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Although a Canterbury farmer and trucking company are in the clear over animal welfare violations, that is no cause for complacency, warns Federated Farmers.
The 11 finalists in the 2015 New Zealand Sharemilker/Equity Farmer of the Year competition have travelled diverse pathways to get to their current positions.
Twenty year old Adam Mehrtens will the youngest competitor at the 2015 National Ploughing Championship, but the plough he’ll be using has seen action at the highest level.
Grass harrows with seed boxes have been around for some years and have largely been seen as an easy, low cost option for sowing small seeds into cultivated ground.
In an attempt to beef up milk cooling temperature standards MPI has proposed changes that will affect new dairy installations from June 1, 2016 and existing plant from 2018.
Launched at the South Island Agricultural Field Days, the Shelbourne Powerspread caught the eyes of the Innovation Competition judges who awarded it first place in the imported machine category.
National Fieldays has launched ‘Fieldays Innovation Accelerator’ with its new sponsor Callaghan Innovation, aiming to “accelerate the rise of Kiwi inventions to the global stage”.
National Fieldays is sticking with Xero as its exclusive premier feature partner this year.
Most people familiar with RX Plastics’ K-Line have seen it revolutionise irrigation, particularly in the South Island. Its simple, robust design lends itself to easy set-up and movement by quad or truck.
With the paint still wet on Robertson Manufacturing’s Little Ripper bale feeder, the company exhibited the machine for the first time at the South Island Field Days, taking the runner-up prize for New Zealand-made farm machinery.
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Organisers of the 2015 South Island Agricultural Field Days (SIAFD) are pleased with how smoothly the three-day event ran last month at its new site near Kirwee.
Australian farmer Mark Billing does not consider himself a technology nerd, but is certainly an early adopter of techniques and equipment to improve his herd management.
Australian dairy genetics is coming to New Zealand, with Genetics Australia Cooperative Ltd (GAC) teaming up with Kiwi genetics company Genetic Enterprises (GE) to distribute the Australian products here.
Getting a premium on calves he would otherwise send away on the bobby calf truck is a seasonal bonus enjoyed by Waikato share-milker Markus Ruegger, according to Firstlight Wagyu.
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