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NZ wins trade dispute against Canada

Trade and Export Growth Minister Damien O'Connor.

New Zealand’s Minister for Trade and Export Growth Damien O’Connor says he welcomes the CPTPP Panel’s ruling in favour of New Zealand in its trade dispute against Canada.

Preventable injury puts seasonal worker safety in focus

A fine of $225,000 was imposed and $37,465 in reparations were ordered to be paid.

A teenage worker needed three fingers partially amputated when his summer holiday job went horribly wrong in a workplace incident with a leading stone fruit producer in Central Otago.

Land-use change impacting livestock numbers

The breeding ewe flock continues to decline with a 0.9% reduction following a 5.2% reduction in 2022.

A new study from Beef + Lamb NZ (B+LNZ) shows that land-use change is continuing to have an impact on livestock numbers.

NZ's national butchery team selected

The Hellers Sharp Blacks, from left to right Samantha Weller, Corey White, Luka Young, Riki Kerekere, Reuben Sharples, Dan Klink, Cherise Redden

Six of New Zealand’s finest butchers have been named as part of the country's national butchery team, the Hellers Sharp Blacks.

Brandt acquires Wairarapa Machinery Services

From Left: Tim Ormrod – Senior Vice President ANZ, Brandt. Tony Candy – Former Owner, Wairarapa Machinery Services Ltd and Brandt staff.

The Brandt Group of Companies has announced they have acquired the assets of Wairarapa Machinery Services.

Signs of life in Aussie farm machinery market

Melinda Haley from data analysts Kynetec.

Following a couple of bumper sales years when the rolling year-to-date figure for 2022 hit about 16,250 tractors, it looks like things are changing in the Australian farm machinery landscape.

A real NZ safety story

Besides ATV use, the AgHat Max is also suitable for use in the forestry, arboriculture and construction sectors.

Back in 1990, Malcolm Gray was an importer and distributor of conventional motorcycle helmets.

Cutting up the rough

The CrossCutter Disc Aggressive variant is said to be particularly useful in heavy land and hard soil conditions.

Väderstad, the tillage, drilling and planting manufacturer, has added the CrossCutter Disc Aggressive to extend the range of products the company offers for ultra-shallow tillage.

Self-propelled prayer a 'huge leap ahead' in weed control

Jake and Felicity Hamilton say investing in a John Deere 616R self-propelled sprayer has been ‘hugely beneficial’ to their dryland cropping business.

Southern Queensland farmers Jake and Felicity Hamilton say investing in a John Deere 616R self-propelled sprayer equipped with See & Spray Select has been ‘hugely beneficial’ to their dryland cropping business.