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LIC says its new partnership with a global cow health company is growing the business and providing New Zealand farmers more choice.
Waikato farmers led the way in tractor buying in New Zealand during 2014, and tractor sales approached record highs.
No such thing as a ‘generic’ towbar exists, says towbar maker Best Bars Ltd. A good towbar is one designed to suit the vehicle it’s fitted to.
A New Land Rover -- Discovery Sport – is the first of the company’s new Discovery vehicle range. The compact SUV seats seven in an optional ‘5+2’ arrangement.
Polaris is adding more grunt to its range of farm vehicles.
Canterbury sharemilkers Steven (‘Sars’) and Ange Hyde are raising their cows to a new level, comments Webbline, whose BvL feed mixer the Hydes bought last winter.
Morrinsville farmer Mark Hexter has a good reason to be feeling excited: three robotic milking machines will arrive on his farm next month from Lely, in the Netherlands.
Hot water cylinder maker Superheat Ltd, Christchurch, says its stainless steel barrels are less likely to corrode.
The future ownership of Lochinver Station near Taupo remains in limbo. The Chinese company Shanghai Pengxin lodged a bid to buy the station last July, seeking approval from the New Zealand Overseas Investment Office (OIO).
New players in the NZ off-road market, CFMoto, have launched their feature packed, sports side by side vehicle, the Z8S.
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Australian farmers are welcoming a sharper watch on foreign investment in farming. The NFF has long called for more oversight by the Australian Foreign Investment Review Board and a transparent register of foreign ownership of farm land.
Dargaville dairy farmer Bob Franklin is happy to fork out money for top heifer grazing if he gets a product worth $20,000 more over its lifetime.
It is costing dairy farmers an “awful lot of money” to have poorly grown heifers, says AgFirst consultant Gareth Baynham.
All eye are on Fonterra this week to see if it lifts its $4.70/kgMS forecast after the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) Index price last week surged 10.1%.
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