Machines with wider working widths have become a lot more common on the farm, particularly in the grass and hay production arena, where oversized rakes and tedders have helped to increase daily output dramatically.

With its Oxin autonomous vineyard vehicle now at an advanced stage of development, Marlborough-based start-up Smart Machines is beginning to eye the wider New Zealand and, ultimately, international market.

A stem-to-cloud tool that transmits plant water health to a grower's phone is "the way of the future", says a viticulturist trialling the water-saving technology.

New tools being developed through one of the Hill Country Futures programme aims to help farmers better manage sustainability and production across diverse landscapes within their farms.

Research into the indigenous yeasts fuelling Greystone's vineyard and winery ferments will help capture the "microbiological terroir" of the Wairarapa land.

The Dutch selfpropelled sprayer manufacturer Agrifac already has an impressive product portfolio.

Irrigation NZ and global farm management company CropX have established a joint venture agreement for the Bucket Test app.

Ravensdown has unveiled new methane mitigating technology that it says virtually eliminates the methane emitted from effluent ponds - reducing it by up to 99%.

Weekly farm walks have become a thing of the past for some dairy farmers in Canterbury and their pasture growth data has never been better.

The Kverneland Optima precision drills are well known and respected for high levels of accuracy and performance.