North Canterbury News: April 01, 2021
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Field days draw bumper crowds<br />
By DAVID HILL<br />
Record crowds flocked to<br />
the South Island<br />
Agricultural Field Days last<br />
week.<br />
Nearly 25,000 people<br />
lined up to see the<br />
machinery demonstrations,<br />
primary industry trade sites,<br />
and interactive stalls on the<br />
first two days of the threeday<br />
event.<br />
‘‘We’ve had awonderful<br />
few days,’’ organising<br />
committee chairwoman<br />
Michaela McLeod said.<br />
The forecast of great<br />
weather on the final day<br />
pointed toward another<br />
bumper crowd.<br />
‘‘The feedback we’re<br />
getting is the exhibitors are<br />
really enjoying the positive<br />
engagement they’re having<br />
with the public, which is a<br />
great achievement for our<br />
organising committee which<br />
is largely made up of<br />
volunteers.’’<br />
Site holders reported<br />
good engagement with<br />
clients, with most just<br />
pleased to get out to see<br />
what was on offer.<br />
Lincoln University<br />
student engagement<br />
manager Jaime Shone said<br />
many prospective students<br />
had called in, while alumni<br />
had enjoyed popping by to<br />
catch up with the latest<br />
developments.<br />
The Silver Fern Farms<br />
site was popular, promoting<br />
its new burger range, while<br />
suppliers and shareholders<br />
were treated to lunch by<br />
Dunedin chef Greg Piner,<br />
New Zealand retail brand<br />
manager Elise Le Compte<br />
said.<br />
‘‘The burgers are going<br />
The Grumpy Merino ...Sarah Reed, of Culverden, was promoting her new product range, after<br />
starting up her brand during last year’s lockdown.<br />
PHOTO: DAVID HILL<br />
down atreat.’’<br />
Sarah Reed, of Culverden,<br />
who developed her own<br />
clothing line, The Grumpy<br />
Merino, during last year’s<br />
lockdown, was pleased to<br />
get out and talk to clients.<br />
She was promoting her<br />
new blanket range and<br />
knitting yarns which were<br />
fully traceable to sheep from<br />
the The Grampians station.<br />
‘‘It’s pretty important to us<br />
as afamily operation that we<br />
have the diversity which<br />
gets us all involved, so it’s<br />
not just the boys’ gig.’’<br />
Police Sergeant Richard<br />
van Asch, who breeds South<br />
Devon cattle, was out doing<br />
the rounds.<br />
The police joined forces<br />
with Fire and Emergency<br />
New Zealand, St John and<br />
the Malvern Community<br />
Patrol to present an<br />
emergency services site<br />
with the police tractor,<br />
provided by farm equipment<br />
supplier Norwood,<br />
attracting the most<br />
attention.<br />
‘‘The tractor always<br />
breaks the ice and<br />
invariably we hear about<br />
unreported crime,’’ Mr van<br />
Asch said.<br />
Police could respond only<br />
to reported crime, so the<br />
public were reminded to<br />
call 111 in an emergency, or<br />
call 105, or go online to<br />
105.police.govt.nz.<br />
The <strong>2021</strong> AgriInnovation<br />
Award went to Frizzell’s<br />
Smart Paddock Weigher,<br />
which allowed farmers to<br />
weigh young livestock in the<br />
paddock.<br />
Best site went to Alpine<br />
Buildings NZ, which took<br />
home the Hamish Reid<br />
Memorial Trophy, given in<br />
memory of the former field<br />
days organising committee<br />
chairman.<br />
The best big site went to<br />
Polaris, while Survus<br />
Consultants took home the<br />
best small site.<br />
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It is open to seasoned poultry<br />
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