Any young fella with a Ford 5000 and an 80-inch Howard Rotovator can’t fail to be impressed by a slightly larger combination that recently set new record by cultivating 770ha in 24 hours.

With the German Agritechnica Event just a few weeks away, it looks like the key tractor makers are playing a game of top trumps with their flagship 4-wheel drive machines.

Deere NZ territory manager Jaiden Drought was elected new president of the Tractor and Machinery Association (TAMA) at its August annual meeting.

Designed as an alternative for those farmers who only feed round or large square bales, the Hustler BaleXpress bale feeder can cope with any bale sizes in either format.

As part of an ongoing initiative to recognise the importance of service and parts technicians, John Deere ANZ recently held its third annual Technician of the Year Awards at a Gala event in Brisbane.

Origin Ag is New Zealand’s only farm machinery co-operative and owned by a group of farm machinery retailers.

Claas has made good on its promise to take the high horsepower tractor market head-on with the release of its XERION 12 series.

While much of the news coming from JCB is centred around its hydrogen combustion developments, it has also been looking at electric solutions as an alternative to its largely ICE-based machine ranges.

The Brandt Group of Companies has announced they have acquired the assets of Wairarapa Machinery Services.

Following a couple of bumper sales years when the rolling year-to-date figure for 2022 hit about 16,250 tractors, it looks like things are changing in the Australian farm machinery landscape.