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    Tim, Mack and Peter Jorgensen, Murtoa, pictured at last year's Wimmera Machinery Field Days. This year's event is set to again cater for the whole family.

Relevant, vibrant plans for Wimmera Machinery Field Days

Big tractors will be a feature of this year’s Wimmera Machinery Field Days from March 4 to 6.

With Harry Young stepping up from the senior vice-president role to take on the presidency of the 35-person committee, there are five new committee members – Guillermo Sierra, Shane Colbert, Alex Cameron, Matt Waugh and Vince Carbone.

Hosted at its purpose-built site at the Wimmera Events Centre at Longerenong, the field days has grown into one of country Australia’s largest agricultural and agribusiness trade shows.

Field days manager Vanessa Lenehan said there were a lot of plans in the pipeline for this year’s event. 



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“We’ve labelled it the year of the big tractors,” she said.

“There’s some quite large and unusual tractors around the state, and around the country, and we’re getting those together and bringing them to the field days.”

Mrs Lenehan said one of the tractors, Big Bud, was a massive American tractor that was sure to impress.

She said another aspect of the event would be the local market – with the feature market day on Wednesday, March 5 – but stalls would feature at every day of the three-day event.

“It’s just about trying to keep the field days relevant and vibrant,” she said. “Yes, it is an ag-based field day, but it has a far wider reach in the community than just ag, so we’re trying to make sure that we still cater for families, education, and leisure activities.

“We realise it’s important that the whole community comes out and the ag sector.”

Paw Patrol will also provide children’s entertainment on the Wednesday.

Mrs Lenehan said other new aspects to this year’s field days was an energy hub to assist farmers and homeowners with installing solar.

“We’re doing an energy hub in the Moore Exhibition Centre and Wade’s will be helping us with that,” she said.

“It will be for all of your solar, hot water systems and things like grants that are out there, but you’re not sure whether they’re legit or not. 

“We’ll be having a big section in the Moore centre where you can go and find out a little bit more information.”

Mrs Lenehan said there would also be a farm biosecurity hub in the Alan Heard Pavilion, and an outdoor leisure area featuring caravan, camping and outdoor leisure exhibitors.

Another new feature of the field days on the cards will be an area for machinery dealers to do more demonstrations.

For more information about the field days, people can visit wimmerafielddays.com.au.