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The Social Place

Q&A with Caro Jensen from Sip NZ

Published in Industry

Increased precision

The Topcon Apollo CM-20, a universal row crop planting controller.

Topcon's latest product is designed to establish sugar beet and maize more accurately and help reduce seed wastage.

Published in Machinery & Products

Simple but effective

Laid out on the floor with the discharge sock tied off, a drill can be driven over the sheet, the hopper emptied and the machine moved out of the way.

While a 3.0m x 3.0m sheet of heavy-duty PVC might not seem to be cutting edge technology, sometimes the simplest ideas can often be very effective.

Published in Machinery & Products

Don't let dry weather rain on your pasture parade

Research shows ryegrass seed shown early in dry autumn conditions germinates well after weeks with no rain.

For new pasture you can be proud of - even if it feels too dry to think about it right now - consider sowing seed before it rains, instead of waiting for the autumn weather to smile on you.

Published in Management

Cattle judge in the making

Jacoba Gread started out at Calf Club as a child, a passion both her and her mum Kylie shared.

At the tender age of 15, Jacoba Gread has already imagined her future in great detail.

Published in Farm Health

MINDA has you sorted

Kelsey Thompson, a Stratford-based farmer and MINDA user.

LIC says it has made more than 60 improvements to its MINDA LIVE and MINDA App following farmer feedback.

Published in Management

Diverse pastures, crops fit the bill in Northland

The poor pasture performance of traditional ryegrass/white clover mixes has many Northland farmers searching for substitutes and Evan Smeath, who farms in Hukerenui, is willing to try alternative solutions.

Published in Management