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Great time to go dairying

Canterbury sharemilker Ash-Leigh Campbell believes the time is right for young Kiwis to join the dairy industry and become part of the success story.

The dairy industry is urgently looking to attract more people to meet a shortage of 2,500 staff on farms, according to DairyNZ.

Published in General News

Langford eyes top job

Wayne Langford says he will put his hand up for the top job.

Golden Bay dairy farmer and Federated Farmers acting president Wayne Langford says he will put his hands up for the top job at Feds' annual meeting in July.

Published in General News

Enhanced Hilux hits the spot

The new Hilux SR5 Cruiser Double Cab Wide Track ute is more than a workhorse.

The war for supremacy in the ute market is still being waged by market leaders Toyota and Ford, with the Hilux and Ranger.

Published in Machinery & Products

A new way forward

Maschio’s Toro Isotronic folding power harrow comes with ISOBUS functions for monitoring things such as gearbox speeds, working depth, hours/hectares worked and drive shaft loadings.

While we have become familiar with ISOBUS enabled planters and sprayers, it’s not normally in the sights of power harrow manufacturers.

Published in Machinery & Products

Burying the problem

An Alpego Inversa cultivator working in stony paddock delivers a fine seed bed on the surface for consistent planting depth and uniform germination.

Alpego Inversa's rotary cultivator buries stones, clods and trash to deliver a fine seed bed on the surface for consistent planting depth and uniform germination.

Published in Machinery & Products

Facing up to the FE problem

Tokaora Diagnostics chief researcher Frey Livingston says the company has developed a rapid antigen test aimed at early detection of facial eczema.

A rapid antigen test (RAT) aimed at early detection of facial eczema (FE) in ruminants may help manage a disease that costs the New Zealand economy millions of dollars each year.

Published in Farm Health

Research programme aims to halt pesky weed's bite

Alligator weed, which grows in both water and soil and can form a dense mat in either, has plagued northern farmers and growers for many years and is now spreading south.

Rural contractors and regional councils are supporting a new AgResearch programme on invasive alligator weed.

Published in Management

Dear John, what's the story?

Doug Edmeades wonders just exactly what MPI’s new ’On Farm Support Team’ will actually do.

OPINION: As soon as the ‘pen hit the paper’ this column quickly morphed into a ‘Dear John letter’.

Published in Opinion

Dutch Case IH and Steyr tractor dealer, Van der Werf Mecanisatie – based at Zwaagdijk, north of Amsterdam – has developed a remote-control unit that allows cabbage and cauliflower growers to harvest without a driver seated in the tractor cab.

Published in Machinery & Products