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Keeping safety simple

Keep it simple: clearly communicate risks to staff, involve your team and form a clear list together. It’s not about table-thumping meetings and reams of paper.

Onfarm injuries are at their highest in the beginning of spring — here's how you can prevent them.

Machine ‘rock concert’ wins the night

Attendees at Power Farming’s ‘Big Night Out’ held in Morrinsville recently.

Heavy metal addicts of the farm machinery kind made a pilgrimage recently to Morrinsville for distributor and retailer Power Farming’s ‘Big Night Out’.

JD’s new forage harvesters coming

The wraps are off the new John Deere 9000 series SP harvesters.

Snippets during the last few months about the new John Deere 9000 series SP harvesters no doubt originate in the ‘mothership’ and are disseminated by social media.

New distribution for Case IH and Kuhn

CKNZ, a subsidiary of CB Norwood Distributors Limited, heralds a new direction for the distribution of Case IH and Kuhn in New Zealand.

The forming of CKNZ, a subsidiary of CB Norwood Distributors Ltd, heralds a new direction for the distribution of Case IH in New Zealand as Norwood prepares a new growth strategy.

Feed mixers built tough

Canadian TMR specialists Jaylor say the purpose of its TMR mixer is to create a homogenous mix that resists sorting by the animals being fed.

Manufacturers of total mixed ration (TMR) mixers should stop claiming their machines have “better steel, bigger tyres and brighter lights” than competitors’ machines.

Spring Sheep gunning for more awards

Sheep milk company Spring Sheep Dairy is a finalist in four categories of the NZ International Business Awards.

Red meat exports surge

New Zealand’s red meat exports reached $6.7 billion in 2017-18.

Vegetable prices fall

Vegetable prices fell 8.7% in September, whilst meat and poultry prices rose 2%.

Vegetable prices fell 8.7% in September, with lettuce prices falling 45%.

All staff safe — Ravensdown

Greg Campbell, chief executive of Ravensdown.

Fertiliser co-op Ravensdown says it is working with the emergency services as a fire at its manufacturing facility in Hornby, Christchurch is brought under control.