WITH unusually mild winter weather, Sheepvention 2024 hosted big crowds creating side streets jammed with parked cars and utes; people being attracted to the event by all manner of things agricultural, rural – and lots more.

The Hamilton Showgrounds was packed with trade exhibitors, competitions, livestock, machinery, talks, demonstrations and fun to keep visitors occupied from morning until late afternoon – with barely any wet ground to contend with and many people shedding warm coats and stuffing counterproductive beanies into their pockets.