While the German manufacturer Krone can claim a history dating back 115 years, its large square balers are much more recent.
The Canadian manufacturer Versatile is well known for building no-nonsense 4WD articulated tractors.
Waikato dairy farmer Craig Brown's Ubco all-electric bike is making him big savings on fuel and maintenance.
The new Kuhn Performer 3000, with a 3m working width, extends the existing Performer 4, 5, 6 and 7m tine/disc deep cultivator range that will cut, mix, loosen soil and consolidation it in one pass.
The German farm machinery maker Lemken says it grew its business in 2018 despite difficult trading conditions.
A recent demo day in Waikato allowed farmers and contractors a closer look at Allen Custom Drills.
Global positioning specialist Topcon has released details of its Norac tillage depth control system, which uses existing technology proven in the Norac boom height control package.
With a booming global population and more food required from farmland, the solution, apparently, lies in more data.
New Holland Agriculture has picked-up an award for its methane-powered concept tractor.
PPP Industries Ltd, New Zealand-owned company, has been designing, manufacturing and installing innovative agricultural equipment for at least 50 years.
Hari Hari dairy farmer Zane Wyatt says the arrival of the new Pottinger NovaCat Alpha Motion 301 front mower will slash his mowing times.
Two years of product development are on show at the Gallagher Group site at the Central Districts Fieldays.
Rural contractor Steve Murray has run New Holland self-propelled forage harvesters for 20 years. He reckons his newest machine, an FR650, is in a league of its own.
The latest addition to the Power Farming drill stable is the Aitchison Airpro AP 30-24T.
Wayne Coffey designed the original Combi Clamp sheep handler 16 years ago while managing a hill country sheep property east of Taihape.
Although it's painted like any fire truck and has flashing lights and a siren, a Case IH Farmall tractor named Kahu isn’t fighting fires.
Wairarapa's premier sustainable farming seminar is kicking off for the sixth year running, with its first international speaker.
The Murray family-owned distributor FarmChief says that as tractors get more powerful there is also an opportunity to update the machinery being used.
Farm biosecurity raises questions about rural professionals visiting farms then needing to clean their footwear.
Strainrite fencing Systems says it has developed the Joule Shield wooden post claw insulator to address the limitations inherent in older insulators.
Keep an eye out at the Central Districts and South Island agricultural field days for the new range of Suzuki KingQuads.
An intelligent new Auto Mix + Spray unit from GEA’s FIL division is said to set a gold standard in teat spraying, providing farmers with an accurately mixed solution applied ‘fresh’ at every milking.
Norwood has opened a new division called Norwood Hire, offering short-medium term hire contracts on tractors and equipment.
Heiniger New Zealand released its Icon FX shearing handpiece late February to catch the regional field days and the Golden Shears event in Masterton.
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