Fieldays Careers & Education Hub

  • Organisation: New Zealand National Fieldays Society Inc.
  • Grant Number: L17015
  • Grant Amount: $25,000

New Zealand National Fieldays Society Inc. (the Society) is a not-for-profit organisation formed in 1968 by a group of like-minded and passionate farmers. The Society’s mission is to advance agriculture in New Zealand, primarily through their annual agricultural Fieldays event.

During Fieldays 2017 the Society showcased their Careers & Education Hub exhibitors through an e-learning app. This assisted pre-booked school groups and visitors moving through the hub connecting with each exhibitor, where they had the opportunity to ask questions gain knowledge, have fun and get excited about the possibility of a career in agriculture. Over four days 597 students (primarily year 12 and 13) participated in collaborative and interactive learning programmes.

“The AGMARDT leadership and governance programme grant supported us in turning up the focus on our pillar of education with the Careers and Education Hub at Fieldays“.  Peter Nation, CEO, New Zealand National Fieldays Society”

We are grateful for the assistance the AGMARDT Grant provided. It has allowed Freshco to direct sales and manage our own destinies in each market enabling us to extract more value from the supply chain to the consumer.

John Mangan / Director, Freshco

AGMARDT supports and enables. Projects and people benefit from funding; New Zealand benefits from development of ideas, technologies, approaches and leadership. In particular, the trust facilitates information dissemination: AGMARDT is the catalyst for ripples that spread through the primary sector.

Dr Jacqueline Rowarth /

AGMARDT's support of Texus in the above process tangibly accelerated the development of the above essential activities and testing of market entry strategy, while also exposing Texus management to cutting-edge thought leadership around market shaping and the levers that can be applied to scope and facilitate such shaping.

Nick Davenport / CEO, Texus Fibre Industry Leader Scholarship Winner

The support from AGMARDT has enabled us to gain greater insights into farmer behaviour across all sectors and which will assist accelerated uptake of the livestock exchange and enhance market opportunities for all farmers.

Jason Roebuck / Managing Director, Stock-X Limited