Govt Commits $4m to Rural Wellbeing Initiatives
While the District Field Days brought with it a welcome dose of sunshine, it also attracted a significant cohort of sitting members from the Beehive – as one might expect in an election year.
The Nagpur complex is expected to deliver an annual output of more than 500,000 vehicles and 100,000 tractors.
Mahindra & Mahindra, the world's largest tractor producer by volume and India's leading automobile manufacturer, has announced plans to establish its largest integrated automobile and tractor manufacturing facility in Nagput, Maharashtra, marking a major expansion of its manufacturing footprint.
The project will see the construction of a new 1500-acre plant in the Vidarbha region, complemented by a 150-acre supplier park in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, designed to streamline logistics and strengthen local supply chains.
Mahindra has committed around $1.65 billion over the next decade for the facility, with production scheduled to begin in 2028.
When fully operational, the Nagpur complex is expected to deliver an annual output of more than 500,000 vehicles and 100,000 tractors, making it the company's largest single integrated manufacturing hub in India.
Located near major road and rail arteries, the site's strategy is to boost production of Mahindra's next-generation vehicles, including development of new powertrain technologies for ICE and electric powerplants.
Government officials and company leaders have highlighted the plant's potential to generate significant employment and reinforce Nagpur and Vidarbha's status as an industrial hub.
Dougal Morrison has been elected as the new President of the New Zealand Farm Forestry Association (NZFFA).
Perrin Ag has appointed Vicky Ferris as its new Hawke's Bay consultant.
The New Zealand National Fieldays Society is encouraging teachers to register school groups for the 2026 National Fieldays, set to be held at Mystery Creek Events Centre from 10-13 June.
The appointment of Richard Allen as Fonterra's new chief executive signals execution, not strategy, according to agribusiness expert Dr Nic Lees.
Potatoes New Zealand has become much more than a grower body, according to Pukekohe grower Bharat Bhana.
The country's kiwifruit growers seem to have escaped much of the predicted wrath of Cyclone Vaianu which hit the east coast of the North Island this month.

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