The 50th anniversary of the New Zealand Agricultural Fieldays saw 130,866 people through the gates over the four days from June 13 to 16.
New Zealand National Fieldays Society chief executive Peter Nation spoke at the opening ceremony of the event about the changes seen in the agricultural industry over the last 50 years.
“New Zealand and our agricultural industry is vastly different to what it was in 1969, largely driven by our hunger and desire to be leaders in our special industry.
“As a small country at the bottom of the world we have utilised innovation and technology driven off the back of a Kiwi can do attitude to our advantage to make our mark on the world.
“Like our sporting achievements, agriculture also boxes far above its weight on the world stage.
We produce world-class food, world-class technology and word-class farmers,” Nation says.
