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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
 
Keith Steele and Peter O'HaraPaekakariki - contoursEngineering Workshop - animal operating table - 1Silage pitSheep in wooden twin-pole head vice: front and side viewPetri dish - 7Men and dogs - 1 of 3Pasture treading effects - 6 of 9Rams at the fencelineBallantrae cows - 4Social cricket game - 3 of 4New Zealand Seeds Promotion CouncilDanuser tractor - 2Cows in shedEngineering Workshop - image No. 78/359/1Ballantrae - B68Gleditsia - Te Puke - 1DSIR - Soil Survey Office Palmerston NorthKaikohe Farm 1959 - 5 of 13Dr Phil Roloston and the Honourable Bob TizardC.P. McMeekan (1908-1972) sitting at a deskLevin Horticultural Field Day - 3 of 11Ballantrae - B77Cotula turf and the bowling green - 6 of 8Tension crack above a slipConsultancy Conference - 2 of 5Ray Brougham - 5MAFTech News - Date: June 1991Cows grazingLibrary extension on a truck, passing ReceptionEffect of nutrition on cottingConsultancy Conference - 4 of 5Leaf squash - 1 of 4PoplarsM. Clark - 2Leaf litter - 4Propagation tray - 1 of 2Ongaonga farmerHokitika - West EndInvermay Farmers Conference 1970 - 2 of 9Waterlogged paddockPrunella vulgarisRed deer stagPrime Minister Lange opens Invermay Main BuildingDairy chemistryGrasslands view from the Massey water towerClover root weevils eating white cloverAnimal Health Division Display Caravan - 9 of 14Bayer Classic 1989 - 4 of 4Dr Kerr - 2
 
 
 
 
 
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