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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.

 

 
Small Animal House: front viewApproach to the Farm Office, RuakuraSheep yards and pens, RuakuraScientists, 1950'sHoward Eagles measuring growing maizeSheep at leisureFarmall model tractor making silageCow number T31
 
Field days computer - 3 of 3Sheep weighing. 4. Sheep exiting the weighing scalesEffect of cotting on greasy fleece weight: wet ewes onlyProspectus of the Ruakura Farm Training CollegeRichard GreenAkaroa townshipCow number T31Soil Chemistry Laboratory - 6 of 6Milk flow indicator: framed with index card (PDF)Mowing turf trials - 2 of 4Bumble bees and cross pollination - 2 of 2Ballantrae - B11Ballantrae dam - 15Alex Knob - view - 6Engineering workshop - 30Petri dish - 2Spaced plants at Grasslands - 6 of 7Michael John Burke - monumentJohn Hodgson, Colin Brown and Derek WoodfieldDSIR Palmerston North - Campus NewsXerophyteEngineering workshop - 21L. Corkill - 2Clover - roots - 4Perennial ryegrassClover inoculation - 2Herbage green weightSoil moisture sensor. 1. In actionMargot Forde (1935-1992)Sheep weighing. 2. Reading sheep weight as it steps on the scalesTara Hills Lamb Rearing Unit - 3 of 8Weighing apparatus for in-field dry matter determinationTillers beginning to dieClive PalmerViewing a dairy feeding stationRyegrass - 2Beef rotational grazing at Ballantrae - 2 of 3Ploughing scrub - 2 of 3Gateway to Number 2 Dairy, RuakuraGlasshouse construction - 1Grasslands construction - 3Chinese Scientists from ShansiTutira countrySeasonal production of Italian ryegrass strainsCow - dung - 2Stationary seed dresserEc 25 - Ecotype collectionClover - roots - 2Bayer Classic 1987 - 5 of 6Allison Mackay at work
 
 
 
 
 
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