Erratic weather and seismic events, more frequent these days, are prompting many farmers to have standby generators on site.

Now part of the Kubota Corporation, machinery manufacturer Kverneland is on a roll, particularly with new products coming to market.

Crop establishment, particularly various ways of doing it, was the focus of a recent field day near Taupo.

Applying chemicals to arable or grassland crops has many variables — differing chemical formats and target volumes, and forward speeds that vary with undulating terrain.

Matamata farmer Matthew Zonderop says he’s never looked back since he started using a Tow and Fert unit about three years ago.

There's a new name to remember in the Case IH tractor universe: the Versum was recently unveiled at Sima 19, the big Paris exhibition, joining the brand’s familiar Quadtrac, Magnum, Puma, Maxxum and lately the Optum.

Claas has made its 40,000th Jaguar forage harvester at the Harsewinkel, Germany plant and company headquarters.

New Zealand buyers of quads and side x sides now have a wider choice with the arrival of the Chinese brand Hisun.

A new heavy-duty, shore-based stirrer from effluent handling specialist Hi-Tech Enviro Solutions can help eliminate the problem of crusts forming on effluent pond or storage towers.

Ravensdown's ClearTech dairy effluent treatment system has won first prize in the South Island Agricultural Field Days’ Agri-Innovation Awards.