This episode features Willie Bell & Craig Hickman discussing what's affecting farmers around the nation at the moment.

 

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This episode features Tony Trewinnard, Blue Skies Weather discussing the emergence of El Niño and what it could mean for New Zealand farmers.

 

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This episode features Phil & Robin Mangos, Lifestyle, Horticulture & Rural Specialists, Bayleys Tauranga discussing the beautiful property Ātaahua and the growing opportunities within New Zealand's lifestyle and horticultural property market.

 

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This episode features Marijke Dunselman, Founder and CEO, AgriTourism NZ discussing her time at the Global Agritourism Conference and what it means for New Zealand's rural tourism sector.

 

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Skellerup has launched Evolution at Fieldays, a new brand bringing single-use recyclable milking shells and silicone liners to New Zealand farms.

Skellerup Agri executive general manager Dino Kudrass says the brand brings the company's product development together under one banner.

"It's a new brand we're launching as an umbrella for all of the innovation that we've been pushing through," he says.

Kudrass says the company exports about 80% of its products to markets including the US, China and Europe.

"We learn a lot about what works and what doesn't.

"We're working with farmers all over New Zealand, so we know what the pain points and the problems are, and that positions us well to develop new products."

The pre-assembled recyclable single-use shell is the centrepiece of the range.

"It eliminates the job that every farmer hates, which is to pull the liners at the end of the season out of the stainless steel shell, having to clean them, and then fit the new ones again.​

The silicone liners last up to 8,000 milkings, and the black rubber 2,500.

"In New Zealand, there's a very common misconception that it's one season, but it depends on the herd size and number of milking points."

The single-use design also allows more sophisticated liner features, including a patented square hackle and anti-twist geometry that would be difficult to seat correctly in a reusable shell. A square-to-round transition mimics the inside of a calf's mouth and takes pressure off the top of the teat.

The shell is built for the realities of the dairy shed.

"This is a special, extremely tough polyolefin material," he says.

"Car bumpers are made out of the stuff, for example. So if the front of your ute's tough enough, then this is tough enough."

Transparent pulse tubes and claws let farmers catch a split early or watch the milk flow.

The shells already have a track record offshore and have been selling in the US for over a year. Evolution is available now following its Fieldays launch.

Discover the Evolution range and learn more at skellerup.com

 

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This episode features Craig Wiggins, Founder, Lean on a Gate discussing this year's Fieldays and providing an update on the organisation's latest work supporting rural wellbeing.

 

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This episode features Nick Beeby, Chief Executive, Meat Industry Association discussing New Zealand's second consecutive month of record red meat exports and what's driving the strong international demand.

 

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This episode features James Meager, Minister for Hunting & Fishing discussing the passing of the Hunting and Fishing (HOSI) legislation into law and what it means for New Zealand hunters and anglers.

 

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This episode features Hugh Jackson, 2025 FMG Young Farmer of the year discussing his year as titleholder and what he expects as he prepares to pass the torch to the next champion.

 

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This episode features Libby Price, Australian Rural Commentator discussing Australia's response to avian influenza and the latest developments surrounding paraquat approval.

 

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