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Vantage New Zealand and Precision Farming are partnering with Trimble Agriculture with the aim of transforming NZ farming practices.

While most established sheep properties are likely to have a large traditional woolshed, many of these will be a little long in the tooth and craving some attention to maintenance.

While powered cultivation typically centres around rotary hoes or power harrows, each has its pros and cons.

Ag contracting throws up many challenges, not least getting the job done, breakdowns, bad weather and finding suitable and committed staff.

Kubota New Zealand has recently launched its folding Land Pride RC57 and RC46 Series Rotary Cutter range, further expanding its product offering for large scale and commercial customers.

Lemken has introduced its new IC-Light+ camera control, which also detects the near-infrared range, for its Steketee hoeing machines.

It was a case of doing the double when Morrinsville- headquartered Power Farming took out the Large Outdoor and Supreme Site awards at the 2023 Fieldays.

Agricultural contracting throws up many challenges – not least getting the job done, breakdowns, bad weather and finding suitable and committed staff.

Fieldays is usually the place to find old favourites.

An appeal to address the urban/rural divide was made at the opening day of the recently held Rural Contractors NZ conference in Invercargill.