Award-Winning Precision: Fendt 620 Vario Takes Top Honours
Fendt’s latest innovation has already made a bold impression, taking out a top honour in a newly created category at the prestigious Tractor of the Year 2025 awards, held during the EIMA trade fair in Italy.
Knowledge is (also) power
Fear of failure can be a powerful motivator for farmers and growers. Reduced returns, the threat of tariffs and market uncertainty are keeping everyone on their toes. There’s no margin for error.
Rooted in the Land, Driven by Purpose
The story of Pye Group is not simply one of diversification, expansion or efficiency. It is, at its heart a story of commitment to the land, to the people, to communities and to doing things properly.
Record cotton crop in WA’s far north benefits from attributes of high-performing Case IH planter
The last of the 4000ha of cotton for KAI went in during March, using six Case IH Early Riser planters and Case IH Magnum 340 tractors to achieve the massive task over the three-month planting period, punctuated by regular periods of heavy rain.
SaMASZ has spoken: NZ in top 5
Based in Poland, SaMASZ operates in over 70 countries and has manufactured more than 160,000 mowers since its inception in 1984. This year, key personnel from the company, Jake Korczowski and Łukasz Łapiński, visited New Zealand to connect with the owners of its mowers.
RCNZ Study Tour Opens New Doors for Harri Moss
Harri Moss recently had the incredible opportunity to participate in a study tour to Nufarm and Croplands in Melbourne and Adelaide Australia, thanks to winning the Nufarm/RCNZ SprayApplicator Award for 2024.
Across the Ditch: Derrick and Kerry Barnes - taking the heat out of volatile crops
Australia is the world’s largest exporter of chickpeas, with around 790,000 tonnes sent offshore last year - worth about $600 million to the local economy.
Ptx Trimble’s Nav-960 Sets New Standard for Precision Farming
When farmers look for technology to make their lives easier, reliability and precision are top of mind and anything that helps farmers work smarter, faster and with less stress is worth a closer look.
Freeing the great outdoors from health and safety scope creep
Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden is announcing further changes to health and safety, as part of the ACT-National Coalition commitment to reform health and safety law and regulations.
FAR conference tackles arable profitability
Profitability is an increasing concern for arable farmers, which is why the Foundation for ArableResearch has chosen it as the theme of its 2025 conference.
A review of tractors 90hp+
Manufacturers constantly re-engineer their existing tractors and add new models and new ranges. Advanced fuel-efficient engines, more efficient transmissions, factory-fitted precision farming technology, and large comfortable cabs are available on more and more models. In this feature the leading companies tell us about their new high horsepower tractors.
Canterbury farmer reclaims farm life with spreader upgrade
A strong focus on producing their dairy feed requirements on-farm meant North Canterbury producer Sandy Fleming used to spend most of his time on the family’s fertiliser spreader, however that’s all changed in recent years after they decided to invest in an upgrade.
Case IH partners with Meet the Need to support Aotearoa communities
Case IH is proud to announce a new partnership with Meet the Need, a grassroots farmer-led charity working to tackle food insecurity across New Zealand one meal at a time.
Reducing the weed seed burden at harvest
A technique which significantly reduces the spread of weed seeds during harvest is being demonstrated by the Foundation for Arable Research in a bid to generate a conversation around whether it is time it was adopted in New Zealand.
Special feature: Fieldays 2025: A snapshot of New Zealand’s Premier Agricultural Event
Every June, the rural sector’s heartbeat moves to Mystery Creek in Hamilton, where Fieldays brings together town and country to celebrate the strength, innovation and future of New Zealand’s primary industries. Fieldays 2025 is once again shaping up to be the happy place where thousands connect, discover, and be inspired by the very best our sector has to offer.
Nick Fisher appointed as the new Chair of Meet the Need
Meet the Need, New Zealand’s farmer-led food charity, today announces the appointment of Nick Fisher as its new Chair.
With a strong background in the meat industry and rural media, Nick brings a wealth of experience and a deep commitment to tackling food insecurity across the country.
Pöttinger celebrates 50 years of arable farming
Pöttinger marks 50 years in arable farming innovation, celebrating a legacy of ploughs, precision drills and smart soil technology since 1975.
Dairy sector 2025 People Expo: 'focus on what you can control' - Economist
New Zealand farmers are facing an increasingly unpredictable global environment, but economist Shamubeel Eaqub delivered a clear message at Waikato’s 2025 People Expo, hosted in April by DairyNZ and the Dairy Women's Network: focus on what you can control.
Gallagher takes full control of its European markets with acquisition of Gallagher Europe B.V.
Gallagher Group is accelerating its commercial expansion across the European region with its acquisition of the Dijkstra family’s shareholding of Gallagher Europe, an agritech business headquartered in Groningen, Netherlands.
Building a Sustainable Future, The Next Step in Farm Plastic Recycling
Agrecovery’s Green-farms Product Stewardship Scheme aims to deliver a simple, nationwide solution for recycling farm plastics - making sustainable choices easier for every farmer.