Farms and Farm Machinery

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The story starts with grader blades – specifically, the ones developed over 40 years ago by a New Zealand inventor trying to help them penetrate better into the soil.

Those blades became the foundation of Farmgard, one of NZ’s most successful agricultural manufacturers and importers of international machinery brands.

The company’s business development manager, Russell Dalziel, says the family business has always been very focused on getting the little things right.

“We don’t have 20–30 franchises, we only have six

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