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Hawke’s Bay farmer uses Auto Weigher to boost cattle performance and efficiency

The Auto Weigher enables more frequent weight monitoring in the paddock or feedlot.

Hawke's Bay farmer Matthew Barham manages up to 2000 cattle across his 1020-hectare operation, typically a mix of Charolais, Angus and Simmental X steers and bulls, arriving at 12-16 months of age.

AGCO and TAFE resolve long-running dispute over Massey Ferguson brand rights

The drawn out separation of global giant AGCO and its Indian partner TAFE seems to be ending.

Merlo NZ launches as direct subsidiary

Merlo NZ dealer development manager Ken Bill.

Imported to New Zealand since 1995, being 25 years with the last distributor, Merlo has become one of the leading players in the telehandler market for agriculture, construction and specialised operations.

Striking it right with set-stock rates

If you set-stock too early, ewes will eat more than they need and drop the pasture cover in their paddocks to a level that restricts intake.

Ewe feed requirements lift markedly in the last month before lambing.

Farmer concerns are grounded in reality, not 'no-hope narratives'

Marlborough sheep and beef farmer, Richard Dawkins is Federated Farmers’ new national meat & wool chair.

OPINION: The 'Save Our Sheep' campaign is built on a foundation of structure, integrity, and evidence from the Federated Farmers Meat and Wool Council.

'We need a heart change'

Our hard-working farmers are finally getting some well-deserved reward for their efforts.

OPINION: I trust my column today finds all things well at your place. The buoyant schedules we are enjoying at the moment are certainly bringing smiles and stability to our rural sector.

Arable advocacy?

OPINION: Spare a thought for the arable farmer, squeezed on one side by soft global prices and on the other by limits on further yield increases.

Our own 'Clarkson'

OPINION: The huge success of former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson's new TV show, Clarkson's Farm, and the boost it has given the image of farming in the UK, has prompted one scribe to wonder aloud who could fill a similar role here in NZ.

Gaslight much?

OPINION: Labour leader Chris 'Chippy' Hipkins is carrying on the world-class gaslighting of the nation that he and his cohorts started after their disastrous Covid response; now trying to undermine the Covid inquiry to protect his own backside.

Corporate narrative?

OPINION: Forget about the fabled 'rural-urban' divide, the real fault-line in farming might actually be the divide between grass-roots farmers and the industry corporates who claim to be 'speaking on behalf of farmers'.