Kōrero: Farm mechanisation

Cresco topdressing plane

Cresco topdressing plane

A Cresco 800 topdressing aircraft releases its load of fertiliser. In the early 2000s Cresco topdressing planes were manufactured at Rukuhia, near Hamilton, by Pacific Aerospace Corporation. The company was one of a number of local firms that made agricultural machinery manufacture a significant industry in New Zealand.

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Pacific Aerospace

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James Watson, 'Farm mechanisation - Consequences of farm mechanisation', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/18411/cresco-topdressing-plane (accessed 7 May 2024)

He kōrero nā James Watson, i tāngia i te 24 Nov 2008