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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.

 

 
Approach to the Farm Office, RuakuraSheep yards and pens, RuakuraScientists, 1950'sHoward Eagles measuring growing maizeSheep at leisureFarmall model tractor making silageCow number T31Small Animal House: front view
 
Bryan and Joanne GuyPreparing plots1940's Fire - 3 of 8Masterton show - 1988 - 3 of 10B.J. FordeInvermay Soil Laboratory. 2. Inside the Soil LaboratoryHaycart - 1 of 2MafTech fruit - 8 of 10Cotula turf and the bowling green - 4 of 8O. sativus x O. compressus - 3Engineering Workshop - image No. 84/108/3Biogas flasksGrasslands Nui - perennial ryegrassMr. Thurston - 1Plant Breeding Section - 1975MafTech landscapes - 3 of 4Cast evacuationMowed paddockBallantrae landscape - 1Certified seed - 1 of 11MAF Consultancy ServicesGrasslands DivisionNew Zealand DSIR Newsletter - December 1963Uncleared landHeifer's horn following removalCampus buildings at Invermay under constructionGrasslands five staff membersBurning of turf - 2 of 2Man viewing Wairua FallsBiochemical Processing Centre - 33MafTech landscapes - 1 of 4Ballantrae - B5Sheep yards and pens, RuakuraFarmlet species trial - 11 of 11Restrained cowJack Ranstead (1859?-1944)Sheeps teeth - stocking rateHilltop mean monthly earth temperatureDr Jackman - 2Ec 24 - Ecotype collectionBoatingPaspalum - Amaranthus - Perennial Rye GrassEngineering Workshop - image No. 76/111/6Sheep tethering using a single paunch strap: rear viewHawkes Bay Show - 1990 - 3 of 4Beef plan display - 1 of 2Chris Freke (1937-2018)Seed cleaning mill with staffSun and shade - Massey Agricultural College Taranaki - cows
 
 
 
 
 
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