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Batten Buddy - cleverly simple

The batten buddy is easily fitted with a cordless battery drill or impact driver.

Stopping livestock from escaping their environment is a “must do” for any farmers or landowners and at times can seem like an endless task.

Meat processor outlines Scope 3 emissions targets

For beef farmers SFF’s scope 3 Forest, Land and Agriculture (FLAG) intensity target is 24% reduction by 2033 – from a 2023 baseline.

Meat exporter Silver Fern Farms Ltd has told farmer suppliers that its proposed scope 3 emissions reduction targets won’t pick on individual farms.

U10 Pro Highland a step up

The U10 Pro Highland comes with fully enclosed cabin and an impressive specification sheet.

A few weeks after driving the CF MOTO U10 Pro ‘entry level’ model, we’ve had a chance to test the range-topping U10 Pro Highland, with fully enclosed cabin and an impressive specification sheet.

Irrigation scheme delivers on water quality, environment

2024 winners from left, Wally Jamieson, Simon Macadam (representing Mt Palm group), Nigel Gardiner, Stu Neill, Geoff Bowron, Aaron Bunt.

The Amuri Basin Future Farming (ABFF) Project in North Canterbury is making considerable strides in improving irrigation efficiency, riparian management, and environmental innovation.

Alliance Group re-set delivering results

Alliance Group has turned a corner on a challenging two years following a comprehensive re-set over the past 18 months and is forecasting a return to profitability, farmer-shareholders were told at the company’s annual meeting in Gore today.

LC70 - A no-nonsense work horse

Toyota’s Safety Sense package include lane departure warning, autonomous braking, pedestrian and cycle warning, downhill assistance, and a rear-view camera.

As most vehicle manufacturers are designing, producing and delivering machines with features that would take us into the next decade, it seems like the Land Cruiser design team at Toyota are working to the adage, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”.

GEA launches robotic milkers

The GEA robotic milkers offer batch and voluntary milking.

Milking technology provider GEA Farm Technologies is introducing its first automatic milking system (AMS) in New Zealand.

Unsung heroes under the soil

Associate Professor Maria Minor says on a good NZ pasture there could be up to four hundred worms per square metre.

Much of the scientific work being carried out at the Massey University led regenerative agriculture project, Whenua Haumanu, is below the ground.

'Female warriors' to talk ag sector opportunities

Mickey Trotter is one of four women who will speak about opportunities for women at the 2025 East Coast Farming Expo.

The East Coast Farming Expo is playing host to a quad of ‘female warriors’ (wahine toa) who will give an in-depth insight into the opportunities and successes the primary industries offer women.

Let’s be MPI’s eyes and ears

OPINION: The recent detection of Avian Influenza (AI), a low pathogenicity strain H7N6, at a free-range poultry farm in Otago has the agri sector focused on biosecurity. While the situation is cause for concern, the emphasis is on not panicking but remaining vigilant. The key message? Biosecurity is everyone’s responsibility.