A stalwart of rural journalism, David Anderson, has died at home in Timaru following a prolonged illness.

The growing popularity of whole-crop cereals for livestock, and in some countries as a food source for anaerobic digesters, has led Claas to develop a new auger-based merging system alongside other grouping options for its latest Disco triple mower ranges.

Probably best known for its tractors, harvesters and farm equipment, it looks like John Deere is about to put its long-recognised and trademarked catch phrase of ‘Nothing Runs Like a Deere’ into practice.

Tania and Innes Anderson are second generation farmers whose family have had ties to the land where they operate for more than fifty years.