A home in the country usually brings with it a little work so Bronwyn Baird figured on buying a tractor.

Beacons are an indispensable health and safety device for many vehicles on farms.

Power Farming says it now stocks an extra $500,000 of parts at its hubs in Christchurch and Invercargill to help cut contractors’ downtime in the South Island.

Signalling changing times, the construction and agricultural machinery maker JCB has begun producing the world’s first fully electric mini excavator.

Already ahead of the game with its methane-powered tractor, New Holland Agriculture has unveiled the first prototype of its Low Carbon Tractor (LoCT).

Toyota has raised the safety benchmark at grassroots level by introducing its Toyota Safety Sense Package on its hugely popular Hilux.

Dairy companies have always wanted good quality milk — but what’s in it for farmers?

The Walshe family, of Putaruru, are contract milkers, sending 470 cows through a 40 bail herringbone shed. They're finding success with Quthane milking liners from DairyFlo.

A DairyNZ-led project launched in July is looking into the benefits to farmers of 3-in-2 milking (three milkings in two days). It will run for three years.

DairyNZ emphasises that the cleanliness of the milking system and the dairy is critical.

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