With emissions regulations now requiring manufacturers to produce ever cleaner engines, the terms SCR and DEF have entered the vocabulary of today's tractor drivers.

Whether you talk cows or tractors the buzzword is emissions, raising the fart problem which the government will have to sort out.

Undergoing an audit can be an un-nerving experience, but as Tessa Nicholson discovered, that shouldn't be the case when it comes to Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand.

Just as we get to grips with Tier 4 final emission regulations on new tractors and learn the acronyms DOC, DPF, DEF and SCR, around the corner comes Tier 5 engines.

A $21 million wool research partnership may go public on a new product or products from wool within the next six to 12 months that will use millions of tonnes of wool.

Anyone who's fed round bales to cattle on a cold, wet winter morning would revel in a device that removes the need to manually remove smelly bale wrap plastic and netting.

UTVs have become the Swiss army knife to farmers for a multitude of tasks.

The latest offerings from some of Europe's leading farm machinery manufacturers will be on show at the New Zealand National Fieldays.

"Oh, you'd be warm," grinned one not-so-young visitor to the recent Golden Fleece Exhibition at Oxford, as he viewed a display of a couple of woollen funeral caskets.

Farmers and contractors are still ready to spend on technology if it will save them money, says the New Zealand Tractor and Machinery Association (TAMA).