TRS Tyre & Wheel, specialist wheel and tyre suppliers based in Whanganui, is offering a tyre optimisation service for any tractors running on either Trelleborg or Mitas tyres.

Well-known for its moulded plastic products for a range of industries, South Island-based Advantage plastics has recently added to its agricultural collection with a clever, cone-bottomed mixing/dissolving tank.

Research suggests that up to 40% of a tractor’s time is spent on haulage duties.

Massey Ferguson has announced the extension of their longterm brand partnership with rugby union icon Sam Whitelock as their brand ambassador for New Zealand, extending the role he has held since 2019 through to March 2025.

At a recently held sustainability day in Germany, John Deere unveiled the latest updates for its eAutoPowr, electric infinitely variable transmission, the first of its kind in the world and now available for the 8R tractor range.

A total of 108,800 tractors were registered across Europe in the first six months of 2022, with 31,900 tractors of 37kW (50 hp) and under and 76,900 of 38kW and above.

With our own National Fieldays only few weeks away, Rural News took the opportunity to take a trip overseas – as a guest of Enterprise Ireland, which invited 190 guests from 19 countries – to look at Ireland’s own national event, locally known as The Ploughing.

Visitors to Fieldays 2022 – rescheduled for Nov 30 to Dec 3 – will be able to learn about the forestry sector from more than 40 sector organisations and companies under one roof.

The latest John Deere Operations Center update has improved levels of precision and ease of use for machine monitoring, tracking input application and record keeping.

As part of the recently announced Deutz Fahr 6C Series tractors, the RV Shift version takes up an interesting position between the conventional semi-powershift models and the top-of-the-range variable TTV offers.

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