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OPINION: Your old mate welcomes the proposed changes to local government but notes it drew responses that ranged from the reasonable…
The Deutz-Fahr range of 5D TTV orchard tractors are a specialist tractor for the orchard and vineyard sector.
Massey University student Sophie Ridd is this year’s recipient of Ravensdown’s Hugh Williams Memorial Scholarship.
New Zealand's meat processing industry says, while it supports moves away from coal, it has some major concerns about cuts to livestock numbers as proposed in the recent Climate Change Commission’s draft report.
OPINION: One of life’s commercial shibboleths is that one should be wary of going into business with close friends because emotion is always involved.
A new study has found a strong ‘can do’ attitude and cooperative spirit in the agricultural sector were significant factors in minimising losses and uncertainties during the Covid restrictions last year.
Although the national economy is still functioning below pre-pandemic levels and the road ahead remains uncertain, the Manawatu region appears to be bearing up well.
In the week before the CD Field days, Palmerston North hosts the ever-popular NZ Rural Games.
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People are starting to realise the true strength of agriculture in the New Zealand economy.
Central Districts field days attract more than 27,000 people each March for three days to Feilding in the Manawatu.
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The Central Districts field days is designed to showcase what the Manawatu region is all about – the backbone of the NZ economy.
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Northern Irish manufacturer Slurry Kat has developed a multi-purpose trailer.
John Deere's X Series Combine Harvesters received a CES Innovation Award to recognise their ‘outstanding product design and engineering in consumer technology’.
Väderstad has updated its Spirit 400C/S pneumatic seed drill, which aims to deliver greater seeding precision, user-friendly electronics and a high field performance in the 4-metre seed drill sector.
German manufacturer Lemken claims there are yield and quality advantages to be gained by precision planting maize in two staggered rows.
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