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Day one at Fieldays 2015

Despite a bit of drizzle here and there, day one of Fieldays 2015 welcomed over 28,000 visitors through the gates - almost 8,000 more than opening day last year.

New look for feed company

GrainCorp Feeds, formerly BLM Feeds, will officially unveil its new-look at this year’s National Fieldays at Mystery Creek in Hamilton.

Look for the giant earthworm

AgResearch chief executive Dr Tom Richardson.

A giant worm weaving through the air marks the location of the AgResearch stand in the Mystery Creek Pavilion at this year's National Agricultural Fieldays.

Highway of high-tech for Fieldays travel

High-tech Bluetooth 'blip trackers', a dedicated hashtag, and a webpage are among the new initiatives designed to help people plan, and share, their Fieldays travels with live, real-time traffic information this week.

Free health checks at Fieldays

Rural wellbeing programme Farmstrong is hitting the ground running at this year's National Fieldays where it will offer free health checks for farmers.

Kiwifruit to boost happiness in happy meals

Mexican children will find a surprise in their McDonald's Happy Meals from this weekend – a delicious Zespri SunGold Kiwifruit from New Zealand.

Mixed-bag weather for Fieldays

Heading for the National Fieldays this week? Depending on which day you turn up at the biggest agricultural event of the southern hemisphere, you may need a brolly and a pair of gumboots.

Consultant of the Year nominations open

Hannah Best was named Emerging Rural Professional in last year's awards.

The hunt is on for New Zealand's top dairy, sheep and beef agricultural consultants with nominations for the Farmax Consultant of the Year Awards now officially open.

Continued pressure on wool

The weakening New Zealand dollar coupled with exporter pressure to meet shipping requirements and limited supply continues to underpin the wool market, says NZWSI.

Be more than just average statistics

Herd Homes structures follow neither a traditional Kiwi grazing method or a traditional European housing method.

Averages are a great mathematical tool and brilliant for hiding poorer performing results because they get dragged up by higher results.

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Cobra gets more bite

Improvements by Hi-Tech Enviro Solutions to its Cobra travelling rain gun make this irrigator even more of a standout in its field, says the company’s general manager, Brian Nicholson.

Nozzle for changing spray regimes

Cropland's launch of its TurboDrop variable rate (VR) spray nozzle makes available a unit with greater flexibility of application rates than those of traditional air inclusion (AI) units.