Narva has released a seven-pin flat trailer socket with a heavy duty battery connector that makes it extra versatile.
Regardless of the debate about quads versus side x sides, two-wheelers remain crucial to many livestock farmers.
Bigger and better, says Stallion chief executive Grant Allen describing the company’s largest MTF mobile calf feeder, the Mixer Tanker Feeder.
A remote control Bobcat enables the popular machine to be worked in the usual tight spots -- with nobody in the operator seat.
A German bearing maker claims to have developed the world’s first ‘intelligent plain bearing’, called iglide.
The UXV 700i from Kymco NZ presents a decent set of specifications for a side by side.
John Deere's latest 5R series tractors offer a choice of four units in the all-important 90-125hp sector.
A Christchurch agritech start-up is set to launch an ‘intelligent’ pasture monitoring system aimed at addressing farmers’ profit shortfall.
Three farmers' sons have devised a quad trailer rear gate that prevents newborn calves escaping seconds after they’re loaded.
Moving promptly against lameness in cows deals to their pain and can reduce long term hoof damage, says Shoof International, which markets Walkease hoof blocks.
When Giltrap Engineering bought Duncan Ag in 2018, along with the stable of Duncan drills it acquired the company’s line-up of bale feeders and feed-out wagons.
A compact driving lamp for SUV, 4WD or truck — the Narva Ultima 180 LED model — is new in New Zealand.
Shane and Kylie McDonald were searching for a reliable, straightforward tractor for their specialist farm at Bell Block, New Plymouth. They looked at several brands and models then test drove a Valtra and loved it, they say.
Sales of tractors and farm machinery so far in 2019 are steady versus 2018 but challenges loom, says Tractor and Machinery Association (TAMA) president John Tulloch.
Tulloch Farm Machines will display at Fieldays the latest Krone Big X 780 plus maize header, a Big M 450 self-propelled mower conditioner, a Comprima CF 155XC baler and a Swadro TC 640 rotary rake.
Waikato Milking Systems (WMS) will use Fieldays to promote its expansion beyond milking systems into effluent and environmental products.
The new McCormick X5 series contains three models powered by a 3.6L Deutz 4-cylinder engine tuned for max outputs of 99hp (X5.35), 110hp (X5.45) and 113hp (X5.55).
After nearly three decades on the same Fieldays site, Gallagher is moving to a new location — the former LIC building at site D72.
Kuhn NZ will show at Fieldays a new series of bar mower and an addition to its forage raking range — the Merge Maxx 950 belt merger.
The only snap chilling system that can simultaneously perform a range of functions is set to be a drawcard at Fieldays.
Designed for deep vertical tillage, the Great Plains inline sub-soiler, marketed by Norwood, shatters yield-robbing compaction layers created by horizontal tillage tools such as ploughs and discs.
Power Farming has added the Aitchison Airpro AP 30-24T to its drill lineup.
Norwood has quit importing Lemken farm machinery as of April 1.
An intelligent new Auto Mix + Spray unit from GEA’s FIL division sets a gold standard in teat spraying, says the company.
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