Good hoof health in dairy herds can raise yield by $500 per animal per lactation but an appropriate cattle crush is required to keep the animal and the technician safe.

Valtra has won a major international design award for its tractor SmartTouch armrest and interface between operator and machine.

Modern cab tractors don’t always lend themselves to the age-old method of pulling ropes to release transport or folding functions on mounted or trailed implements.

Sometimes a product name might be descriptive, but it might obscure the science within. So it is with Spikey from Pastoral Robotics Ltd, Auckland.

Utilisation of available grass, a key to New Zealand’s dairying success, is known to result in lower costs of production.

DeLaval has this morning launched its new VMS™ milking system V300 across all key global markets including New Zealand and Australia. 

New Holland is planning to improve the performance and raise the power of its world record-holding CR Revelation combine harvester.

Giltrap engineering, a family business in Otorohanga, has bought the Timaru company Clough Agriculture, best known as Duncan Ag. 

Australian motor industry reps have quit a national quad safety panel in protest at standards proposed by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

In the northern hemisphere, John Deere has released details of its new R4050i self-propelled sprayer, with a new PowrSpray control system, a larger 5000L tank and an “ultra-lightweight but extremely strong” carbon-fibre boom.