What a year it’s been for anyone interested in technology.

The Valtra T254 Versu won the coveted Tractor of the Year 2018 (TOTY) and Best Design 2018 awards at Agritechnica 17 last month in Hannover, Germany.

Welshy contracting is well-known in the South Canterbury region, for 16 years offering no-nonsense earthmoving, site clearance, trenching, directional drilling, vacuum excavation and fencing.

Gallagher has won the supreme award from New Zealand’s industrial design community -- a group beyond the farmgate.

The start of the harvest season brings thoughts such as ‘there aren’t enough hours in the day’ and for farmers and contractors alike the dream of more engine power.

The new Espro 6000 RC seed drill offers two separate metering and distribution systems on one universal seed drill package to provide a choice of field operations for arable work.

Vineyards and orchards typically have vertical shelterbelts to ensure crops do not succumb to the effects of wind.

The capital cost of high-output modern tractors and machinery has prompted many agricultural contractors to diversify into civil work such as site development, re-contouring and road or race building.

Kirwee-based business Colin Payne Contracting focuses on direct drilling and bale wrapping.

With the European grain harvest just ending, combine harvester manufacturers are whipping up a frenzy for their 2018 models.