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.

WE ALL know China makes some crap. But we also know China makes quality items – Apple i-Phones, supertankers, Red Bands and Swandris, to name a few. The trick is knowing which is which.

TWO GOLDONI Quasar 90 tractors (85hp) are helping ease the load of Psa management on a Hawkes Bay orchard, says the tractor supplier.

THE WORLD ploughing championships for 2014 recently concluded with mixed results for the two New Zealand competitors.