This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Yorke Peninsula Field Days moving to its present location.
The site consists of land granted to the Northern Yorkes Peninsula Agricultural Bureau Field Trial and Show Society – the forebear to today’s YPFD – since 1894 for trial use and two parcels of land purchased from locals Mr K Lamming and Mr L Norris.
Field trials used to be held across the district, with different farmers taking turns to offer part of their land to host the events.
At least 700 exhibitors have an allocated site at the field days.
Those field trials often involved machinery providers demonstrating their machines across paddocks.
Displays are more static in nature today.
YPFD chief executive officer Elaine Bussenschutt said today’s permanent site provided the opportunity to develop infrastructure, particularly the onsite office where everyone involved in the event worked from and was based on a regular basis.
The field days site has 12 pavilions, 20 hectares for static displays and large car park paddocks situated at the eastern and western ends of the static display area.
The maximum number of stallholders varies, but it generally has at least 700 exhibitors with an allocated site.
