North Auckland contractor Wayne Preston says the strength of his Alpego heavy-duty power harrows and subsoiler are a big asset for his business and a huge bonus on his client’s undulating ground. Wayne and his wife Nicola’s business; Hilltop Harvesting, is based on the southeast side of Brynderwyn Hills. They offer a range of services…
ORIGIN AGROUP is New Zealand’s only farm machinery cooperative established 15 years ago in 2004 by a group of independent farm machinery retailers with the purpose to import and distribute quality farm machinery to its member shareholders has re-branded its name and logo to ORIGINAG. “After 15 years it was time to refresh our image…
Waikato contractor’s Langsford N&G employ 22 full-time staff, which requires different income streams throughout the year. these include the usual suspects – baling, cultivation and drilling – but Langsford offers additional services as well. Its fleet of trucks is one of these and its latest addition is three JOSKIN KTP tipping trailers. Based in Cambridge,…
BOGBALLE is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of fertiliser spreaders and with its new range of M- Line series spreaders it has continued this trend. The new M35W, M45W and M60W from Bogballe is packed with features that is highly required by both professional farmers and contractors. This range of spreaders in particular are…
After nearly three decades, mid-Canterbury contractor Neil Baxter has given up his balers and now runs three Joskin slurry tankers to cart milk waste and whey from the Fonterra factory in Darfield. Neil and his wife Raewyn run Baxter Ag Ltd from their home in Sheffield. The contracting business does cultivation, effluent removal and spreading.…
Duncan and Nicky Anderson milk 1650 cows on Auchenbrae Farm in Rotherham, North Canterbury. On their run-off block, they have another 900 yearlings. That is a lot of mouths to feed, especially as Duncan and Nicky grow all their own winter feed. This includes 100ha of fodder beet, swedes, kale, rape and oats. They also…
West Coast dairy farmer, Zane Wyatt says his new Pottinger Novacat Alpha Motion 301 front mower will slash his mowing times considerably, a major bonus with the changeable weather conditions in the region. Zane and his wife Tania farm 240 effective hectares at HariHari, on which they milk 500 Jersey-Friesian cross cows. Zane is the…