Fieldays® Innovation Hub
Explore new products and solutions from Fieldays Innovation Award entrants.
Location: D Street and M Road intersection
2025 Fieldays Innovation Award Winners
The 2025 Fieldays® Innovation Awards have spotlighted the agricultural industry's most groundbreaking ideas, with winners announced across multiple categories. From a pool of 63 participants, the following winners have taken away a share of the prize pool.
Fieldays Innovation Awards - Prototype Winner
Ruminant Biotech from Auckland was the winner of the Prototype Award supported by Sprout Agritech and Blender Design for its slow-release bolus, Emitless, which delivers over 75% methane reduction in cattle for 100 days from a single treatment.
Fieldays Innovation Awards - Early-Stage Winner
Oamaru’s Alps2Ocean Foods Tapui Ltd won the Early-Stage Award supported by Map of Ag with its product Mīti, which transforms surplus dairy calves into a world-first, shelf-stable, functional protein snack.
Fieldays Innovation Awards - Growth & Scale Winner
CropX, from Wellington won the Growth & Scale Award supported by NZME and KingSt from a highly competitive field of outstanding finalists. Judges noted that CropX stood out for its exceptional ambition, strategy, and execution. They were impressed by the development and introduction of the Evato1 evapotranspiration sensor, a transformative addition to the CropX platform.
Fieldays Young Innovator Award Winner
Hamilton’s St Paul's Collegiate School’s KiwiPrune team won the Fieldays Young Innovator Award for entrants 19 years old and under. KiwiPrune was designed and developed as part of coursework for the AgriBusiness in Schools program, to simplify the labour-intensive task of removing the plastic clips used to secure the Kiwi fruit vine. The device is designed to remove clips from kiwifruit vines on orchards, improving productivity, reducing strain, and enhancing sustainability.
Your place to find inspiration
The Hub showcases the latest innovators, their inventions, and industry developments from Fieldays Innovation Awards participants.
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Innovation Awards talk
Watch Emma Poole, a first time judge in the Fieldays Innovation Awards talk about the incredible entries we have received this year, and how the youth are the ones to watch!
The Fieldays Innovation Hub showcases the latest ideas from the Primary Sector
Industries represented in the Hub may include:
- dairy
- meat and wool
- forestry
- horticulture - including viticulture
- seafood - including aquaculture and fishing
- arable
- agri tech - including food tech and green tech
Fieldays Innovation Awards
Read about the winners of the 2024 Fieldays Innovation Awards
Young Innovator: St. Peter’s, Cambridge - Mark-It
Prototype: Fleecegrow Blocks
Early Stage: KiwiFibre
Growth & Scale: WoolAid
People's Choice: Iona College - Wool Be Studying
“ We expect to see development in all areas, especially agritech, autonomous systems, software, and robotics in manufacturing „
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