Bayleys Country salesperson Shay Moseby says dairy drove the lift as 50 dairy farms changed hands last year.

Biological pesticides now make up 10 to 15% of pesticides used worldwide, but NZ's regulatory system has slowed uptake here.

National says it will not arrive before the election but sits in their next-term policy plans.

The IRP close out their conference today, with a breadth of attendees well beyond only the farm consultants it began with.