Thousands are expected at the first day of National Fieldays today with a tractor pull competition, air displays and machinery exhibitions set to entertain the crowds.

Two Auckland men met about two years ago and in that short time they have discovered they have the same passion - cleaning up waterways.

New Zealand's largest agriculture expo kicks off tomorrow with the spotlight on innovation in the agritech sector.

Farmers at this week's Fieldays at Mystery Creek will have cost control and innovation on their minds as they try and mitigate the impact of a cashflow crunch caused by sharply lower dairy....

Pull on your gumboots for four days of exhibitions, contests, entertainment, food and even art and fashion at Hamilton's Fieldays, says Sarah Ell.

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.

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.

Matamata sharemilker Fergus King showed off brute strength when he cleaned up in the wood-chopping heat of the Fieldays rural bachelor of the year competition.

An aerial robot armed with live-feed cameras that can monitor farms while the owner is at home enjoying a cup of tea is being tipped as a gadget that could get city-slickers back to the country.

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.

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.

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.

World champion wood chopper Jason Wynyard needed more grunt so he ripped a cylinder from a snowmobile.

Agricultural sector seen moving from survival mentality to productive mode.