110,000 visitors!
OPINION: It's official, Fieldays 2025 clocked 110,000 visitors over the four days.
OPINION: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern used a hay bale for a podium while announcing the latest consultation documents on the Government's emissions policy.
After one mainstream journalist described it as "possibly the most Kiwi thing I've ever seen", twitter users didn't hold back.
One questioned how it is that NZ mainstream media think the set up was accidental.
Another claimed the PM was good at PR stunts: "Just look what happened when she wore a headscarf after the Christchurch attack. Mother Teresa to the world!"
The mood was summed up pretty well by this tweet: "A hay bale at a farm shed will be a very rare thing to see soon with the kind of crap Ardern is dumping on our nation's main earners for this country's economy."
A brilliant result and great news for growers and regional economies. That's how horticulture sector leaders are describing the news that sector exports for the year ended June 30 will reach $8.4 billion - an increase of 19% on last year and is forecast to hit close to $10 billion in 2029.
Funding is proving crucial for predator control despite a broken model reliant on the goodwill of volunteers.
A major milestone on New Zealand's unique journey to eradicate Mycoplasma bovis could come before the end of this year.
We're working through it, and we'll get to it.
The debate around New Zealand's future in the Paris Agreement is heating up.
A technical lab manager for Apata, Phoebe Scherer, has won the Bay of Plenty 2025 Young Grower regional title.
OPINION: It's official, Fieldays 2025 clocked 110,000 visitors over the four days.
OPINION: The Federated Farmers rural advocacy hub at Fieldays has been touted as a great success.