110,000 visitors!
OPINION: It's official, Fieldays 2025 clocked 110,000 visitors over the four days.
An array of sensors in the paddocks providing real-time information about what is happening all over the farm is now a reality.
The MobileTECH conference at Rotorua was heralded as a showcase for emerging technologies and a forum to bring together designers, innovators and early adopters.
The so-called mother of precision agriculture in New Zealand, Methven's Ros McKenzie, was instrumental in getting Spark to install 4G wireless broadband in rural Canterbury.
Spark has officially launched its rural wireless broadband service, which they say will give many rural New Zealanders access to reliable and fast Internet.
Faster internet is helping Waikato dairy farmers to manage their businesses on mobile phones. Spark New Zealand recently deployed 4G via the 700MHz radio spectrum on its Hangatiki site.
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.