Croplands and Nelson Manufacturing Company Inc, a California-based manufacturer of air-blast sprayers, has announced a new distribution partnership to deliver a range of trailed and self-propelled orchard sprayer Nelson Hardie units to the rapidly growing Australian and New Zealand nut and tall tree crop markets.
While powered cultivation typically centres around rotary hoes or power harrows, each has its pros and cons.
The performance of the Duncan Vineyard Seeder, a narrow disc drill designed to sow cover crops between rows in vineyards, led to kiwifruit growers enquiring about a lower, wider version that would work in their applications.
New Zealand biological company, Biostart says it now has a product for managing Armillaria in kiwifruit orchards.
Working on spore trapping as part of his microbiology studies was when Lewis Collins first thought about the challenge of analysing airborne diseases.
Introduced by the Power Farming Group in 2021, the Humus mulcher range has a diverse range of products to suit the vineyard, orchard or green space maintenance markets.
While we have become familiar with ISOBUS enabled planters and sprayers, it’s not normally in the sights of power harrow manufacturers.
Alpego Inversa's rotary cultivator buries stones, clods and trash to deliver a fine seed bed on the surface for consistent planting depth and uniform germination.
Dutch Case IH and Steyr tractor dealer, Van der Werf Mecanisatie – based at Zwaagdijk, north of Amsterdam – has developed a remote-control unit that allows cabbage and cauliflower growers to harvest without a driver seated in the tractor cab.
The South Island Agricultural Field Days (SIAFD) gave the Landpower Vegetable Centre, a specialist division of the Claas Harvest Centres, the chance to show of it extensive product range – centred around the vegetable cultivation, planting and harvesting sector.
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