Returns up, risks remain: Fieldays opens to cautious confidence

Returns up, risks remain: Fieldays opens to cautious confidence
It is the 57th year of Fieldays. (Image: Fieldays)
Riley Kennedy
Foggy – and damp underfoot.It couldn’t have been a more traditional start to Fieldays this year, but a large rainfall the night before the annual event kicked off on Wednesday didn’t dampen spirits.The first day of the largest agriculture event in the Southern Hemisphere could be called the “c-suite day”, when most of the country’s most prominent chief executives and chairs leave their head offices and fly in from around the country to rub shoulders with shareholders, suppliers, media and, also, each other.Po...

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