May 31, 2024
Growing biodiversity, pod by pod
Knowledge and resources from the A Lighter Touch biodiversity project are being adopted by a regenerative agriculture project in Hawke’s…
May 31, 2024
New tool for ‘all things aphid’
A new digital tool for aphid management in cereals aims to provide growers with a “one-stop shop” of easy to…
April 29, 2024
ALT showcasing new ways of growing produce
A Lighter Touch product group partner Summerfruit New Zealand sees the programme as a “journey of exploration,” showcasing different approaches…
March 31, 2024
Global alignment of MRLs mooted at summit
Growers internationally are facing the same problem with minor crops and challenges with being able to secure crop protection options…
March 31, 2024
ALT part of resistance management solution
A Lighter Touch (ALT) partner Onions New Zealand sees the ALT programme as playing a key role in helping manage…
February 29, 2024
Growing demand for ‘lighter touch’ food production
A founding stakeholder in A Lighter Touch sees the sector-wide collaboration at the heart of the programme as a vital…
February 29, 2024
ALT fosters sector connections for grower benefit
On the face of it, industry bodies for arable crops, fresh and process vegetables, onions, potatoes, sheep and beef might…
January 31, 2024
A Lighter Touch approach ‘way of the future’
The move to agroecological crop protection – sustainable farming that works with nature – is the way of the future,…
November 29, 2023
IPM workshops grow knowledge and marketable crop
A series of workshops aimed at cultivating understanding of integrated pest management (IPM) practices in vegetable crops has growers who…
