John Smith

[John Smith @JohnRSmithAg]

@CortevaAME 16

[John Smith @JohnRSmithAg]

Open for business at #SIFD call into to site 618 for a coffee

[John Smith @JohnRSmithAg]

@cortevaNZ Swede trials in Canterbury last week showing huge Aphid numbers building in patches across the trials. Time to check your forage brassica crops and if necessary apply IPM friendly Transform for excellent control.

[John Smith @JohnRSmithAg]

@duncanyzf20 @MPI_NZ Had one at my place last summer MPI were very good when I rang to check turned out it was a kiwi version, I had seen some in the USA about 3 months before so I was very concerned we have to keep our eyes open

[John Smith @JohnRSmithAg]

The worlds first commercial use of Questar with Inatreq active from Corteva Agriscience applied at Guy Slaters Crichel Downs farm near Geraldine in New Zealand today .
Brilliant conditions on early April sown wheat which has raced through the growth stages to be at T1 or gs30

[John Smith @JohnRSmithAg]

Great frost today looks like snow

[Casey Budd @ONUS_Agronomy]

Getting some real satisfying grass kills in before the frost hits. 100g of Rexade in with a tank mix on this Sunmax wheat. #dead #onepass #moretimeforcuppas

[Barenbrug NZ @BarenbrugNZ]

Make the most of the feed you’ve got - treat it well! Here’s a few tips for managing that new pasture.

[Liz Glynn @LizGlynn10]

Very happy to see the first application of Inatreq, in the form of Questar! On From the Tramlines farmer James O’Reilly’s winter wheat ⁦@horschwhisperer⁩. Exciting times ahead!! ⁦@TerrachemIrl⁩ ⁦@CortevaUK⁩ ⁦@FJTillage⁩ ⁦@leechfarmphoto⁩ #Inatreq

[John Smith @JohnRSmithAg]

What’s happening? Not much and no planes over NZ that’s been a while coming !

[John Smith @JohnRSmithAg]

@CortevaNZ Good luck guys - I hope it’s as warm as SA is today

[John Smith @JohnRSmithAg]

Nice drop of rain in west Melton yesterday / last night

[John Smith @JohnRSmithAg]

Finally some silage being cut in south Canterbury it’s been a slow cool start which affects spray outs and forage crop planting top on some warm weather’s

[John Smith @JohnRSmithAg]

These are Mamorated stink bug in a soya trial in Maryland USA i watched one of the six or seven on the soy plant fly off into a tree 30 meters away and 4 meters up the tree we must make sure they never get to NZ

[John Smith @JohnRSmithAg]

#potatoesnz conference co sponsored by #cortevaNz #biosecuritynz with COO #rogersmith talking about all the #biosecurity issues in and coming into Nz

[John Smith @JohnRSmithAg]

Sarah Perriam gives the key note presentation “ the deep rooted value of Nz food and fibre “ at The Potato Nz conference sponsored by Corteva

[John Smith @JohnRSmithAg]

It’s going to be a good spring when it warms up great rain for west Melton after 90 mm a couple of weeks ago