About Us
Henty Machinery Field Days is an agricultural institution with a proud history spanning six decades. Over the years the not-for-profit co-operative has garnered a reputation for kick starting the last quarter of the agricultural calendar in southern NSW and northern Victoria.
Located midway between Wagga Wagga and Albury-Wodonga, Henty sits in mixed farming heartland.
The co-operative’s board, drawn from local farmers, has never lost sight of the primary reason for its creation – to serve the agricultural industry.
Mainstream machinery field days like Henty provide direct access to the hearts, minds and wallets of the market place.
Now regarded as southern Australia’s single biggest agricultural event, the not-for-profit event showcases the latest in machinery and farm equipment, outdoors and camping products, farm produce, agronomy, country lifestyle, government and health services, agribusiness and finance services.
Run by a board of seven co-operative members, all from southern NSW and involved with agriculture, and supported by 90-plus members of the field days co-operative. Henty Machinery Field Days celebrated 60 years in 2023 after being founded as a one-day header school at the Henty showground in 1963.
A birds eye view of the field days in 1977 shortly after the event moved to the permanent site on Cookardinia Road.
Pictured in 2013, those farmers attending the 1961 one day header field day - left to right, Laurie Sone, (dec), Barry Scholz, Neville Male (dec), Col Wood (dec), Milton Taylor (dec), Kerry Pietsch, Len Schilg and Bob Kendall.
Meet Our Team
Our Board - HMFD is run by a board of seven co-operative members, all from southern NSW with backgrounds in agriculture.
HMFD Staff - Our Board are supported by a team of staff all with agriculture backgrounds.
Bec Clancy
Site liaison manager
Kim Woods
Media manager
Felicity Klemke
Administration
Tania Knobel
Administration
Janice Driscoll
Administration
Heather Barrett
Administration
Mal Pumpa
Site maintenance
Chris Harnetty
Site maintenance
Donna Taylor
Site maintenance
Terry Carter
Site maintenance