Edible bale wrap, RamRacks and edge clearers among innovations featured at New Zealand trade show

Many New Zealand innovations are more familiar to Irish farmers because they are designed for the country's large livestock industries, which have a lot in common with Ireland's grass-based livestock industries, writes Stephen Cadogan
Edible bale wrap, RamRacks and edge clearers among innovations featured at New Zealand trade show

The Landquip LaneRotr R1 is a tractor-mounted hydraulic rotary machine designed to clear the edges of farm roads.

They can claim credit for inventing the milking machine (Norman John Daysh) and electric fencing (Bill Gallagher), so it's worth keeping an eye on New Zealand's agricultural innovations.

Some of the latest and most exciting of which were on show this year's Fieldays 2025, where the innovation awards are an important part of this event, billed as the biggest agricultural trade show in the southern hemisphere.

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