The mood among farmers at this year’s annual national Fieldays was buoyant, despite the prospect of a drop in the dairy payout in the coming year, event organisers said.

A drench gun that receives data via wifi to calculate the exact dosage needed, and a capsule inside a cow that sends data to a smartphone about its health.

It's a cross between a mountain bike and a motorcycle that's not only environmentally-friendly but light on the wallet.

A 4WD track featuring steep slopes, a waterfall, boulders and pools of water is one of the attractions at this year's National Fieldays in Hamilton.

Gone are the days of Fieldays visitors being happy with a pie, chips and a hot dog.

Fieldays, New Zealand's largest agricultural fair, finished yesterday with 125,127 visitors attending the four-day event at Mystery Creek in the Waikato.

After three days of gallivanting around the North Island and showing off their fencing, oratory, cheesemaking and bovine skills, it's hard to know who's leading to become Fieldays' latest rural bachelor of the year.

The youngest competitor at this year's Fieldays innovation centre is hoping investors will get on board with his invention that stops birds contaminating water supplies in tanks.

Liz Light visits Fieldays, the biggest, fattest farmers' market in the Southern Hemisphere.

Designers showcase 'wearable art' garments from materials found and or used on farms at the NZ National Agricultural Fieldays. Photographs by Christine Cornege

Carmaker takes big outing for farmers and their chequebooks very seriously.