PremiumOpinionOpinion byFran O'SullivanHead of Business·NZ Herald·22 Jul, 2026 10:00 PM5 mins to readHead of Business, NZME‌Minister for Trade and Investment Todd McClay flanked by New Zealand business leaders Rachel Taulelei, Nikhil Ravishankar and Malcolm Johns at the FIT Partnership meeting. Photo / NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs & TradeThe signals from Fieldays were strong: technology is the future of farm management, writes Fran O’SullivanIf there was one clear message from this year’s Fieldays, it was that the future of farming is being built, tested and commercialised now.

For decades, Fieldays has been a barometer of where New