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Organisers of the Northland Field Days are banking on better weather and a better turnout this year.

The Northland Field Days started life in 1985 at the Dargaville racecourse as a project run by the Dargaville Jaycees, and regardless of the pouring rain, it was a roaring success with some 80 exhibitors!

Over the years, Ashburton- based Rotowiper has followed one main objective: to design and manufacture an effective, cost-efficient method of controlling/eradicating weed infestation in pasture and crops.

Kubota New Zealand has recently added to its product line the new U10-5 excavator that will replace the existing K008-3.

With the current issues of forestry ‘slash’ continuing to be a major problem in high rainfall events, a new take on an old method to deal with the forestry waste is set to help Kiwi logging crews better manage skid sites and landings, which could in turn increase productivity.

Reducing soil compaction has been recognised for many years as an efficient method of increasing production in grassland and arable operations.

Organisers of the Northland Field Days have signed up a record 300 exhibitors for the three-day event next month.

Dargaville dairy farmer and Northland Field Days president, John Phillips is confident he’ll be third time lucky.

The Government's decision last week to progressively open the country's borders is a step in the right direction, says Northland Field Days Committee vice chair Basil Cole.

Cash-strapped organisers of the annual Northland Field Days are looking to farmers for assistance.