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Origin Ag clocks up 20 years

Origin Ag was formed as a co-operative to introduce European machinery brands to the New Zealand’s farm machinery market.

With roots dating back to 2004, Origin Ag was formed as a co-operative business model that removed the traditional distributor, using the backing and support of farm machinery retailers, to introduce European machinery brands to the New Zealand farm machinery market.

Save soil - take a pledge this 'world soils day'

OPINION: Soil is one of the most valuable assets that a farmer has. It is our collective responsibility to make use of soils without damaging either the soil or any other part of our environment, protecting them for our own use and use by future generations.

Furore as Kāinga Ora rules out wool carpets

Federated Farmers meat and wool chair Toby Williams.

State housing provider, Kāinga Ora’s decision to rule out the use of wool carpets in social housing has been described as a slap in the face by sheep farmers.

Teat spray price drop

FIL is dropping the price for its chlorhexidine teat spray products.

FIL, the animal health and dairy hygiene subsidiary of GEA Farm Technologies, is dropping the price for its chlorhexidine teat spray products.

FarmChief Machinery takes over Einboeck equipment distribution

Einboeck is a 4th generation, Austrian family-owned company.

FarmChief machinery has been announced as the distributor of Einboeck agricultural equipment in New Zealand, taking over the mantle from previous distributor Tulloch Farm Machines, Masterton.

Keeping sheep under shade, shelter as climate changes

The research investigates how much shade sheep need and how farmers can work out the shelter for their specific animals and farms.

How much shade and shelter do our sheep need in an era of more extreme weather and the lack of natural shelter on farms?

Further bird flu cases on Otago egg farm

Biosecurity New Zealand deputy director-general Stuart Anderson.

Biosecurity New Zealand says testing has confirmed further cases of avian influenza in chickens on a Mainland Poultry-managed commercial egg farm in Otago.

Canterbury eyes return to young grower comp

Canterbury Growers Society members visit AgResearch’s new glasshouse research facility at Lincoln.

The Canterbury Growers Society will soon be seeking sponsorship for a new regional young grower competition, after an absence of several years.

Scaled-back show meets targets

The woodchopping was a popular attraction returning to the Canterbury A&P Show despite the uncertainty earlier in the year.

Organisers of the Christchurch A&P show say they are happy with this year’s event despite a rushed turnaround that left agricultural industry support thin on the ground.

Faulty models used to measure emissions

OPINION: If you have kept your finger on the emissions pulse, none of the below information will be a surprise to you. However, if you are a farmer that has not been following New Zealand’s ruminant methane issue then you may be in for a nasty shock.