Vantage New Zealand and Precision Farming are partnering with Trimble Agriculture with the aim of transforming NZ farming practices.

While most established sheep properties are likely to have a large traditional woolshed, many of these will be a little long in the tooth and craving some attention to maintenance.

Agricultural contracting throws up many challenges – not least getting the job done, breakdowns, bad weather and finding suitable and committed staff.

Fieldays is usually the place to find old favourites.

An appeal to address the urban/rural divide was made at the opening day of the recently held Rural Contractors NZ conference in Invercargill.

Back to its “normal” mid-June timing, it looked like all the stars were in alignment for the Fieldays at Mystery Creek.

Anyone who visited Fieldays this year couldn’t help but notice an aircraft hangar-sized marquee that took up an entire block adjacent to the tractor pulling arena.

A tractor dealership celebrating 65 years selling Massey Fergusons, and other AGCO farm machinery, is still expanding, opening a new branch in Cromwell.

Palmerston North headquartered Norwood celebrates its 75-year anniversary in 2023, with events planned for staff and customers.

Tractor and harvester manufacturer Same Deutz Fahr (SDF) closed 2022 with unprecedented growth in revenues and earnings.