Chairman's report
Hello and welcome to the Agfest Field Days Webpage
Agfest Field Days is a fantastic event and has something for everyone that attends to enjoy.
It is organised and run by the Rural Youth Organisation of Tasmanian Inc, a non profit organisation, whose members are aged between 15 & 30 years of age and volunteer their time to make Agfest Field Days happen.
Commencing in 1983, Agfest has grown from 111 exhibitors and 9000 patrons to over 740 exhibitors and a record crowd of almost 80,000 patrons in 2005. It is a Tasmanian success story and boosts the Tasmanian economy by several million dollars annually. It is totally independent of any external funding apart from support from our sponsors (see sponsors list) and continues to grow each year.
The 2010 event was again a tremendous success with over 67,000 people attending over the three days, in almost perfect Tasmanian weather. The next event will be the 'After Agfest Exhibitors Meeting' on Friday 23rd July, the Annual Meeting and election of the 2011 committee, followed by the new committee's "Brainstorming" weekend to fine tune ideas for next year.
The 2011 prospectus will be available first week of November.
Kind Regards
Anthony Coad
AGFEST CHAIRMAN 2010