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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
 
M. Beardsall - 3Alex Knob - Plant - 10Clover leaves, ragged edgesR.P. Pottinger on the cover of a spoof 'Time' magazineMAF National Field Day - 1 of 4Engineering workshop - 50Grasslands under construction in 1953Sheep with a value of 1600 guineasPetri dish - 7Cotula turf and the bowling green - 7 of 8Sheep grazing paddocks - 9 of 12DSIR - Forage and fodder crop productionHoward Eagles measuring growing maizeEngineering Workshop - image No. 82/367/4Tara Hills lamb tailing - 4 of 9Scientific equipment - unidentifiedPetri dish - 4Wheat trial reports: Reporoa: p.10Engineering workshop - 31Organic potting mix displaySheep wearing urine capturing devicesDisplay plants - 2Rows of grassesBallantrae dam - 14Levin Horticultural Research Centre. 1. From the main entranceMafTech animals - 5 of 7MafTech - 5 of 18Grasslands Division - Greeting cardLeaf litter - 2Young Farmers Club - TrophyCasual portraitGully control by bulldozing. 9. Secondary head developmentWeighing clippingsMen at work around the ensilage and haystacksBuilding a hay stackTest tubes holding plants - 6Wallaceville - Entrance HallwayGully control by bulldozing. 4. Aerial viewClimate Laboratory - Floor mapSequoia WellingtoniaBiochemical Processing Centre - 3Seed headsJohn LancashireEngineering Workshop - image No. 81/610/4Clover leavesDisplayed bumblebeesLaboratory technologyEffect of the season on cottingStarlings. 3. Starling held in handCallus - 1
 
 
 
 
 
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