‘WISH ME luck as you wave me goodbye’ go the words of the old song. 

HAY BALE 'bundling' (collecting, stacking, tying) is said to be easy with a new machine from Giltrap Agrizone, Otorohanga and Cambridge.

SOW GRASS into existing pasture, or sow grass or forage crops into cultivated ground, or over-sow and fix pugged paddocks – it's over to you, says Orgin Agroup of its new Hatzenbichler tine harrow with broadcast air seeder.

C-DAX HAS won a 2011 Innovators Award for the pasture meter it developed with Massey University.

GETTING ALONG at 13km/h during secondary cultivation and stubble burying impresses Hawkes Bay farmer and contractor Doug Drummond, using a Farmgard RZ Series multi disc cultivator, says the machine supplier.

IN AN historic 'first' for a utility, the new Ford Ranger has gained a maximum 5 Star rating under the Euro NCAP crash test protocol.

RENAULT'S HOTTEST 'hot hatch' – the Megane RS 250 in Cup Trophee form – impressed motor racer Ray Williams and 'celebrity' co-drivers during the recent five-day Targa tarmac road rally, says the brand's New Zealand distributor.