With ROPS tractors still being consistently popular in livestock operations, given their ease of use for hopping on and off to open gates or lower hot wires, the arrival of the new Deutz Fahr Agrotron 5105, is likely to extend that popularity.

Coming in at a year-end total at 3088 units, a rise of around 10% over the 2806 total for 2024, the signs are that the New Zealand farm machinery industry is turning the corner after a difficult couple of years.

With the rising interest in alternative fuels, it’s no surprise that manufacturers of ATVs and side-by-side vehicles are introducing alternative power solutions into their ranges.

RAM Trucks NZ continues to claim dominance, ending 2025 as the top-selling large pickup truck in NZ, its tenth consecutive year as top dog.

Norwood has announced the opening of a new Tasman dealership at Richmond near Nelson next month.

In Grassland, compaction starts at the surface and builds progressively deeper, causing poorer water transfer, more anaerobic activity and shallower rooting, leading to less grass, less palatability, pugging and reduced access to livestock and machinery.

With high specification trailers becoming more common on New Zealand farms, there is increased interest the German-built Fliegl TMK dump trailer range.

In 2018, Rurtec launched the original Lanati Gold Handpiece, offering cord-free convenience that quickly became a success across markets, including sheep farmers and lifestyle blocks, and dairy farmers trimming dirty tails.

Increasing its offering in New Zealand’s utility vehicle market, Kubota has unveiled its new RTV-X CAB and Long Bed models, purposebuilt to tackle tough farms, job sites and large-acreage properties.

With autonomous prime movers tipped to become more popular - particularly on broad acre operations - a recent trial by an AgXeed AgBot T2-7 SERIES, working in combination with the Väderstad Carrier XL 625 cultivator, achieved an impressive 80 hectares in just 20 hours over two paddocks, suggesting that autonomy is ready to compete with conventional tractors in the field.