Cochranes

02/06/2026

Levelling up to a T7 Heavy Duty never looked so good, with our impressive 0% P.A finance offer available for a limited time.

29/05/2026

29/05/2026

Our first winner of the 75th $7,500 prize draw! 🎉

Congratulations to Graeme Collins from Collins Farming Limited on taking home the first prize. We hope you enjoy a well-deserved holiday — and your new Case IH Maxxum 140 🚜

Don’t forget, there’s a new draw every month… with 9 more prizes still to be won!

19/05/2026

19/05/2026

Awesome opportunity for Colby, a mechanic out of our Leeston branch !!

17/05/2026

Fairfield Farms is investing in two New Holland CR11 next generation combines to do the work of three existing machines on its large Canterbury grain and seed operation.

After trialling the CR11 alongside its current CR10.90 combines in a wet, stop‑start harvest, the business confirmed it will upgrade to the new model from 2026.

Based just north of Ashburton, Fairfield Farms has been operating for six years on around 4,050 hectares, including roughly 2,200 hectares in arable production.

Its core business is grain and seed, particularly grass seed, followed by grain, brassica and clover seed, alongside processed vegetables and beef finishing.

The 2025 harvest put Fairfield Farms under pressure, with repeated rain leaving only a few short harvest windows.

Managing Director Aaron Chudleigh spent his time in the paddock personally trialling the CR11 in heavy, high‑value pickup crops to see how it performed when conditions were at their toughest.

Across key crops he recorded the CR11 delivering around 1.7 times the capacity in wheat, 1.9 times in clover and up to 2.2 times in grass seed, while maintaining a clean sample and low losses.

“The biggest gains for us have been in the pickup work,” says Aaron.“Around 60 to 65 percent of our harvest is lifting windrowed grass, brassica and other small seeds, so I was really focused on how the CR11 coped with those heavy, high‑value crops on large pickup fronts.

“With the CR11 we can pick up two windrow rows at our normal harvesting speed, and in grass seed it’s basically doing the work of three machines. In a wet season like this one every extra minute counts. There were times when the CR11 could go out 30 to 60 minutes earlier in marginal conditions, pick up two rows and still do a tidy job, which was the difference between getting a paddock done before the next rain or not.”

Beyond raw capacity, Aaron points to the CR11’s updated design as an important part of its value to Fairfield Farms.

“The direct drive is a big step forward.They’ve gone away from a lot of belts and pulleys, so you’re not losing horsepower or torque through complicated drives, and from a maintenance and reliability point of view that’s a major upgrade for us.”

Cochranes, a 75‑year family-founded agricultural machinery dealership and the largest New Holland dealer in New Zealand’s South Island, worked alongside Fairfield Farms as well as other large-scale growers to trial the new CR11 in demanding small‑seed conditions.

17/05/2026

13/05/2026

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06/05/2026

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30/04/2026

Oil Combo Deal – Free Gift on Us!

Purchase any 209L drum of Case Hy-Tran or New Holland Premium Hydraulic Oil, or 209L Fleetpro Universal Transmission Oil, and you’ll receive a FREE gift of your choice with purchase.

Now’s the perfect time to top up and get winter-ready on your oil supplies.

Call in to the branch today and grab yours while the promo lasts!

Offer ends 30 June.