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A custom-built, eight-row, linkage-mounted precision planter is enabling Hamish Golden, a South Catlins-based ag contractor, to direct-drill a range of forage crops without any loss in accuracy or yield potential.
Well known European brands Sulky, Sky and Prolog have been brought together under a single brand called Sky Agriculture, ditching their blue, green and red colour schemes for a new graphite grey and titanium white corporate look.
The technology and Innovation Centre (TIZ 3) at Grieskirchen in Austria was founded in 2002 and is operated by three shareholders.
An online feed sourcing and delivery platform, Feed Finder, has been launched to help farmers.
The Kuhn GA 15131 rake, with a working width of 9.50 to 14.7 metres, currently holds the world record, established in Denmark in 2019, for raking output, where it was able to rake 188.9ha in only 8 hours.
Fonterra farmers will receive an advance rate of $5.10/kgMS for milk supplied over the next four months.
While New Zealand might not have the hills associated with Switzerland, the concept of a self-propelled round baler makes an interesting proposition.
Fonterra says it will announce an on-farm emissions target (Scope 3 target) by the end of this year.
Fonterra has announced a final 2022-23 season farmgate milk price of $8.22/kgMS and a full-year dividend of 50c.
With the launch of the new John Deere 1 Series Round Balers, New Zealand round bale producers will now be able to document bale moisture and weight in near real-time, using innovative Bale Doc technology.
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With a working width of up to 9.50m, the Claas Disco 9700 butterfly disc mower is available in five versions with the choice of tine or roller conditioner units and swath merging.
With Agritechnica 2023 just around the corner and a reputation for getting grass knocked over quickly, German manufacturer Krone has released details of two newcomers to their butterfly mower conditioner range in the shape of the EasyCut B1050 CV (Collect) and the EasyCut B880 CV/CR (Collect).
Dairy farmers will be paying a higher TB differential slaughter levy from next month despite concerns raised by DairyNZ.
West Coast dairy farmer and Holstein Friesian breeder Alex King has innovation and adaptability in his blood.
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