Innovation, Best Practice and Sustainability in New Zealand’s Primary Sector
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The benefits of robotic milking for a dairy farming couple.
Evaluating the impacts of deferred grazing on hill country pastures.
Dragon fruit varieties developed for growing international markets.
Plant & Food Research lead a bio-assault on the apple pest, codling moth
Creating more sustainable use of water and power on vineyards at SWE
A visit to Stonyhurst in North Canterbury - an historic farm with its eye on the future
Scion research to reduce the use of oil-based plastics in the wine industry
A potential new use for milk protein
Searching for the genetic markers for the structure of wool at AgResearch
Identifying the causes of variability in onion crops at the Centre for Land and Water's MicroFarm in Hastings
The science behind the development of a new nitrate detection tool
New technology reduces nitrogen losses from dairy farms
Future-proofing through automation in a pine seedling nursery
A company adding value to New Zealand's forestry sector
Tracking technology used to help save lives on farms.
An app that has been developed to streamline health and safety on farm
Developing automated solutions for primary sector needs at Waikato University
An option for targeted monitoring of animal health.
A fuel monitor system is developed for use in the milking shed.
Agriculture students at Hauraki Plains College work their own farm.
Looking at diagnostic and processing tools for the meat industry at Carne Technologies
Bridging the gap between rural and urban communities in Manawatu
A devastating series of frosts on a blackcurrant crop led to the design and development of a machine that blows heated air over vineyards and other low-growing crops, and is effective in preventing frost damage out to at least a 200m radius covering 12 – 20 ha.
Evolution and innovation ensures the survival of Donaghys rural supply business
Technologies being developed for the horticulture sector
The development of an electric utility farm bike
John Fisher was an early adopter of robotic milking for his grass-fed herd in Waikato
Groundbreaking technology for milk product management has been developed at Fonterra
A tool has been developed to help ensure sustainable fisheries
FMR Group engineers have developed technology that reduces spray consumption and drift
A topdressing company's innovations for efficiency and cost control
Converting bloodmeal into a biopolymer that can be extruded like a petrochemical plastic
Canterbury University and Scion have joined forces to build a robot for safe forestry work
Soft fruit harvest and packing technology developed by Greg and Alison Furniss
Engineering students at Canterbury University solving the problem of wind damaged irrigators
Developing drones for agriculture at Aeronavics
A new imaging tool is being evaluated for use on hill country by Massey University
Alvin Reid says robotics is providing a welcome change to his dairy operation
Diagnostic tools for horse health at Massey University's Equine Clinic
Monitoring equipment for dairying, horticulture, agriculture and aquaculture
Advanced technologies at Greenlea Premier Meats
Unmanned aerial craft are being used to map farmland more accurately
A PGP Programme with Silver Fern Farms and FarmIQ to assess eating quality