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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.

 

 
Cow number T31Small Animal House: front viewApproach to the Farm Office, RuakuraSheep yards and pens, RuakuraScientists, 1950'sHoward Eagles measuring growing maizeSheep at leisureFarmall model tractor making silage
 
Research orchard - Havelock NorthBallantrae - B66The Store, Grasslands. 4. Office areaDr Mitchell - 3Soil fertility displayBallantrae - B45Ballantrae - B49Hand-broadcasting and topdressing fertiliserEngineering Workshop - image No. 80/5Weatherboard buildings - original Invermay campusSyd Duncan and a Bomb CalorimeterMafTech landscapes - 3 of 4Turitea stream - 1966 - 4Vintage cars - fernsHemarthria altissimaScientific measurementTuritea stream - 1966 - 3Cows standing on a hillslopeRepairs to farm equipment - 1 of 3Ballantrae - B3Yearly growth scoreGrasslands construction - 3Operation table - Sheep - 7Occupancy of DSIR Buildings in 1960Warren Williams - clover evaluationBallantrae - B56Farmer and son standing in a field - 1 of 2Turitea stream - 1966 - 1Headquarters - 1Dr Kerr - 3Homestead from the drivewayWheat trial reports: Reporoa: p.12Test tubes holding plants - 5D. Grant - 1Cattle being driven up Bothwell's HillBill KearnsField days computer - 3 of 3Engineering workshop - 24Cow - dung - 1Dr. K. J. Mitchell - The Climate IndustryLotus uliginosus plotsSclerotinia minor - 1 of 3Faecal soiling (dag score)Ballantrae - B28Jersey cows in a yard penEngineering Workshop - 3MafTech - 12 of 18DSIR Palmerston North - Campus News: Issue No. 1 - 16 January 1989Tara Hills lamb tailing - 4 of 9Grasslands plots - 5 of 7
 
 
 
 
 
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 Roots Ruakura Ryegrass Scientists Seeds Sheep Silage Social life Soil Staff Statistics Surgery Tables Technology Testing Tractors Trees Trials Vegetables Vehicles Visitors Wallaceville Waterways Weeds Wheat