Displaying items by tag: TAMA

Wednesday, 18 September 2024 11:55

Positive signs, says McClay

First up to the podium at the recent Tractor and Machinery Association (TAMA) Conference in Wellington, Minster for Agriculture, Todd McClay, reflected on a difficult 12 months, but hinted at signs that things were turning the corner, saying “when ag does well, New Zealand does well”.

Published in General News
Wednesday, 18 September 2024 10:55

Time to cast the net past China

A 2022 Nuffield scholar, Lucie Douma, was brought up on a Southland dairy farm and as a hobby likes the risky business of trail running and ultra marathons.

Published in Agribusiness
Thursday, 12 September 2024 11:55

Tractor, machinery sales dip

The recent Tractor and Machinery Association (TAMA) conference in Wellington was signalling cautious optimism on the back of rising milk and store cattle prices and drops in interest rates.

Published in Agribusiness
Friday, 29 September 2023 12:55

Changing of the guard at TAMA

Deere NZ territory manager Jaiden Drought was elected new president of the Tractor and Machinery Association (TAMA) at its August annual meeting.

Published in Machinery & Products
Friday, 01 September 2023 13:55

Signs of life in Aussie farm machinery market

Following a couple of bumper sales years when the rolling year-to-date figure for 2022 hit about 16,250 tractors, it looks like things are changing in the Australian farm machinery landscape.

Published in Machinery & Products
Friday, 23 June 2023 09:55

2023 returning to normal levels

While tractor deliveries for the year-to-date April 2023 showing a 28% reduction compared to the same period in 2022 seems dramatic, a closer look provides a clearer picture into the market dynamics.

Published in Machinery & Products
Wednesday, 12 April 2023 16:00

Watch out!

OPINION: A mate of the Hound’s reckons the recent number of tractor sales, or more correctly, a lack of them, is a warning sign of a coming rural recession.

Published in The Hound
Wednesday, 12 April 2023 10:55

Tractor sales begin to retreat

Recent reports from the Tractor and Machinery Association (TAMA) suggest that the recently buoyant tractor market might be 'coming off the boil'.

Published in General News
Thursday, 24 November 2022 12:55

50-year career in farm machinery celebrated

After 50 years of working closely with farmers and contractors, Paul Wilkins has been awarded the Tractor and Machinery Association's (TAMA) 2022 President's Award for Service to the Industry.

Published in Machinery & Products
Thursday, 05 May 2022 12:55

TAMA reports sales growth

It looks like 2022 will be a repeat of the previous year, with Tractor and Machinery Association (TAMA) president Kyle Baxter seeing first-hand how stronger commodity prices are giving farmers and rural contractors the confidence to invest in new equipment.

Published in Machinery & Products
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