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14/11/2025

ProAg Products is proudly a New Zealand-owned and operated, family-run business specialising in agricultural crop packaging solutions. Born out of frustration with the quality of silage wrap available at the time, ProAg was founded in 2008 with a simple goal: to offer a range of crop packaging products that truly perform under New Zealand conditions. We have field-tested and refined our range to ensure reliability, durability and value for farmers and contractors alike.

Read more at https://www.ruralcontractor.co.nz/blog/a-review-of-hay-and-silage-consumables

12/11/2025

Webbline Agriculture BvL wagons are renowned for their robust construction.

Every detail is built to last: a truck-style chassis, independent weigh cells, a 20mm floor plate and 8mm sidewalls all lapped and fillet-welded at the joins. This double thickness at high-wear points significantly increases wall strength and extends service life. Even the auger flight joins are overlapped for extra durability, solving a common weak point in mixer design.

Read more at: https://www.ruralcontractor.co.nz/blog/a-review-of-bale-wrappers-bale-handling-equipment-and-telehandlers

10/11/2025

Precision Seeding Solutions (PSSAG) isn’t just another gear supplier - it’s the practical upgrade your planter’s been waiting for. If your focus is even germination, perfect singulation and maximum yield, their tech, retrofitted onto the machinery you already own, can make all the difference.

Read more at https://www.ruralcontractor.co.nz/blog/the-practical-advantage-of-precision-planting

06/11/2025

Following its launch in 1997, JCB’s Model 520 telescopic revolutionised the agricultural industry, where lift it, load it, hump it, push it then repeat, is part of the everyday grind.

Hitting 200,000 machines sold by 2017, today the JCB Telehandler that combines the attributes of a forklift truck, with a wheeled loader and a skid-steer now accounts for 1 in 3 telehandlers sold globally, making it number one in the world and also here in New Zealand.

Read more at https://www.ruralcontractor.co.nz/blog/a-review-of-bale-wrappers-bale-handling-equipment-and-telehandlers

04/11/2025

Webbline offers an extensive range of high-quality crop packaging consumables designed to deliver the very best protection for silage and baleage. With over 26 years of experience sourcing and testing products, Webbline has refined its offering to suit New Zealand’s unique conditions.

Working with premium manufacturers such as Cotesi, Mima Films, and Rani, alongside its own Webbline brand, the company provides solutions that are proven in the field and designed to maximise efficiency and return on investment.

Read more at https://www.ruralcontractor.co.nz/blog/a-review-of-hay-and-silage-consumables

03/11/2025

Agribusiness and Environmental consultant Erica van Reenen has been named the Farm IQ Systems Rural Professional of the Year for 2025, while Isabel Schmahl, Agri-Manager with Ravensdown, has taken out the title of FarmIQ Systems Emerging Rural Professional of the Year.

Read more at https://www.ruralcontractor.co.nz/blog/rural-professionals-erica-van-reenen-and-isabel-schmahl-win-top-industry-awards

31/10/2025

Had his boilermaker father not decided on a career change, dairy farmer Alex Robertson might have had a very different career after growing up in Melbourne city.

With his father Ian’s own childhood spent on a dairy farm in Thomastown, after years in the trade he’d had a hankering to get out of the city and return to rural life.

Read more at https://www.ruralcontractor.co.nz/blog/dairy-farming-duo-still-ahead-of-the-herd

30/10/2025

Slugs have hidden talents that make them a nightmare for crop establishment.

Pieter Van Der Westhuizen, UPLNZ Ltd Regional Manager Upper North Island, says getting ahead of them is key.

Read more at https://www.ruralcontractor.co.nz/blog/slugs-the-sniffer-dogs-of-the-mollusc-world

26/10/2025

Feeding efficiency has become one of the defining measures of performance on New Zealand farms, and the KUHN Crossmix 2 CS mixer wagon has been designed to meet that challenge head on.

The 18.2 cubic metre model in particular strikes a balance between capacity, manoeuvrability and fuel efficiency that makes it well suited to the realities of Kiwi farming.

Read more at: https://www.ruralcontractor.co.nz/blog/a-review-of-bale-wrappers-bale-handling-equipment-and-telehandlers

25/10/2025

🌾 Contractors who follow best practice and use the latest technology can meet their customers’ demand for high quality silage and hay.

In this feature we review some of key products helping farmers and contractors produce and protect top quality feed all year round.

Read more at https://www.ruralcontractor.co.nz/blog/a-review-of-hay-and-silage-consumables

22/10/2025

In the rolling fields of Spain, something quietly revolutionary is underway. Voltrac, a young startup, has developed an electric autonomous tractor engineered with dual use in mind. While its agricultural potential is obvious, the prospect of defence applications shows how ag-tech is increasingly tied to advanced, multi-purpose systems.

Read more at https://www.ruralcontractor.co.nz/blog/autonomous-tractors-innovation-meets-reality-on-the-farm

20/10/2025

Although separated by the Cook Strait, John Deere Service Technicians Marcus Vine and Liam Gee both grew up pulling things apart and putting them back together, a hands-on curiosity that set them on a path to similar careers.

Read more at https://www.ruralcontractor.co.nz/blog/mentors-behind-the-machines-are-driving-the-next-generation-of-talent

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