DIESEL CARS were long ago the preserve of anorak wearers obsessed with fuel economy statistics that they neatly recorded in log books.

A FARMGARD air seeder and Celli spiked rotor combination turned a major cropping and regrassing project into a simple operation, says Wellsford dairy farmer Paul Shepherd.

STARLINGS HAVE caused at least $9 million damage to farm tractors during the past five years, says rural insurer FMG.  Birds love to nest in warm, dry places -- especially tractor engines. But the resulting straw can easily catch fire and destroy a tractor.

ROBOTIC MILKING of housed cows, ‘slow’ and organic foods and bio-energy are three stand-out impressions for 28 New Zealand farmers who arrived home on August 5 from a 25-day tour of Scandanavia that closed with a brief stop in Russia.

WAYNE PERKINS and Nick Wansink travelled recently to Australia to display the Perkinz range of sheep-handling equipment at the Sheepvention field days held yearly in Hamilton, Victoria. Their products received four awards.

THE CRC Speedshow, held recently at the Auckland Showgrounds, featured fast and furious machines young and old.

WHEN DRIVING a genuine motoring icon you tend to forgive shortcomings, especially when you are driving the last of the breed.

FARM WORK rates are optimised by a raft of technical features and operating benefits in a new tractor from Case IH NZ Operations. 

MANITOU’S NEW rough-terrain telehandler, model MLT 840-137 (replacing the MLT 741-120) turns in 3.98m, carries 4000kg, and will tip 3 tonnes into a 4.5m-high trailer. Its boom allows carrying loads up to 7.55m in height with 800mm of offset. 

NEW FROM Fendt is a compact mid-horsepower (70-110hp) tractor with CVT (continuously variable transmission) – the first in this power segment offering such transmission.