IN ROWENA’S WORDS ... A WORD FROM JAMIE ... This is our pilgrimage

• Published date: 25 May 2023
• Publication title: Katikati Advertiser

And it’s great that Fieldays is once again back to its spiritual home, winter in Waikato. While last year’s “Summer Fieldays” was an interesting interlude, brought about by necessity, it was never going to work as well as mid-June, when almost every farmer and grower has a break in the traffic, to take in the latest in technology and machinery for the farm

But even if you’re only at Mystery Creek to kick a few proverbial tyres, it’s a great reason to get off the farm, take a break, smell the roses and network with fellow farming folk.

There’s so much to take in and learn at Fieldays. You could easily spend all four days doing nothing other than just wandering around hoovering up free information to improve your farming operation.

I love Fieldays, and other than a heavy fog at Hamilton Airport, wild horses couldn’t drag me away! See you there.

After six and a half short months, Fieldays is yet again upon us. Restored to its usual winter time slot, it promises to be a great chance once again for farmers to reconnect after a very challenging season. Believe me when I say, it’ll be much needed.

There’s just...