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Machinery sector ends 2021 on a high, but challenges loom

As we crank in to 2022, NZ’s agricultural tractor and machinery industry seems to have mirrored the automobile sector with record breaking sales in 2021.

CNH and MacDon team up

CASE IH and New Holland Agriculture have partnered with MacDon Industries to manufacture co-branded draper headers, designed for both companies’ combine harvesters.

Case IH and New Holland Agriculture has announced a partnership with MacDon Industries Ltd to manufacture co-branded draper headers, designed for both companies’ combine harvesters.

Is Proceed a game-changer?

Vaderstad’s Proceed precision drill can be used to establish cereal crops, canola, sugar/ fodder beet, peas, maize and even large seed crops like sunflowers.

Following a three-year development programme, Swedish implement manufacturer Väderstad suggests its latest precision seed drill is one of a kind and a game changer.

Levy increase must achieve

Federated Farmers say any changes to the NAIT levy must achieve an accurate and user-friendly system.

Federated Farmers says any increases in the NAIT levy must achieve an accurate and userfriendly system.

Keeping flies at bay a big challenge

The best and most effective approach to preventing flystrike is to use a combination of strategies known as Integrated Pest Management (IPM).

It is turning out to be almost the perfect summer for flystrike.

Editorial: Code red!

Farmers and those in the agri-sector need to have good plans in place for dealing with the ever increasing likelihood of a major community outbreak of Omicron.

OPINION: Benjamin Disraeli once said, "Plan for the worst and hope for the best".

Kiwis encouraged to look for '100 per cent NZ' pork labelling

Kiwi consumers are being urged to look out for labels showing pork is 100% New Zealand born and raised with the introduction of new food labelling regulations.

High price on NZ farmers will increase global emissions - Feds

Federated Farmers president Andrew Hoggard.

Federated Farmers are issuing a reminder that price penalties won’t drive down livestock emissions without affordable and practical new technologies being available to farmers.

West Coast on high alert for severe weather event.

Westland Milk Products has put its flood response plan in place ahead of a predicted red storm alert for the West Coast of the South Island.

The Hokitika based dairy company, Westland Milk Products has put in place its flood response plan ahead of a predicted Red storm alert for the West Coast of the South Island.