Tyres carry more, but with less damage
With larger and more powerful machinery comes increased weight and the potential for greater damage to soil.
Tyre giant Michelin is to spend US$1.45 billion buying Camso, a well-known maker of rubber tracks for farm machines and snowmobiles.
Interestingly, it calls itself a ‘road-free company’: besides agriculture it also makes solid tyre equipment for earthmovers and forklifts.
The two companies will bring their off-road divisions together to form a new operation in Quebec, Canada.
The new entity, expected to be the world leader in off-road mobility, will “provide customers with a range of premium radial tyres and tracks”.
The merger is expected to speed new track and airless tyre technologies such as the already-released Michelin Tweel.
Michelin forsees higher sales and a likely cut in costs of up to $55 million by 2021.
A vet is calling for all animals to be vaccinated against a new strain of leptospirosis (lepto) discovered on New Zealand dairy farms in recent years.
Two major red meat sector projects are getting up to a combined $1.7 million in funding from the New Zealand Meat Board (NZMB).
Angus Barr and Tara Dwyer of The Wandle, Lone Star Farms in Strath Taieri have been named the Regional Supreme Winners at the Otago Ballance Farm Environment Awards in Dunedin.
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