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One of the greatest ‘pains’ when changing loader attachments, apart from having to climb down from the cab, is having to change hydraulic hoses that either can’t be undone or can’t be reattached because of residual hydraulic back pressure.

Grassland specialist Pöttinger has released a new portfolio of products and innovations for the new mowing season.

In May, Case IH released details of upgrades to the RB344, variable chamber baler and has now indicated multiple redesigns to the high-end RB456 and 466 HD-Pro models.

While most farmers are always happy to ‘recycle’ used tyres by using them on top of a silage stack, these don’t make much of a hole in the total number produced in New Zealand every year.

Winter can often be a quieter time where an opportunity exists to reflect on what has worked well in the past and think about improvements to help make your farming operation more efficient.

The year 2022 marks 35 years of manufacturer Claas fitting rubber tracks and 25 years of utilising its own design.

New fruit packing technology – developed by a NZ company – is said to be dramatically reducing packhouse labour needs.

Tractor and machinery importer and distributor Power Farming Group has extended its offering to the horticulture and viticulture sectors, with the launch of the Humus range.

Massey Ferguson recently announced that its Beauvais factory in France has produced its 1,000,000th tractor, having started manufacturing tractors on the site 62 years ago, in late 1960.

Operating in conjunction with automatic cluster removal (ACR) and gently supporting the cluster, Lactalign is a relatively simple retrofitted device designed to counter the often-costly impact of uneven weight and vacuum distribution of a traditional milking cluster.