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Welcome to RECOLLECT

Welcome to the AgResearch Digital Legacy Collection

AgResearch Limited is a leading Crown Research Institute charged with delivering science and innovation to benefit New Zealand agriculture and its wider economy.

Formed in 1992, we have a history stretching back to the beginning of the 1900’s.

This unique collection represents a small sample of photographs, documents, videos and other material that will take you on a compelling journey through the history of New Zealand's pastoral legacy, reflected in our Company, its activities, and its people.

Browse or search our stunning archive, or register and you will be able to contribute your knowledge and memories about this material.

AgResearch Limited is proud to share this rich history of New Zealand's primary industry.

 

 
Howard Eagles measuring growing maizeSheep at leisureFarmall model tractor making silageCow number T31Small Animal House: front viewApproach to the Farm Office, RuakuraSheep yards and pens, RuakuraScientists, 1950's
 
Operating table (Sheep). 2. Anaesthetised sheepRay Brougham - 21940's Fire - 7 of 8Clover leaves, no markSclerotinia minor - 3 of 3Grasslands construction - 3D. Edmond - 6Petri dish - 1Parapara road, Raetihi - sunny faceEngineering workshop - 43New Zealand DSIR Newsletter - March 1964Goat shearingTara Hills Lamb Rearing Unit - 3 of 8Gleditsia tree_2.jpegErosion - 11Sheep in the turnip field - 6 of 6Silage pit construction - 2 of 2Effect of cotting on greasy fleece weight: wet ewes onlyCabbage treesAlex Knob - view - 8Playgianthus betulinasMafTech - 14 of 18HandsprayingEarthworms. 2. Blackhead wormMargot Forde (1935-1992)Kaikohe Farm 1959 - 1 of 13Viewing the Winchmore-Lyndhurst irrigation schemeStaff of the Ruakura Farm of InstructionLeft hand - 2Removing anthersTuritea stream in flood. 4. Enveloping the bridgeIndustrial plant - 2Student appraising seedlingsPlant Breeding GroupGroynes. 6. Stone crate groyneMerino ram sale - 1987 - 2 of 5Mechanical tree planting. 2. Mechanical auger in actionCrimson cloverEngineering Workshop - image No. 82/367/3Taihape - typical landscapeBefore and after - earthworksEngineering Workshop - image No. 81/705/2Total earthworm burrowsSheep in the turnip field - 2 of 6Orthopterous eggsWool Metrology - 5 of 7G. Latch - 3Field days computer - 3 of 3Drainage frame on an un-drained plot: close up: reverse of cardClover against a white background - 5
 
 
 
 
 
Ballantrae Biochemical Processing Centre Buildings Campuses Cattle Clover Construction Cows Crops Diagrams Directors Diseases Ephemera Equipment Erosion Farm staff Farmers Farms Feeding Fertiliser Fields Glasshouses Graphs Grasses Grasslands Harvesting Horses Humour Insects Invermay Laboratories Lambs Landscapes Leaves Machinery MafTech Measuring Meetings Observation Open Days Paddocks Plants Plots Publications Restraint Ruakura Ryegrass Scientists Seeds Sheep Silage Social life Soil Staff Statistics Surgery Tables Technology Testing Tractors Trees Trials Turf Vegetables Vehicles Visitors Wallaceville Waterways Weeds Wheat