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Entries for 2010 are now open for the annual Innovations Competition at the New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays. The competition encourages New Zealanders to get creative in the rural sector, by producing new devices, developments and equipment which improve and support farming practice.
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The New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays Society recently released the 2010 Fieldays prospectus online. Organisers of the largest agri-business event in the Southern Hemisphere have taken on board exhibitor and visitor feedback and are undergoing a comprehensive review of the entire National Agricultural Fieldays event. The 2010 New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays will be reinvigorated with even stronger emphasis placed on the business of farmers connecting to the rural industry.
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The popular Fieldays Tractor Pull Competition, proudly sponsored by Interbloc and the Barn Company, again attracted large crowds of people. Despite heavy showers, the weather didn’t damper the spirits of spectators or the enthusiastic tractor drivers.
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NZ National Fieldays experienced all seasons on the final day of the annual agricultural event. Regardless of fickle conditions, 25,324 turned out to explore the latest and greatest on offer to the industry.
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Fieldays fever has swept the Waikato as over 1,000 exhibitors have rallied for the 2009 New Zealand National Fieldays. The diversity and quality of sites this year have really impressed, as tens of thousand of people come to be apart of this years Fieldays. Exhibitors have provided the public with a vast range of products, services and entertainment opportunities, which have contributed to the success of this iconic event.
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Designers held their breath as the 2009 National Fieldays Ag Art Wear Competition winners were announced on Friday, 12th June. Ag Art Wear attracted record numbers this year as over 800 people packed in to see the show. Over $16,000 worth of prizes were awarded at the 2009 Ag Art Wear awards ceremony, held after the 2pm Ag Art Wear show in the Spantech Pavilion.
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NZ National Agricultural Fieldays exhibitors delighted in heavy rain over Mystery Creek Events Centre yesterday. Persistent showers drove the 37,087 visitors indoors to hundreds of satisfied exhibitors. Buildings overwhelmed by visitors were bustling market places; as a result businesses reported a significant increase in sales and genuine leads.
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The Innovation centre at the 2009 Fieldays has attracted 68 entries in the six categories, all vying for the ultimate Innovation award, The Golden Standard. The awards were presented this morning at a breakfast function on site at Fieldays.
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New Zealand-wide satellite broadband wholesaler BayCity Communications has announced that its retail division Farmside will be doubling the download speeds on all of its satellite based Rocket Broadband plans from July. At the same time, it will remove the speed cap on its top plan enabling rural New Zealanders to connect to the Internet at speeds up to 4Mbps.
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New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays opened its gates today to an enthusiastic crowd keen to see what would be on display at the largest agribusiness event in the southern hemisphere. Held at Mystery Creek Events Centre and officially opened by Prime Minster John Key, National Fieldays is into its 41st year and remains an essential event on the agricultural calendar.
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Judging commenced last week of entrants in National Fieldays ‘Big Little Town Festival’ competition. Participating towns; Cambridge, Te Awamutu, Tokoroa, Tirau and Putaruru, put on a remarkable display to demonstrate their Fieldays pride.
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Power Farming is using National Fieldays to introduce new models from four of the biggest names in tractors. They include some real heavy artillery from the legendary Versatile brand as well as new models from McCormick, Landini and Iseki.
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Ag Art Wear is back with an amazing assortment of art for the body for the upcoming 2009 New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays. This competition is in its 16th year and brings farming to fashion, as all garments entered must be created from materials and products found on the farm.
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Queensland Beaches Display at the International pavillion where guests can have pictures taken with a Hot Meter maid and a Hot Surf Lifesaver - as well as win one of 8 Qld Beach Holidays
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Fieldays fever has hit town, with the ‘Big Little Town Festival’ sweeping the region. Launched in 2008, the ‘Big Little Town Festival’ is a National Fieldays sponsored competition developed to support smaller towns within the Waikato and Waipa districts. Fieldays brings tens of thousands of visitors to the greater Waikato region every year
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New release postdriver, rotational base configuration, ideally suited to general fencing but also specialist vineyard and landscaping applications.
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Launch of new model Goldoni specialist orchard tractor ideally suited to kiwifruit growers.
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Nature's Curator are offering a Free spraying service to any exhibitor with a floral or landscaping display to help keep the plants looking healthy and fresh during Fieldays. If your exhibit consists of plants, or you are using plants to enhance your site, we can help it maintain it's vigor in the extreme conditions.
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New Product Release
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Water filtration equipment that will be on display at this years feildays.
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Agrecovery has recently launched a Silage Wrap Recycling programme in New Zealand in an effort to recover the estimated 4,000 tonnes of baled silage wrap used nationwide every year. “Adding silage wrap recovery is a natural progression for Agrecovery,” said Bruce Emerson, Director of 3R Group, Programme Managers for Agrecovery.
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Hawke’s Bay sheep and cattle farmer Jim Spall has endured an ongoing battle to store and safely dispose of his used silage wrap over the last decade, but it’s about to end. Jim is one of the first farmers to sign up with the nationwide Agrecovery Silage Wrap Recycling Programme, launched in March this year, offering farmers a convenient, simple way to deal with their used plastic bale wrap.
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This is the largest to date Solar Street light Installation at Pukaki Airport in Twizel, saves reticulation, power costs, and using the latest LED technology.
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Fieldays is delighted to announce the inclusion of the Cuisine Artisan Awards 2009 winners in the very popular Kiwi’s Best feature at New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays at Mystery Creek 10-13 June.
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The search is on for the 2009 Fieldays Rural Bachelor of the year. Entries are now open to single men from all over the countryside. Eligible bachelors who think they’ve got what it takes, should be aged over 18, work in the rural sector and exude understated kiwi charm.
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Organics farmers now have an easier and more reliable way of ordering fertilising products. . .
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Men’s heath, with a particular focus on prostate cancer, will be the theme for the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Cancer Society’s exhibit at Fieldays this year.
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On the weekend of June 20th and 21st Taratahi will be celebrating our 90th year of existence!! We have been training young men and women since the end of World War One when we were set up to help soldiers returning from war learn how to farm their land.
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All Black legend Ian Kirkpatrick has been a farmer and grower for more than three decades and is a proud supporter of the Agrecovery rural recycling programme: “Agrecovery’s really the only way to go. I’d encourage all farmers and growers to take their agrichemical containers to be recycled.”
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The Agrecovery Rural Recycling programme provides New Zealand’s farmers and growers with an environmentally sustainable way to dispose of their unwanted agrichemical and animal health plastic containers and silage wrap.
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NZ National Fieldays are proud to announce Agility as official logistics partner for the 2009 event. NZ National Fieldays has two strategic partners in National Bank and University of Waikato. Agility, a leading global logistics provider, is a market leader in specialised logistics for exhibitions, through its Agility Fairs & Events division.
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Black beetle larvae have been causing serious damage in the Waikato, Bay of Plenty and northern regions. This article outlines Alison Popay's (AgResearch Scientist) thoughts on the role of novel endophytes in Northern Regions of New Zealand
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Organisers of the largest agricultural show in the Southern Hemisphere, the New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays, are looking to expand their volunteer base.
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An educational Ag Art Wear information evening will be held at ArtsPost, Hamilton, next Wednesday 18 March from 5.30pm. The evening is set to be one of inspiration and information; and will provide a valuable opportunity for new and prior entrants to exchange ideas for the popular 2009 Ag Art Wear competition; held at NZ National Fieldays 10-13 June.
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Have you ever been so frustrated by a problem on the farm that you have developed a solution yourself? If so, Fieldays Innovation Centre is looking for you. Fieldays Innovation Centre, powered by the University of Waikato, has begun its nationwide search for the best agricultural inventions, improvements and new equipment.
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Kiwi’s Best is a sub event held at Fieldays, showcasing premium food and beverages predominantly derived from New Zealand’s Agriculture, Horticulture and Aquaculture industries. With over 130,000 visitors to Fieldays last year, Kiwi’s Best exhibitors are exposed to an abundance of potential customers and promotional opportunity. Kiwi’s Best is an absolute experience; where visitors find culinary inspiration and exhibitors showcase their remarkable product.
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The 2009 Ag Art Wear competition information is available online today! The Fieldays website (www.fieldays.co.nz) competitions page features an Entrant Guide and Entry Form to assist 2009 Ag Art Wear entrants in their journey to creating wearable art off the farm. The challenge for designers is to think outside the square and create a unique concept utilising agricultural/farm based materials to compose a visual spectacle at the 2009 New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays event (10 – 13 June 2009).
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Growing fast in Europe, it’s now New Zealand’s turn to experience the adrenalin rush that is Weight Transfer Tractor Pulling. The latest addition to the popular motorsport of Tractor Pulling, classes under the NEW Farmstock category make this thrilling competition accessible to all.
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The Fieldays Rural Bachelor of the Year 2008 was announced today with Northland finalist, Mark Woodcock (35) taking top honours and Charlie Taituha (22), representing the King Country taking away the Cycletime People’s Choice award.
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A further 31,080 visitors took the chance to see Fieldays today, on the final day, bringing the event attendance total to 131,629.
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Flax, muka, natural clay oxides, paua and magnolia leaves came together in a symphony of totally natural art for the body this afternoon, as ‘Papatuanuku and Ranginui’, created by the Huntly Campus of Te Wananga O Aotearoa, strutted away with the Ag Art Wear 2008 Supreme Award for most outstanding design.
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A record 41,837 visitors poured through the gates at Mystery Creek today, taking the total number of visitors to Fieldays’ 40th event to 100,549.
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Environment Waikato is to be the sponsor of the Premier Feature at Fieldays next year to be entitled “My Land, Our Environment”.
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The Fieldays Rural Bachelor of the Year finalists faced a day of physical challenges today at Fieldays in their second day of competition for the Golden Gumboot trophy and title of Fieldays Rural Bachelor of the Year.
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The Fieldays Best Site Awards were announced this afternoon, following a day in which 31,848 visitors streamed through the gates to check out Fieldays 40th birthday celebrations, deals and attractions.
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A report of research by the University of Waikato documenting the regional and national economic impact of Fieldays.
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