Displaying items by tag: National Fieldays

The Forestry Hub returns to Fieldays for its third consecutive year, showcasing how trees and wood are transforming New Zealand.

OPINION: The annual Fieldays at Mystery Creek next week should inject some much-needed energy into the agricultural sector, however, a mate of the Hound questions whether the organisers truly understand that most of the exhibitors are hoping to see farmers – not just all-and-sundry – coming through the turnstiles.

This year’s Fieldays will feature a Rural Advocacy Hub - bringing together various rural organisations who are advocating for farmers and championing their interests as one team, under one roof, for the first time.

It's that time again to break out the gumboots and a warm coat for the National Fieldays, which for 2023, returns to its normal mid-winter timeslot.

Massey University will be celebrating its 50th anniversary of holding a site at the National Fieldays this year.

OPINION: With National Fieldays around the corner, many farmers will be making their annual pilgrimage to Mystery Creek this year.

The New Zealand National Fieldays Society has its first woman president.

Last year's National Fieldays saw Norwood chief executive Tim Myers present Farmstrong with a cheque for $106,925.

While most of the exhibitors at the recent National Fieldays Innovations Hub seemed to be taking a high-tech approach, two standouts offering practical on-farm solutions were taking a much simpler approach.

OPINION: As 2022 is consigned to the history books and we trudge into 2023, it seems like a good time to look back at the decision by the NZ National Fieldays Society to move its annual event from June to December last year.