Christmas Greetings from the Strautmann Hopkins Team! 🎄 As 2025 comes to a close, all of us at Strautmann Hopkins want to thank you for your support this year. Farming and contracting in New Zealand keeps everyone busy, and we’re …
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Go Forth and Fork
Palmerston North, that windswept hub of the ManawatÅ« where often the existential bafflement (mainly of its weather) has the good folk, affectionately called the Bucket Heads, scratching their heads (if they could under the green ManawatÅ« Turbos buckets) at the …
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Strautmann presents new MS spreaders: Versatile, efficient and robust
With its new MS spreader series, Strautmann is launching two powerful models onto the market – the MS 105 and MS 120. Both spreaders have been specially developed for spreading solid manure and other organic fertilisers and continue to impress …
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New Strautmann Magnon 9
The compact short-cut forage wagon with 22 mm cutting length For the 2025 harvest season, Strautmann is presenting the Magnon 9, a new forage wagon model that is specially tailored to the needs of professional dairy farms and contractors. With …
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Animals come out in amazing condition
A couple of years ago West Coast dairy farmer Frano Voldman made the decision to build a 5500sqm composting herd home for his cows to enjoy during the harsh winter months. “We wanted to minimise feed wastage, get better feed …
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New farm challenges and opportunities
On 1 June 2023, four months after Cyclone Gabrielle share milker Jeremy Wapp and his family moved onto a new farm off the Taihape Road. That day they were faced with the first of many challenges and opportunities Gabrielle had …
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Wide range of work for Daniel Holdt
Life is busy for Taranaki-based Daniel Holdt, from Holdt Harvesting as he juggles operating a successful agricultural contracting business while also working on one dairy farm, and overseeing another. His parents own one herd and he and wife Mackenzie the …
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THE PERFECT FIT
HOW STRAUTMANN HOPKINS 2023 LIMITED AND WESTLAND FARM SERVICES SHARE A FAMILY-FIRST VISION AND CUSTOMER-CENTRIC APPROACH Westland Farm Services is more than just a farm machinery provider on the West Coast-it’s a business rooted in strong family values, a customer-first …
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Special feature: Strautmann Verti-Mix Wagons
Strautmann Hopkins 2023 Ltd imports a full range of trailed Strautmann Mixer Wagons from the German manufacturer aimed to suit all the requirements of NZ When it comes to helping keep New Zealand farmers operating at maximum efficiency and productivity …
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Quality Service & Strautmann loader wagons
Exert from BusinessRural Murdoch Ag Contracting has been a trusted name in the Franklin District since 2010, known for its commitment to helping the region’s dairy and beef farmers’ operations run smoothly year-round. Founded by Chris Murdoch, the business offers …
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