Of the food intake ruminants use for maintenance, milk production, rearing a calf and/or to produce meat, as much as 85% can end up as waste. Waste that can be used as fertiliser.

Can a robot be used to clear snow from an airstrip? Yes, it can, as demonstrated by tractor specialist Valtra with Nokian Tyres and three other Finnish companies.

Farm machinery maker Claas is celebrating having made 150,000 tractors since it bought the Renault brand in 2003.

A new evaluation centre opened by Claas at its headquarters at Harsewinkel, Germany will help maintain its front ranking in harvesting technology.

Your brow will furrow when you first see the e3 quad from Switch EV Global.

Continuing its long history of farm bikes in New Zealand, Honda now launches the all new CRF250F.

One of two machines due for release by Landboss New Zealand at Fieldays is its U550 side by side.

Hecton Products, whose name is familiar to many New Zealand sheep farmers, has a new product — Mobile Stock Worker.

A free cab kit is on offer to buyers of Honda’s Pioneer 700-2P side by side, on show at Fieldays.

Flat rolling pasture, particularly in spring, is an effective method of pushing stones below the ground surface, so preventing damage to mowers, rakes and harvesters used subsequently.

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