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Public submissions open for banking competition inquiry

Mark Cameron is urging the rural sector to make their voices heard.

Farmers are being urged to make submissions to the parliamentary inquiry into banking competition, now underway.

JD 6M series tractors – now bigger, tougher and faster

The new 6M will be available in five frame sizes and thirteen models ranging from 95hp to 250hp.

John Deere's 6M Series tractors have been given a major update for 2025 with more speed and power across the 13-model range and, for the first time, will include four models above 200hp and a 50km/h transmission.

100,000th Fendt 700

Following a quarter century of production, the 100,000th Fendt 700 Vario was recently driven off the production line in Marktoberdorf, Germany.

Tractor sales take a dip

There’s been a sharp downturn in the global demand for tractors and machinery.

As a sign of the times, a sharp downturn in the global demand for tractors and machinery has seen some of the global players announcing lacklustre half yearly results.

Milk sensors for herringbone sheds

SenseHub in-line milk monitoring is now available for herringbone sheds.

MSD Animal Health has launched its comprehensive milk monitoring solution, under the SenseHub Dairy brand, for herringbone sheds following successful trials on Fonterra’s Te Rapa dairy farm in the Waikato.

Broadacre drone spraying on the rise

Drone Spray founder, Jono Scott, of Canterbury, says that arable applications are increasing as drones get bigger and more efficient.

As drones get bigger, broadacre applications like arable spraying will become more common, says the Canterburybased founder of Drone Spray, Jono Scott.

Plantain and N mitigation – ‘research must move on’

Dr Tony Conner believes that forages other than plantain have not been adequately studied for their potential value as N-mitigation tools.

Some types of pasture may better reduce nitrogen leaching on New Zealand dairy farms than plantain, a major new science review concludes.

Subsidies and free trade deals

OPINION: In March this year, Defra (the UK Government Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) published the national statistics for farm business income. The figures indicate that most farms make more money from support mechanisms and ‘diversification out of agriculture’ than they do from food production.

Farmers want ORC to come clean on freshwater rules

Proposed freshwater rules around Otago are causing farmers angst.

OPINION: The Otago Regional Council needs to be honest about what the new proposed freshwater rules might mean for our community and how much it could cost local ratepayers.