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Made in Northland: Hansen Products

Hansen Products produces a range of fittings, valves and other products including the Irripod portable irrigation system, washdown nozzles.

New Zealand has a wealth of design and manufacturing ability, producing productive and cost-effective products for the agricultural sector. Mark Daniel takes a closer look at Northland-based Hansen Products, catching up with managing director Steve Sharpe.

70% less soil moved!

The KultiStrip is a one-pass cultivator-fertiliser machine that encompasses a strip-till system to help reduce cultivation costs, aid plant establishment and ensure yields.

Kverneland distributor Power Farming says its KultiStrip System will help farmers to cultivate environmentally, while improving yields and profitability.

Double bale feeder engineered for a hard life

The McIntosh Double Bale Feeder has a 315mm overhang from the tyre edge to the outside of the bale feeder frame, meaning feed is never run over and pushed into the ground and wasted.

Palmerston North's McIntosh has a reputation for building feed equipment that’s of robust construction, features clever engineering and a has long working life.

Farmers focus on sustainability

Manawatu dairy farmers Wendy and Richard Ridd say they were attracted to the Massey Ferguson 6713 S because it would allow us to do multiple tasks in one pass, saving time and the environment.

Manawatu dairy farmers Wendy and Richard Ridd consider the environment extensively when making decisions on their farm that runs to 260 hectares, with a milking platform of 196 cows.

Record milk price a boon for Northland farmers

Northland regional Federated Farmers dairy chair Matt Long says a record milk price this season would be a huge psychological boost for local dairy farmers.

A record milk price this season would be a huge psychological boost for Northland farmers, says the region's Federated Farmers dairy chair Matt Long.

NDDT now webinars

Fonterra chairman Peter McBride will address one of the webinars, giving a global outlook for New Zealand farmers.

The annual Northland Dairy Development Trust (NDDT) conference will now be run as a series of webinars.

A step in the right direction

Northland Field Days Committee vice chair Basil Cole.

The Government's decision last week to progressively open the country's borders is a step in the right direction, says Northland Field Days Committee vice chair Basil Cole.

Field days need help!

Northland field days organising committee president John Phillips says after two covid cancellations the cash-strapped event is asking local farmers for their financial support.

Cash-strapped organisers of the annual Northland Field Days are looking to farmers for assistance.

Central tyre pressure option

JD 8R Series tractors can now be configured to continually monitor and adjust tyre pressures by push button.

John Deere 8R Series tractors can now be configured to continually monitor and adjust tyre pressures by push button.

Gold medal gantry

Nexat a 270-degree rotating cab allows the unit to be driven manually between jobs and a prime position for monitoring in the paddock.

While popular in horticultural operations for harvesting over the past few decades, many growers have switched from gantry layouts in favour of very large self-propelled machines.

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The joy of a stick

The new QM Command control joystick replaces the previous Ergo Drive.

Trima Loaders from the Alo Group in Sweden are the preferred loader for Deutz-Fahr tractors, supplied in NZ by Power Farming.

Modern technology catches up with old ploughmens' wisdom

German cultivation specialists Lemken is working on an idea called the Carbon Farming Plough Concept.

While we keep hearing that the only way forward is the min-till or no-till approach, the reality of modern arable farming is that there is still a place for the plough.