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A fine day and a frost have dawned for the 44th New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays at Mystery Creek Hamilton.

The crowd was already filling up at 8am, with traffic, under the watchful eyes of police, backed up nearly all the way to Lemington.

The event is a four day spectacular showcasing New Zealand's primary industries and between now and Saturday thousands will flock through the gates to see the latest innovations and learn about the industries which underpin our economy.

The MetService is forecasting fine frosty weather for Fieldays 2012 and those who arrived early today were certainly dressed for the conditions with sturdy footwear, jackets and scarves.

This year, 1000 exhibitors are part of the mini city at Mystery Creek creating colour and interest along the myriad of ‘streets' that crisscross the site just North of Cambridge.

There's a non-stop programme of things to see and do from the tractor pull and fencing competitions, to vintage tractor parades, western riding, sheep dog trials and the Suzuki extreme air motorcycle jump display. There's cooking shows in the Placemakers Kiwi's best kitchen theatre, a lamb boning demonstration, fashion with a twist in the Ag Art Wear awards and clever inventions are on display in the Innovation Centre.

There's even a daily series of seminars on topics from food and the environment to the right to farm. The premiere feature this year is ‘The Changing Face of Farming', which takes a look at the shift away from traditional family ownership.

This year organisers have improved transport between car parks and installed more seating so there's plenty of opportunity to sit and rest, and no shortage of places to buy food and drink.