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GALLERY | Field days festivities

By Emily Donohoe

Oct 13, 2025

One of the universal event highlights is the food offering. Photo by JORDAN TOWNROW

Arguably the biggest event in the northern Victorian agricultural calendar, Elmore Field Days attracted crowds from near and far for its 62nd edition.

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From Tuesday, October 7, to Thursday, October 9, exhibitors from a range of industries converged at the Elmore Events Centre, delivering hundreds of displays, demonstrations and activities.

Among the offering were businesses specialising in machinery, irrigation, harvesting and silage, along with finance, planning, education and health.

Exhibitors raised the all-important topic of the weather, with Gary Gibson from Rochester’s Nelson Silos happy with this year’s sunny skies.

“Two years ago, it was 40 degrees,” he said.

“Another year it was so wet, it was just flooded, you basically had to stand on hay bales.

“This year’s probably the best weather, you can’t really complain.”

Rochester Elmore District Health Service team Indiana Modoo-Loy and Steph Pompei. Photo by JORDAN TOWNROW

While the event is useful from a business perspective, McCullochs Hydraulics Engineers director Steve McCulloch also highlighted its social value.

“It's always a great social thing,” he said.

“We’ve got customers that come and have been dealing with my grandfather and then they come and see me and say g’day.

“It’s a great social outing for the farmers, they get to see all the new technology and then they get to go and speak to their old mates.”

Lance and Jedd Sendall soaked up the sunshine. Photo by JORDAN TOWNROW

Each year, there are eight awards given to exhibitors at the field days.

The winners this year were:

Farm and Diesel Epsom, Goornong and Swan Hill won the Life Governors Award for the best overall exhibit;
AlfaGen Seeds won the best static site award;
Beautiful Blooms by Judy won the Betty Childs Memorial Award for the best display in the general interest area;
Gulf Western Oil won the best agribusiness pavilion exhibit;
Australian Timber Creations won the best display in the recreation and leisure area;
Rocks Gone Pty Ltd won Australian machine of the year;
Amnar Scales Pty Ltd won imported machine of the year; and
McCullochs Hydraulic Engineers won the award for advances in technology and Innovation

Bendigo TAFE staff Katherine Drummond and Luis De Leon. Photo by JORDAN TOWNROW

Next year, along with the annual field days event, the site will welcome V8 superboat racing in November, with a new track being developed for the occasion.