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Farmers asked to report black spots after 3G shutdown
TUANZ wants farmers who have lost mobile coverage since the 3G switch-off to report the gaps so they can go to the next communications minister.
DOC launches early warning tool to catch new weeds as they arrive
A new web-based Smart Weed Alert Tool (SWAT) notifies landowners when a new weed turns up in their area.
AgriZeroNZ lifts funding to $308 million as Alliance, Farmlands join
AgriZeroNZ has added Alliance Group and Farmlands as shareholders in a second funding round worth $117 million.
Why FarmUp NZ’s Ben Purua is using SenseHub Dairy Ear Tags
Social media personality and founder of FarmUpNZ Ben Purua manages Waimakariri Land Ltd near Tirau, milking 540 cows on 187ha.
Hunting app’s new tool predicts exact animal locations in a block
Kiwi Founder and CEO Oscar Goodman says the biggest factor in a hunter's success is where they look.
Staged approach to dairy herd tech paying off for Southland farm
Winton dairy farm owners Caleb and Paula Hamill milk 460 cows and have adopted technology in stages.
Where rising input costs are pushing farmers to precision ag
Connected Farms’ Tom Andrews says New Zealand has been slow to adopt precision tools, until now.
Southland’s plastic-free bale net draws buyers around the world
Southland's Grant Lightfoot has pre-sold his first container and sent another to Switzerland.
NZ-made drench resistance app DAGI launches
South Canterbury vet and DAGI founder Ryan Luckman says the app models where worms sit in their lifecycle.
Mastitis detection tool Bovonic heads to the UK, Ireland and beyond
The homegrown mastitis-detection system Bovonic is now running on 350 New Zealand farms, measuring 7,800 clusters a day.