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Innovation at Aerospread

Sun 01 May 2016
6:48

A topdressing company's innovations for efficiency and cost control
May 2016
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Aduro Biopolymers

Sat 05 Dec 2015
6:48

Converting bloodmeal into a biopolymer that can be extruded like a petrochemical plastic
Dec 2015
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Tree-Swinging Robot

Sat 28 Nov 2015
6:34

Canterbury University and Scion have joined forces to build a robot for safe forestry work
Nov 2015
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BBC Technologies

Sat 28 Nov 2015
6:36

Soft fruit harvest and packing technology developed by Geoff and Alison Furniss
Nov 2015
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Stabilising Irrigators

Sat 14 Nov 2015
5:43

Engineering students at Canterbury University solving the problem of wind damaged irrigators
Nov 2015
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Aeronavics

Sat 07 Nov 2015
7:22

Developing drones for agriculture at Aeronavics
Nov 2015
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Aerial Imaging for Data Collection

Sat 01 Aug 2015
6:29

A new imaging tool is being evaluated for use on hill country by Massey University
Aug 2015
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Reid Robotic Dairying

Wed 01 Jul 2015
7:26

Alvin Reid says robotics is providing a welcome change to his dairy operation
Jul 2015
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Massey University's Equine Clinic

Mon 01 Dec 2014
6:34

Diagnostic tools for horse health at Massey University's Equine Clinic
Dec 2014
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Harvest Electronics

Wed 01 Oct 2014
7:14

Monitoring equipment for dairying, horticulture, agriculture and aquaculture
Oct 2014
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Hawkeye UAV Aerial Farm Mapping

Thu 01 May 2014
7:06

Unmanned aerial craft are being used to map farmland more accurately
May 2014
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Quality Grading System at Silver Fern Farms

Thu 01 May 2014
6:36

A PGP Programme with Silver Fern Farms and FarmIQ to assess eating quality
May 2014
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Greenlea Premier Meats

Thu 01 May 2014
6:49

Advanced technologies at Greenlea Premier Meats
May 2014
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Agri-Rover Pastoral Robot

Sat 01 Mar 2014
5:31

A small autonomous robot is being developed at AgResearch for agricultural work
Mar 2014
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Food HQ at Massey University

Sat 01 Mar 2014
6:27

A super campus for the food industry at Massey University with industry partners
Mar 2014
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Oritain Product Traceability

Tue 01 Oct 2013
4:23

A process to quickly identify the source of food and textiles
Oct 2013
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Meridian Energy Wind Farm

Sat 28 Sep 2013
7:47

In June 2012 Meridian Energy announced it was about to start construction of a 26 turbine wind farm North West of Wellington city.
Sep 2013
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LIC Calving App

Thu 01 Aug 2013
4:12

Information technology to assist dairy farmers
Aug 2013
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Farmers Transport and NAIT

Mon 01 Apr 2013
4:19

A family transport company connects with National Animal Traceability inititative NAIT
Apr 2013
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Beef Embryo Transfer Team

Mon 01 Apr 2013
8:20

A hghly successful embryo transplant team work together for superior results
Apr 2013
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Thermal Imaging Detection

Thu 01 Nov 2012
4:29

Using thermography to detect mastitis in dairy cows at AgResearch and LIC
Nov 2012
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InfoVet Web Hosting

Sat 22 Oct 2011
5:19

Infovet is a web-hosted software program developed by Pfizer NZ which is designed to efficiently aggregate dairy farm herd health and production data from various sources with the permission of the farmer and associated veterinarian
Oct 2011
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Simcro Animal Health

Sun 01 Aug 2010
3:42

New generation applicators for animal health from Simcro
Aug 2010
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Preventing Grape Surplus

Sat 01 May 2010
4:35

Marlborough Wine Research Centre develops mechanical thinning option for grapes
May 2010
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AgPac Recycling Farm Plastics

Thu 01 Apr 2010
4:57

A recycling scheme being developed to handle agricultural plastic waste
Apr 2010
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Meat Industry Robotics

Mon 01 Mar 2010
5:37

Silver Fern Farms uses x-rays and robots in its processing plant to maximise value
Mar 2010
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Langlois Grapevine Stripping Machine

Sat 01 Aug 2009
4:37

A machine developed to strip grapevines and save time in vineyard maintenance
Aug 2009
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Biodiesel Feedstock Research

Fri 01 May 2009
4:50

A research programme on affordable, low environmental impact fuels
May 2009
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Manure to Biodiesel

Fri 01 May 2009
4:33

BioGenCool is a new system that turns cow effluent into biodiesel
May 2009
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Stradbrook Robotic Dairy

Wed 01 Apr 2009
7:42

The first commercial robotic dairy operation in New Zealand
Apr 2009
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Longview Packhouse

Wed 01 Apr 2009
3:48

An apple packhouse is rebuilt with fully integrated sorting and packing
Apr 2009
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Precision Farming

Sun 01 Mar 2009
4:10

Advanced Farming Systems to reduce carbon and greenhouse emissions
Mar 2009
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Waikato Innovation Park - Post-milking technologies

Sat 16 Aug 2008

Three innovations designed to improve milking systems and the quality of milk.
Aug 2008
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IFMS Walton project

Sat 08 Apr 2006

David and Raewyn Bennet have adopted an integrated farm management systems approach to dairying.
Apr 2006