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…
August 31, 2023
Weather and disease tech to support crop management
A weather and disease modelling tool is playing a key role in ensuring effective use of crop protection sprays in…
July 31, 2023
Reducing reliance on pesticides
Reducing reliance on pesticides A Lighter Touch is one of the ways the Foundation of Arable Research is helping its…
June 30, 2023
Shining a light on climate positive practices
A Lighter Touch programme partner Corteva NZ says its recent Sustainability Workshop was a perfect opportunity to shine a light…
May 31, 2023
Analysing the gaps in crop protection programmes
Soilborne diseases and thrips remain the two biggest gaps in crop protection programmes for plant-based food growers, analysis from this…
