With dairy herds growing larger comes a trend towards heavier diet mixers and longer mixing times.

Norwood has imported the biggest tractor yet seen in New Zealand -- a New Holland T9.670 scraper.

Designed for deep vertical tillage, the Great Plains inline sub-soiler, marketed by Norwood, shatters yield-robbing compaction layers created by horizontal tillage tools such as ploughs and discs.

Norwood has quit importing Lemken farm machinery as of April 1.

Norwood, distributors of New Holland in New Zealand, has launched a new tractor series — T4-S — designed for livestock and smaller mixed farms.

Norwood has opened a new division called Norwood Hire, offering short-medium term hire contracts on tractors and equipment.

A new range of trailed and self-propelled sprayers from German manufacturer Horsch is now available in New Zealand from distributor Norwood.

Norwood Farm Machinery Centre has been appointed the preferred distributor of Croplands spray equipment in New Zealand.

FARM UTILITIES new next month include CB Norwood's CF Moto Z6, a 600cc, fuel-injected side-by-side and a UTV – a utility 4x4 machine with a tipping deck, powered by a 500cc engine.