In a move that will make many other farm machinery companies sit back and scrutinise their marketing budgets, global giant John Deere has announced that it will withdraw from the November 2024 SIMA Event held in Paris.

Although Irish manufacturer McHale used the September 2022 Irish National Ploughing Championships to showcase the latest updates to its baler/ wrapper combination, it’s taken until recently for the first example to arrive in New Zealand.

New Zealand agritech start-up Cropsy Technologies is leading a $1.3 million SFF Futures/ AGMARDT co-funded project to help growers identify and replace grapevines that are missing, dead, dying or otherwise unproductive Ñ also known as 'Ghost Vines'.

Over the years, Ashburton- based Rotowiper has followed one main objective: to design and manufacture an effective, cost-efficient method of controlling/eradicating weed infestation in pasture and crops.

Kubota New Zealand has recently added to its product line the new U10-5 excavator that will replace the existing K008-3.

With the current issues of forestry ‘slash’ continuing to be a major problem in high rainfall events, a new take on an old method to deal with the forestry waste is set to help Kiwi logging crews better manage skid sites and landings, which could in turn increase productivity.

Reducing soil compaction has been recognised for many years as an efficient method of increasing production in grassland and arable operations.

Made in New Zealand is a feature that looks at the wealth of design and manufacturing ability we have in New Zealand, producing productive and cost-effective products for the agricultural sector. This week, we take a closer look at BA Pumps and Sprayers, catching up with directors, Mark, Penny and Guy Rendle.

While the auto industry seems to release new electric or hybrid vehicles almost weekly, agriculture appears to have been left behind. However, a recent visit to Arizona as a guest of CNH Industrial gave Rural News machinery editor Mark Daniel the impression that’s all about to change.

While electric cars are never very far from the news, the Tesla brand and its CEO Elon Musk are the ones who fill the headlines.