Väderstad has introduced a new disc cultivator – the Carrier XT 425-625 – featuring rotating disc axles, that optimizes results over a range of working depths with easy machine setting.

The two main plastic collection programmes in New Zealand’s primary sector have agreed to work together to improve the services they provide farmers and growers.

As a long-term advocate of digital technology, John Deere has taken the route of mass data capture, rather than concentrating on direct driver aids – such as TIM (tractor implement management).

Based in the heart of the Waikato, New Zealand manufacturer Coombridge & Alexander is well known for its range of yellow and green SAM Fertiliser spreaders, feeder wagons and tip trailers.

Nominations are now open for the annual Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Awards.

Inglewood Young Farmer Jessie Waite has been announced as the new Chair of New Zealand Young Farmers.

Despite claims by NZ carpet manufacturer Bremworth that an international rival has abandoned an ongoing court battle about the benefits of wool carpets, the legal stoush is far from over.

Rumen acidosis usually occurs in sheep that are introduced rapidly to grain feeding or have been grazed on stubble paddocks where there is a lot of grain left after harvest.

The so-called Forgotten Highway, between Taumaranui and Stratford, has many surprises to offer - if you care to stop and look. In farming terms, one of these is Paparata Station, near the settlement of Tokirima, owned by Trevor Johnson. Peter Burke recently paid a visit to this magnificent property.

OPINION: "We are all in this waka together” which, when translated, becomes “He Waka Eke Noa”.