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

A HERBICIDE made by Zelam, now into its third year of use, kills weeds in beet crops. 

BOOK NOW for exhibit space at the 2015 Northland Field Days, says event coordinator Meagan Edmonds. 

A NEW quad from US manufacturer Polaris represents a “complete redesign” of the preceding model.

HAVING PROBLEMS keeping your product / feed dry on your farm?

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.