Austrian farm machinery manufacturer Pöttinger has added the new Top 882C to its range of popular centre-swath rakes.

OPINION: New Zealand farmers have earned the right to be recognised as true world leaders in agricultural innovation.

A Christchurch manufacturer of woollen calf covers says his newest product should find favour with the dairy farmers of Southland – even though his main market is the beef ranchers of North America.

The Climate Change Commission has recommended a detailed farm-level pricing system outside the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS), according to a new report.

New fruit packing technology – developed by a NZ company – is said to be dramatically reducing packhouse labour needs.

Tractor and machinery importer and distributor Power Farming Group has extended its offering to the horticulture and viticulture sectors, with the launch of the Humus range.

Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says that through a new Government-backed programme New Zealand’s apple and pear industry is aiming to become sprayfree by 2050.

Operating in conjunction with automatic cluster removal (ACR) and gently supporting the cluster, Lactalign is a relatively simple retrofitted device designed to counter the often-costly impact of uneven weight and vacuum distribution of a traditional milking cluster.

Many temporary sheep fencing systems can be troublesome, with reels jamming or breaking and the bugbear of silly hooks on the chains, which continuously catch on everything.

UK manufacturer Tram­spread has launched the first contractor trailer to feature its Teletram GSM remote control system.