TWO MERGERS have taken place among New Zealand’s cooperatives while a third remains under discussion. In the Bay of Plenty, kiwifruit and avocado packhouse cooperatives Satara and Eastpack have merged, and the members of the two North Island Foodstuffs cooperatives are talking about coming together.

I HAVE recently been involved in an industry forum on safety and well-being in the primary sector. This was prompted by recent reviews of mental health in rural communities which identified some disturbing statistics regarding the incidence of depression and suicides in our rural communities. 

NEXT MONTH’S National Fieldays will do more than just connect farmers with suppliers: the organisers are focused on the global economy and how farming can tap into opportunities offshore. 

FOR 40 YEARS, we at ANZ have been pulling on our gumboots and getting in among it at National Fieldays. 

HOW DO you improve a winning formula? asks The Wrangler, announcing that its Wrangler cow handler will be available at Fieldays with the option of a walk -through head bail.

ROTARY AND herringbone milking systems get equal notice at Waikato Milking Systems, depending on the size of would-be or actual customers’ herds. 

A 19 Farm trial run by Corkill Systems and the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) has shown average vacuum pump power savings of 52% through using a Varivac vacuum pump controller.

A NEW pasture meter launching at Fieldays by C-Dax is automated, coming with a control console. It can be used on the company’s spreaders and sprayers.

INSTALLING ADF in his new herringbone dairy shed was a “no brainer” according to dairy farmer Mark Williams when he converted his sheep farm to dairy in July 2012. 

INSTALLING ADF in his new herringbone dairy shed was a “no brainer” according to dairy farmer Mark Williams when he converted his sheep farm to dairy in July 2012. 

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