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Spotted at Fieldays, and following a theme first seen in the New Holland ‘police’ tractor, Case IH New Zealand has unveiled a special edition ‘fire’ tractor as part of a partnership with Fire and Emergency NZ.
Dairy prices have tumbled in the latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction.
Fonterra will check with its palm kernel expeller (PKE) supplier on claims that the company is involved in deforestation in Indonesia.
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.
The owners of a Northland farm at the centre of a video depicting animal cruelty by a sharemilker says they are shocked and deeply saddened.
Utilisation of available grass, a key to New Zealand’s dairying success, is known to result in lower costs of production.
Nutrient management platform MyBallance brings the same benefits to nutrient management that EFTPOS brought to money management.
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Irrigation used precisely can benefit the environment, says Denis Gavin of Lindsday International.
Riparian buffers and constructed wetlands reduce contaminant loss to waterbodies, but by how much?
The good Farming Practice Action Plan for Water Quality launched this month is another way dairy and the wider agricultural sector are working in partnership to improve water quality in New Zealand, says DairyNZ.
Effluent handling specialist Hi Tech Enviro Solutions showed several new products at Fieldays, among them a shore-based stirrer and a portable skid unit for powering high output effluent pumps.
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