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choose wisely“Gone are the days when you voted for someone because he was a nice person or lived down the road.” - Jim van der Poel, retiring Fonterra director. PAGE 5

Rumensin Max is the industry Gold Standard, providing optimum suspendibility and delivering dependable, accurate dosing without agitation.

And now with Rumensin Select you have a safe, cost effective, easy mixing option for power drenching and in-line medication systems with agitation.

Both deliver all the benefi ts of Rumensin, and share the same active ingredient used in all Elanco’s trusted and proven formulations, in use across New Zealand farms and trusted by farmers for over 20 years.

Talk to your veterinarian or animal health stockist about a Rumensin programme to suit your system.

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66 // tractors & machinery

Marcus Grennel with the SAM spreader at the fieldays. GPS boost for spreaders

sam Fertiliser Spreaders and Combo Spreaders fitted with a computer controlled spreading system can now be integrated with in-cab TracMap guidance and mapping systems, says Marcus Grennell, opera-tions manager at Coom-

bridge & Alexander. He says the addition of guid-ance and mapping systems to control the spreaders computer control system is a big boost for the spreaders.

Customers can now achieve improved nutri-ent effectiveness and effi-ciency gains, generated from variable spreader rate control used in con-

gareth gillattjunction with the in-cab TracMap farm map.

The twin 600mm spin-ner discs are driven by electronically controlled hydraulic motors, provid-ing the spreaders operator with extremely accurate application control and proof of placement, says Grennell.

The way organic product is applied has also been improved. Combo Spreaders now have an option for a material agitator – a bar fitted with vertical mixing rods – installed at the rear of the floor-belt. The agitator breaks up solid material such as screw-dried effluent before hitting the spinner discs, preventing large chunks from getting through and resulting in more consistent nutrient placement.

Combo Spreaders also have a two-speed floor to ensure effective applica-tion of both chemical and organic fertilisers. As a result, the Combo and Fer-tiliser Spreaders can apply nutrients at rates between 40kg and 2500kg/ha over 15-20m spreading centres.

All chassis’s on SAM Spreaders have recently seen an improved painting procedure, firstly being sand-blasted, thermal-arc spray galvanised, followed by a final two-pot epoxy top-coat. This improved paintwork, together with the use of more stainless steel and ‘hot dip’ galvanised plates, helps to provide customers with an extremely corrosion resistant machine.Tel. 07 847 8492www.sammachinery.co.nz

Carting milk made easytransport arms added to Stallion Calf Care’s milk tanker-mixers ease the task of carting feeders and milk between milking shed and calf shed, the company says.

Mounted on each side of the tanker, the arms can carry two five-teat feeders, enabling users to carry enough feeders to accommodate 20 calves.

The unit also features the same 4-stroke, 5hp Honda engine as is used to power the pumping and mixing system in the company’s mixer-tanker-feeder range released at the Waikato field days. Stallion chief exec-utive Grant Allen says the engine enables mixing a full tank of solution in three minutes, and to complete its auto-wash cycle in the same time.

Development of the mixer-tanker and mixer-tanker-feeder units is a move to lift sales to farmers who want to feed calves in pens as well as paddocks. “It’s multi-use and not just a mobile for feeding,” Allen says.

“It can mix milk powder or [supplements] for a farmer who wants to send every drop of milk to the fac-tory. It can also transport milk/colostrum to calf sheds or to storage tanks for use later.”

Allen says the arms allow operators to care for more replacements safely while helping limit staff numbers to those required only during the limited calving season.

A calibrated floating level indicator and dispensing gun help measure correct milk quantities into feeders without the need for buckets. A fast-fill Camlock, 25mm drain valve and click-and-clean tank fitting allow fast loading and cleaning.

Models come with either a 450L or 800L tanks mounted on strong galvanised steel frames. – Gareth GillattTel. 06 356 8816www.stallion.co.nz

THE NEXT GEN IS COMING.

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Toughness and reliability - that’s what made the iconic MF185 so special.

If you appreciated the virtues of that series, you’ll absolutely love what’s coming as part of the Next Gen MF range. A new era of value is coming soon to your nearest Massey Ferguson dealer.

TALK TO YOUR LOCAL DEALER ABOUT THE UPCOMING MASSEY FERGUSON EXPO ON 27 AUGUST IN MELBOURNE.

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