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Hustler Equipment, the Hastings maker of bale feeding, bedding and handling equipment, has bought Robertson Manufacturing.
Guy Small's lifestyle block sits on the slopes above Ramarama, south of Auckland, and its 1.5ha is home to alpacas, goats, chickens and ducks.
Over the last few years Kubota has indicated it intends to become a major global player, and its 2015 results seem to confirm things are under way.
There will be plenty to see, do and experience at this year's Northland Field Days on March 3-5, at Dargaville.
Dealers from New Zealand, Australia, Fiji and Papua New Guinea gathered in Melbourne recently for the first Australasian Kubota Conference.
While 'big boys toys' are always up there on the farmers shopping list for heavy metal, smart operators are realising the value of a compact around the yard.
With the biennial Agritechnica show in Germany just finished, a number of manufacturers launched new products.
Ken Wilson started out on the family farm, but a love of machinery drew him to contracting, initially with a bulldozer on the slopes above Colyton, Manawatu.
Kubota, well known for its smaller lifestyle tractors and farm units to 100hp, about a year ago announced it would build a range of higher powered models.

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