • 2014 V2
        • ‘Can healthy soil feed the world?’ Seven scientists give their opinion
        • Fire-resistant shelter belts
        • Hedging Bets: Legume Mixtures in Pasture
        • Crushing Californian thistles to death and other on-farm, non-chemical control techniques
      • 2014 V4
        • 2014 V4
        • The final frontier: Non-chemical, intrarow, weed control for annual crops with a focus on mini-ridgers
        • Tanalised post alternatives used in the national grape cultivar library-vineyard at the BHU
      • 2015 V1
        • 2015 V1
        • 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
      • 2015 V4
        • 2015 V4
        • False and Stale Seedbeds: The most effective non-chemical weed management tools for cropping and pasture establishment
      • 2016 V1
        • 2016 V1
        • Back to the future – electrothermal, systemic, weedkiller
        • Understanding biostimulants and biofertilisers
        • New sustainable and ecological extension and information website launched
      • 2016 V2
        • 2016 V2
        • New pollination opportunities using lucerne leafcutting bees
      • 2016 V3
        • 2016 V3
        • Report on Indigenous Agroecology
        • 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
      • 2017 V1
        • 2017 V1
        • 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
        • FAO Agroecology Knowledge Hub
        • Sprouted seeds for chickens and tractor tyre app
      • 2017 V3
        • 2017 V3
        • Final results from the 2016-17 potato field trial of mesh vs. agrichemicals
      • 2018 V1
      • 2018 V2
        • 2018 V2
        • Mini-ridgers: Lethal burial depth for controlling intrarow weeds
        • New agroforestry resources
        • Electrothermal weeding update
      • 2018 V3
        • 2018 V3
        • Culinary oils as herbicides
        • Non-chemical management of docks (Rumex)
      • 2018 V4
        • 2018 V4
        • Grazed and Confused from the FCRN
      • 2019 V4
      • 2023 V1
    • Crop Management
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      • Disease Management
      • Pest Management
        • Pest Management
        • TPP
        • UV-A Traps for TPP Control in Glasshouses
      • Crop Production
        • Crop Production
        • Gold Linseed Trial
        • Linseed stripper header simulation trial
        • Corn, bean and squash intercrops
        • NZ Winegrowers Genetic Library
        • Mesh crop covers for potato blight and pest control
          • Mesh crop covers for potato blight and pest control
          • Media coverage
          • 2011-12 Mesh first year laboratory and field trials
          • 2012-13 Mesh second year field trial
          • 2015-16 Third year of mesh trials
          • 2016-17 Mesh fourth year of trials
    • Livestock Management
      • Livestock Management
      • Effective Microorganisms on Lamb Growth
      • TST and bioactive forages for lamb parasites
      • Rongoa pastures healthy animals resilient farms
    • Miscellaneous
      • Miscellaneous
      • Alternatives to tanalised wood posts
      • Mesh Crop Cover Sales
        • Mesh Crop Cover Sales
        • Order Information
      • Launch of the FFC
    • Soil and Nutrient Management
    • Weed Management
      • Weed Management
      • Steam and Fish Fertilisers: A Potential Organic Systemic Herbicide
      • ISTW
      • Electrothermal project
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