Vantage New Zealand

02/09/2026

Working with PGG? Mark's experience shows what it looks like when your advisor and your farm records are in the same system — work orders, updates, everything with the one advisor, no double handling.

01/09/2026

Big update for FarmENGAGE users.

Three changes just landed, built to make the platform work harder for you:

New access options for anyone managing more than one farm - purpose-built for agribusinesses and larger operations, replacing the old Advisor Prime setup.

Running mixed equipment? Precision Planting displays can now feed straight into FarmENGAGE, so your data lands in one place instead of scattered across different apps.

Work orders can now be sent to machines that aren't online - wirelessly or via USB - so it doesn't matter how connected your gear is.

Talk to our in-house PTx FarmENGAGE Specialist Harry Jassal to find out what's changed for your operation.
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01/09/2026

Spring has sprung!

Which means somewhere around NZ, a farmer has just jumped back in the tractor and remembered…

“Oh yeah. It was doing that.” 😂

If you’ve got:

• GPS that’s been “mostly fine”

• steering with a mind of its own

• a display still asking for that update

• a receiver taking longer than it should to get going

• a correction subscription you’ve been meaning to sort

• a new machine that needs setting up

• or any other ag-tech issue you confidently filed under “problem for spring”…

We regret to inform you that spring has arrived.

The good news? So has the Vantage team.

Get in touch now and let’s get the niggles sorted before the season gets properly busy.

GPS, steering, corrections, connectivity, implement control, precision agronomy — and plenty of weird and wonderful things in between.

Better now than halfway through the paddock.

01/09/2026

News flash: EM soil surveying isn’t new. And that’s kind of the point.

If you’ve been watching Clarkson’s Farm, you might have spotted it in Season 5, Episode 3 – “Tripping”, where Jeremy uses EM surveying to get a better picture of the variability across Diddly Squat.

If you haven’t seen it, it’s worth a watch.

While it might be new to Jeremy, EM soil surveying is a tried-and-true tool that’s been used for years to map the variability across farmland and identify different productivity areas.

Because not every hectare is created equal.

Some areas have greater productive potential than others - and understanding where those areas are gives you a much better foundation for deciding where to invest your inputs and where pushing harder might not deliver the same return.

And one of the best things about EM surveying? It’s generally a one-off investment.

Survey the farm once and that underlying map of soil variability can be used for years to come - helping inform management zones, targeted soil sampling and future decisions about how you manage different parts of the farm.

With input costs high and another season where the weather could have a big say in production, understanding your productive areas and investing accordingly makes a lot of sense.

It’s not new or flashy. It’s proven, practical technology that still has plenty of value.

Survey it once. Map your productivity areas. Use it for years.

Curious? Go back and watch Clarkson’s Farm, Season 5, Episode 3 – “Tripping” - then give the Vantage team a call if you want to see what EM soil surveying could uncover on your own farm.

01/09/2026

There’s a new industry campaign we reckon is well worth knowing about: Keep What Works, Working, led by A Lighter Touch and backed across the industry.

The message is simple - protect the chemistry and crop protection tools that work today, so they continue to work tomorrow.

That means having the resistance management conversation with your agronomist or advisor before the season starts, not once there’s a problem.

We’re right behind this one - and it’s also why we’re so interested in the role spray technology can play.

Good resistance management isn’t just about what’s in the tank. How accurately, consistently and effectively you apply it matters too.

From application accuracy and section control through to technologies that influence droplet behaviour and coverage, there are more tools available to help growers get the best possible result from every application.

Because ultimately, better spray technology gives us more tools in the toolbox - helping make better use of the chemistry we have and supporting the goal of keeping what works, working.

So if resistance management isn’t already part of your pre-season planning conversation, now’s a pretty good time to put it on the agenda.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMPyIefmxJw

This video is part of the Keep What Works ...

31/08/2026

Heads up - Trimble's 12-month RangePoint and CenterPoint RTX subscriptions go up 5% from 1 September.
We're absorbing part of it, and multi-year and fleet deals aren't affected.
Renewal due? Talk to your Vantage tech first: 0800 482 682.

29/08/2026

How much of your spray is actually reaching its target? 💧

Research indicates that a significant proportion of agricultural spray can be lost before it reaches or remains on the intended target — through drift, bounce and other losses.

That means wasted product, extra work and unnecessary environmental impact.

MagrowTec is designed to help produce more right-sized droplets, supporting better spray coverage and adhesion.

Before the season gets busy, take a closer look at what’s happening between your nozzle and your crop.

if you're interested to learn more, check out the Magrow website: https://magrowtec.com/

27/08/2026

Part three of three, and it's the one that makes the whole thing stack up.

Alongside the display trade-in, there's an RTK radio trade-in running at the same time. Trade in your RTK base or machine radios and pick up a five-year CentrePoint RTX subscription for the price of RangePoint. That's CentrePoint accuracy for five years, at a fraction of what it normally costs. The newer multi-constellation receivers are what make RTX this reliable; the older gear just wasn't picking up as many satellites.

Then there's 0% finance over 12 months on eligible PTx Trimble hardware bundles.

Display trade-in, RTK trade-in, 0% finance. As Simon says, the stars don't line up like this very often. The finance offer runs until 20 December and the RTK trade-in until 31 December, so if you've been putting off an upgrade, this is the window.

Get in touch with Simon or your local rep on 0800 482 682 and we'll put some numbers together for your setup. And if you've landed here first, parts one and two are worth a look.

27/08/2026

Part two of three. Trading in the old display is only half the story, so this one is about what you'd actually be running instead.

Simon and Jemma get into the GFX-1060 and GFX-1260, what separates the two, and why everything the FMX used to handle is back on the table, from implement steering through to water management.

The piece that tends to get overlooked is the connected side. The newer displays link straight into FarmENGAGE, so job records and machine utilisation flow back to the office instead of staying stuck in the cab.

Missed part one? It covers the trade-in deal and what your old kit could be worth. Part three is where it all adds up.

Not sure which display suits your setup? Call 0800 482 682 or send us a message and we'll talk it through.

27/08/2026

What's my old kit actually worth? It's the question we get asked more than any other, and right now the answer is better than it's been in a long time.

PTx Trimble has relaunched its display trade-in programme, and it isn't limited to Trimble gear. Old CFX-750s, FMX displays and displays and receivers from other brands all count. If there's a relic in the tractor or hiding in the workshop drawer, there's real money sitting in it.

There's enough running at the moment that Simon and Jemma sat down and talked through the lot, so we've split it into three parts.

This is part one: the trade-in deal itself. Part two covers the hardware you'd be trading up to, and part three ties in the RTK radio trade-in and 0% finance that stack on top.

Worth watching all three before you make a call on anything. Or if you'd rather just talk it through, ring the team on 0800 482 682