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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
 
Invermay Soil Laboratory. 2. Inside the Soil LaboratoryC.P. McMeekan (1908-1972) portraying his right-hand profileGully control by bulldozing. 1. Bulldozing the headDepartment of Agriculture (Research Division) research centres, stations, and areasTemperature and growth relationships of bacteria in milk. 7. Chemical formulasChoice chambersPithomyces chartarum sporeGeorge DavisBee pollinating - 1 of 4Animal Production - 1991 - 4 of 6Broken foreduneMafTech leaders in horticultureSequoia WellingtoniaSheep tethering using a single paunch strap: rear viewRay Brougham (1926-1993)Cattle feeding on silage - 4 of 6Bovine trichomoniasis: breeding history, 1946-1948Bayer Classic 1989 - 3 of 4Parapara road, Raetihi - sunny faceFarmlet species trial - 9 of 11Soil fertility displayCrimson cloverFodder cropGraham Wesley Butler (1928-2007)Turitea stream in flood. 7. Stranded carGully control by bulldozing. 9. Secondary head developmentJohn James driving the Stanhay precision seeder at Aorangi - seed sowingPlant Chemistry Laboratory - exterior - circa 1950Primary bushSeed headsPakowhai poplar groveTara Hills Lamb Rearing Unit - 4 of 8Wallaceville Antique BellowsChristmas party, 1961Swing bridgeWheat trial reports: Reporoa: Preamble pageMafTech - 15 of 18Grasslands Ruanui perennial ryegrass (Lofium perenne L.) - S. 23 UK- comparisonWaiomanu hay barnFarmlet species trial - 7 of 11Agriculture displayField day carrots - 2 of 7Maize plants from earthworm experimentMafTech - 2 of 18View over Ruakura paddocksElectron microscope - 2 of 31940's Fire - 2 of 8Randy Rummell and Mike Tate with deerLevin Horticultural Field Day - 1 of 11Animal Nutrition Unit - 1 of 10
 
 
 
 
 
Buildings Campuses Cattle Clover Cows Crops Data Diagrams Directors Diseases Ephemera Equipment Erosion Farm staff Farmers Farms Feeding Fertiliser Fields Glasshouses Graphs Grasses Grasslands Grazing Harvesting Horses Humour Insects Invermay Laboratories Lambs Landscapes Leaves MIRINZ Machinery MafTech Measuring Meetings Milking Observation Open Days Paddocks Plants Plots Publications Rams Restraint Ruakura Scientists Seeds Sheep Silage Social life Soil Statistics Surgery Tables Technology Testing Tractors Trees Trials Turf Vegetables Vehicles Visitors Wallaceville Waterways Wheat Worms