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While Chinese motor vehicle brands are becoming more commonplace on the roads of New Zealand, the same couldn’t be said about Chinese quad bike and side by sides on farms, as many have struggled to beat the stranglehold of the big Japanese brands.

For those looking for an ATV to take on heavy loads or tough conditions, it would be difficult to come across a more capable machine than the Yamaha Kodiak 700 EPS.

While ATVs have lost some of their market share to side by sides or UTV’s, they remain the vehicle of choice for those with difficult terrain on tight tracks.

Well known motor industry face Tom Ruddenklau has been appointed as chief of the Morrinsville-headquartered, Power Farming Group.

With the current issues of forestry ‘slash’ continuing to be a major problem in high rainfall events, a new take on an old method to deal with the forestry waste is set to help Kiwi logging crews better manage skid sites and landings, which could in turn increase productivity.

Reducing soil compaction has been recognised for many years as an efficient method of increasing production in grassland and arable operations.

Kubota New Zealand has recently added to its product line the new U10-5 excavator that will replace the existing K008-3.

Over the years, Ashburton-based Rotowiper has followed one main objective: to design and manufacture an effective, cost-efficient method of controlling/eradicating weed infestation in pasture and crops.

Anyone who has spent time in a milking shed will know the chore of climbing out of the pit to bring lethargic cows forwards is a pain in the proverbial.

Rotorua’s Bruce Calkin had been feeling optimistic.