SIAFD knocks it out of the park!
While the temperature was struggling to reach about 5 degrees and the horizontal hail had enough grunt to slice cheese, the SIAFD committee knocked it out of the park by delivering another great event.
Farmers wanting to shift solid or liquid manures should note Toplink Machinery’s UK-made Powerspread.
Launched at last month’s South Island Agricultural Field Days, it won first place in the imported machine category.
Made in the UK and imported by Toplink Machinery, the Powerspread is offered in a range from 7.5-15 tonnes capacity.
It comprises a tank through which runs a central rotor with a paddle design. Material is fed via a watertight guillotine style door onto a 1.4m wide overshot discharge impellor.
A simple, reversible driveline of two main chains ensures keeps maintenance to a minimum. Depending on the consistency of the material a uniform spread pattern up to 26m can be achieved.
In the event of a blockage the impellor can be lowered away from the main body to clear obstructions.
Targeted at contractors or large scale farmers, the Powerspread Pro 2300 holds about 10.5m3 and weighs 11.5 tonnes all-up.
It can easily be pulled by a tractor of 140hp and its low loading height ensures easy filling by tractor frontloaders or telehandlers.
Trade Minister Todd McClay says New Zealand has no intention of backing down in a trade dispute with Canada over dairy products.
There have been leadership changes at the Hamilton-based Dairy Goat Co-operative, which has been struggling financially in recent years.
Horticulture NZ chief executive Nadine Tunley will step down in August.
OPINION: In recent years farmers have been crying foul of unworkable and expensive regulations.
Another 16 commercial beef farmers have been selected to take part in the Informing New Zealand Beef (INZB) programme designed to help drive the uptake of genetics in the industry.
Trade Minister Todd McClay says Kiwi exporters will be $100 million better off today as the NZ-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) comes into force.