AgResearch had a great week at June’s NZ National Fieldays at Mystery Creek.

Charlotte Martin, Corporate Affairs’ Education Officer, modelled AgResearch’s living grass ball dress which won first prize in the Mystery Creek Landcare Ag Art Wear competition.

The dress was grown by scientist Jim Crush and his team. Charlotte is pictured holding the Jubilee Trophy which we won for being the exhibitor who contributed most to the spirit of Fieldays. The AgResearch site at Fieldays, shared with Agricom, won Best Site Award. AgResearch and Agricom were Premier feature sponsors. Our site featured a range of research focused on the theme: “The Business of Breeding — breeding for a better future — better pastures, better animals, better profits".

Directors, senior staff and many managers were present on our stand which covered many aspects of breeding, including examples of reproduction research, DNA traceability, cattle genetics, tender meat, the new ryegrass endophyte strain AR37, a camera providing close-ups of insects, video and power point material, a huge double helix display and other interesting research.

Fieldays at Mystery Creek are a great opportunity each year for AgResearch to meet farmers, hear what they’d like from us, and for us to let them know about some of our latest research which can help them make farming more profitable.

Our 'clover cow' was a feature of the Mystery Creek Fieldays Opening Ceremony.

Photo: AgResearch Corporate Affairs' Education Officer Charlotte Martin modelling our grass dress and holding the Jubilee Trophy in front of our award winning site.