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Tractor and harvester manufacturers are cagey about allowing access to their GPS and other software systems — but one farmer may have fixed this issue.

With farm vehicle accidents far too frequent it’s interesting that the Blackhawk, from Farm Angel, can be a life saver.

WHEN YOUR spray applications drift they can cause thousands of dollars of damage to neighbouring crops and “there’s really no excuse,” says a US scientist now working in New Zealand. 

SOUTH CANTERBURY crop farmer Barry Copland’s Case IH advanced farming system (AFS) has saved him time and money and taken the guesswork out of his spraying and drilling, the company says.

DUNEDIN-BASED agricultural GPS business TracMap has extended its market further into Australia, signing a major new supply agreement with Kagome Foods, the country's largest tomato grower.

SUGGESTIONS THAT GPS-guided fertiliser spreading will deliver “major savings” miss a swathe of more fundamental problems with nutrient application in New Zealand, says a farmer with much expertise in the area.