WARM temperatures and a light breeze were not the weather forecast southern NSW farmers were hoping for.
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With drought conditions gripping the state most wanted rain.
However, the warm weather and sunny days was something Henty Machinery Field Days (HMFD) chairman Ross Edwards was happy to talk up.
He said despite the dry conditions there was plenty of good news in the rural sector.
Speaking at the field days he said the good results for livestock in recent times boded well for the industry.
He said the Trigger Vale on-property sale near Lockhart in the eastern Riverina had recently conducted a $500,000 auction.
Mr Edwards also spoke of the high prices for prime lambs in the saleyard system and at centres including Wagga.
On day one big crowds flowed through the gates of the event, and there were larger crowds early on Tuesday morning.
It was tipped that some 60,000 people would attend HMFD by the time of its conclusion on Thursday afternoon.
Exhibitor Louis Veronese of Franklin Electric made the journey from Sydney to attend the event.
He said there was plenty of interest in pumps and equipment that could help to secure on-farm water needs.
Mr Veronese said there was plenty of genuine inquiry on the first day and he tipped the event to be one of the busiest he had seen in recent times.
With the recent unveiling of the Headlie Taylor memorial sculpture in the township of Henty there was a lot of talk about the role this man played in developing the header.
Organisers said the field days stretched some 14 kilometres, if you wanted to walk the entire site, and there were big entries in the popular yard dog and three-sheep dog trials.
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Rural journalist with Fairfax media based in the Riverina.
Rural journalist with Fairfax media based in the Riverina.
