SHUTTLING ONE tractor between two dairy farms was a nuisance so the Singh family bought another – a Case IH Maxxum 115X Bronze.

INDEPENDENT TESTING in Germany has shown the new Deutz-Fahr series 6 Powershift tractors have the lowest fuel consumption ever recorded for any tractor in that class, reports the NZ distributor Power Farming.

A 2.7M GLABER mulcher has halved the time needed to maintain pasture quality, says Kaitaia grower and drystock farmer David Foster. He raises bulls and grows kumara on his farm on the western edges of Kaitaia.

JOHN DEERE is showing that a 300hp tractor need not be ungainly. Its new model 7290R was delivered last month to a Northland rural contractor by local dealer Cervus Equipment.

FARMERS ARE being asked to join a move to preserve New Zealand’s wartime history.

A JAYLOR feed mixer wagon is providing ‘room service’ for 700 Saanen in-milk goats living in a goat ‘motel’ on 52ha at Waharoa, Waikato.

MASSIVE CROWDS and excellent site facilities distinguished the Irish National Ploughing Championships at Ratheniska, Stradbally, County Laois, 100km NW of Dublin, in September.

SOUTH CANTERBURY crop farmer Barry Copland’s Case IH advanced farming system (AFS) has saved him time and money and taken the guesswork out of his spraying and drilling, the company says.

NEW HOLLAND Agriculture has reclaimed a Guinness World Record title by harvesting 797.656 tonnes of wheat in eight hours with the world’s most powerful combine – the 653hp CR10.90. 

RURAL CONTRACTORS New Zealand (RCNZ) says it endorses recent warnings by Waikato Regional Council (WRC) that agrichemical contractors operating without certification are breaching regulations.