We've all seem remote controlled helicopters for the kids at the airport duty free counter, but commercial UAV’s take the game to a whole new level and can offer some tangible benefits for agriculture or horticulture.

Fairbrother Industries has introduced a new rock spike attachment for the Kinghitter series of postdrivers. 

Farmers wanting to shift solid or liquid manures should note Toplink Machinery’s UK-made Powerspread.

NZ Tractors at the recent South Island Agricultural Field Days exhibited the Sumo Mixidisc from the UK. 

Polaris continues to grow its brand in New Zealand, its first quarter result exceeding that of 2014 by at least 38%, the company reports.

Honda was a late starter in the side-by-side market when it launched the Big Red MUV in 2009.

Tractors are hitting the paddocks as the cultivation season looms.

South Canterbury arable farmer Warren Darling has taken delivery of a new Canadian-built 460hp Versatile DeltaTrack tractor, one of the bigger machines sold in the South Island in recent times.

Origin Agroup NZ’s only farm machinery buying co-op, recently celebrated its 10^th anniversary, so it was timely for Rural News to catch up with managing director Dave Donnelly at the recent Central Districts Field Days (CDFD).

With a lift capacity of 3.5 tonnes to a maximum height of 4.0m, and powered by a Perkins 4-cyl 130hp engine, the machine certainly appears to have all the right credentials.