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Rural health will be a new feature of this year’s Fieldays.

Rural service provider Farmlands has become a major sponsor of the National Fieldays.

The NZ National Fieldays Society has a new president.

The Fieldays generated $430 million in sales revenue for New Zealand firms, up 9% from 2015, a new report has found.

Visitors to Mystery Creek couldn't fail to notice a new addition for 2016 on the largely green John Deere site, in the shape of the yellow JD 624K wheeled Loading Shovel.

Animal management and fencing supplier Gallagher took out a gong at Fieldays 2016.

Visitors to the Vodafone Fieldays site had access to free Vodafone Rural Connect wi-fi and were able to gauge mobile and broadband coverage on their properties using Smart Farm Test stations.

The basic reason for Fieldays hasn't changed in its nearly 50 year history: getting willing buyers in front of enthusiastic sellers and enticing them with the hint of a bargain or two.

Fieldays 2016 has come and gone, and the weather was kind – cool mornings and a little seasonal Waikato fog.

Farmer support agencies did their best to encourage dairy farmers to come to National Fieldays despite the sector's downturn, says chief executive Peter Nation.