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Labour eyes rural votes

Labour’s ag spokeswoman Jo Luxton with Waikato Federated Farmers president Keith Holmes at the provincial annual meeting this month.

Labour Party agriculture spokesperson Jo Luxton is on a mission to win back rural sector votes.

Published in General News

More horsepower for Puma

The AFS Connect Puma, now available in the Australian and New Zealand markets.

Case IH's introduction of AFS Connect, an option for its high horsepower tractor ranges, has now been rolled out across its popular Puma models.

Published in Machinery & Products

$160 billion cargo shipment deal

Kotahi, New Zealand’s largest containerised freight manager and A.P. Moller – Maersk have signed a second long term freight agreement to December 2034.

New Zealand’s major primary industry exporters have secured shipping capability to export $160 billion worth of products over the next 10 years.

Published in General News

Partnership to boost Horsch sales, service in North Island

From left, Darrell Russell, Dealer Principal, Piako Tractors, Greg Carr Founding Director, Carrfields and Kieran Steffert, Marketing Manager Piako Tractors.

Carrfields has launched a new partnership with Waikato-based Piako Tractors, where the latter will become the exclusive retailer and service provider of the German Horsch brand throughout the upper North Island.

Published in Machinery & Products

Illustrious lives up to his name

Illustrious’ breeders, Jacki and Graeme Barr, were presented with the honour at LIC’s annual Breeders’ Day event in Hamilton recently. Also in the picture is Simon Worth, LIC.

An elite Holstein Friesian bull, Farside M Illustrious S3F, has been inducted into the "Hall of Fame", an honour exclusively reserved for animals that have delivered a significant contribution to the dairy industry.

Published in Farm Health

Viability of farming questioned

Toby Williams believes mustering with a drone would not work on his farm.

People are starting to question the viability of sheep and beef farming as profitability in that sector falls to one of its all-time lows, according to Federated Farmers board member and Gisborne sheep and beef farm, Toby Williams.

Published in Management