RURAL CONTRACTORS New Zealand is questioning the high cost of machinery and parts charged contractors and farmers.

FARMER BRUCE McLennan says he uses his BvL Topstar silage block cutter on his grass silage and maize silage stacks to reduce wastage.

HOOK TOGETHER five or six Milk Bar feed trailers and tow them through any gateway – no collisions!

A LARGE finishing and dairy support farm at Whatawhata, Waikato, is for sale.

Annandale is 515ha in five titles. It has 90ha of flat to gently rolling land, 330ha of rolling countryside and medium contoured hills, some steeper hills and 25-30ha of bush and wetlands. Soils are a blend of clay loam mix, volcanic ash and silt loam.

WHEN RURAL News reviewed the 2011 Honda TRX500, we commented that it was a subtle evolution of the old model, the list of changes being relatively modest.

EUROPEAN-MADE SIP 800 triple mower-conditioners, after two seasons, are still running up to speed for Waikato business Reymer Ag Contractors, reports the distributor Webbline.

FOR MOST dairy farmers, maintenance on the milking shed won’t be top of mind just yet. 

MASSEY FERGUSON says its new MF 9407S telescopic handler specifically suits farming.

FARMERS COULD extract 20% more value from their fertiliser spend by using their fertiliser contractors' TracMap TracLink system more effectively, says the company's managing director Colin Brown.

REPOROA DAIRY farmers Robin and Annette Broderson have only ever owned Massey Ferguson tractors, finding no reason to look at other brands, says distributor Agco.

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