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Cut the Crop!

Welcome to Cut the Crop! - keeping you in the know about everything you grow. Presented by the Foundation for Arable Research (FAR), an applied research and information transfer organisation responsib... Read more

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French seed conference highlights NZ’s advantages

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FAR referendum: why growers should vote

Voting papers have arrived in growers’ mailboxes for the FAR referendum, which determines its future. In this episode of... Read more

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