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A highlight of the launch of the Ruataki mo te Taurikura, Embracing Change for Prosperity strategy was seeing all three Ahuwhenua trophies on display.

OPINION: The Hound reckons the decision by Fieldays to hold the event in summer turned out to be a bit of a fizzer.

Some early rain on the opening day meant less of a crowd poured into the Mystery Creek site last week.

A wet start to the 2022 National Fieldays saw a smaller crowd, compared to previous events pass through the gates on the opening day.

OPINION: As agriculture continues its march into the digital age - where farmers, paddocks, machines and inputs are all interconnected - one must wonder whether an individual or organisation could wreak havoc if they broke into operating systems.

NZ Landcare Trust and Westpac have announced a partnership to help community groups improve waterways around the country.

With only two weeks before the rescheduled National Fieldays, organisers are hoping to put the woes of Covid-19 behind them and take a positive slant into the end of 2022 and beyond.

With our own National Fieldays only few weeks away, Rural News took the opportunity to take a trip overseas – as a guest of Enterprise Ireland, which invited 190 guests from 19 countries – to look at Ireland’s own national event, locally known as The Ploughing.

While the easing of the Covid traffic light settings will allow more people to attend outdoor events and raise the indoor limit to 200 people, it's a case of too little, too late for National Fieldays.

It's going to be a case of pack your tee-shirts, shorts and thongs - rather than raincoat, umbrella and gumboots - with National Fieldays Society rescheduling the 2022 event from its usual June timeframe, in favour of a late Nov/early Dec timeslot.