Other winners in the Fieldays Innovation Awards were:• Vodafone Innovation and Technology - Agricultural Software Limited, FarmWalker Pasture Meter• Locus Research Innovation Award - Kevin Bain, Pest Trap Reset Mechanism• Origin Innovation IP Award - Progressive Equipment Limited, Pipe Grabber• Crowe Horwath Agri Innovation Award - Styx Solutions, Styx Batten and Outrigger System• Tompkins Wake IP and Commercialisation Award - Antahi Innovations Limited, TrutiTuber and FlexiTuber• Tru-Test Prototype Grassroots Award - Kevin Bain, Pest Trap Reset Mechanism• Tru-Test Prototype Established Award - Styx Solutions, Styx Batten and Outrigger System• Fieldays Launch NZ Award - The Wrangler Limited, Pollen Smart- NZ Herald They might only be teenagers but four high school students have already come up with their first invention - and it has won an award at the Fieldays Innovation Awards. The invention won the Fieldays Young Innovator of the Year award at an innovation awards breakfast at the national agricultural expo today. In total 70 entries were made to the Fieldays Innovations Awards with the trend toward mobile apps and data collection software as the industry keeps up with technological advancements. The teens will present the crankholder to fencers at Fieldays competing in the Golden Pliers competition tomorrow for further feedback.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 16, 2016 05:15 UTC