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As the seed cereal manager at Carrfields, in Ashburton, Phil Smith carries a fair weight of responsibility.

Business accelerator Sprout is back for 2021 and is looking for cutting edge start-ups in the agtech and foodtech sectors to register for mentorship and the opportunity for investment. 

In anticipation of on-going growth, international seed business Germinal has appointed Andrew Miller as its sales manager.

Drill specialist Vaderstad has announced a new unique technology called SeedEye.

Farmers are being urged to do their homework and look for hard data before buying grass seed, to ensure they make the correct choice.

Vaderstad has a long association with drills, the first production Rapid models drilling peas in Suffolk, UK, for supply to Birdseye in 1992.

There is no better time to get seed into the ground.

OPERATORS will be able to plant seeds in drier conditions with more confidence and travel between jobs easier with a new precision planter being imported by Tulloch Farm Machines. The company launched its 6M wingfold Monosem NX 2 pull-style planter at the Northland Field Days. 

A 58-year-old Chinese man was sentenced in Manukau District Court last week for trying to bring a variety of unauthorised plant seeds into New Zealand.