By SALINA POST
All things ag will be on display later this month as the Mid America Farm Expo comes to Salina.
The expo is scheduled for March 23-25 at Tony’s Pizza Events Center and Saline County Livestock and Expo Center and will include approximately 250 exhibits showing the latest in farm technology, machinery, equipment, and supplies.
Hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m. March 23, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. March 24, and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. March 25. There’s no charge for admission or parking, according to information from the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce, which sponsors the annual event.
Ben Brown, Sr., a research associate with University of Missouri Extension and the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI-MU), is scheduled to be the featured guest speaker for the expo. Brown is scheduled to present Ag Policies in an Uncertain World and Power of Ag Producer Wisdom - A 2022 Agricultural Outlook during his seminars on March 23.
Additionally, several industry leaders are scheduled to present during the expo ag seminars. The Kansas Soil Health Alliance will host a producers’ panel featuring soil health practitioners from across the State of Kansas, Prairieland Partners will present on Precision Ag and Ag Data, and the popular Commodity Market Outlook will be presented by Matt Hines with Loewen and Associates.
The expo is headquartered in Tony’s Pizza Events Center, with additional displays in the neighboring Agricultural Hall and Exhibition Barn at the Saline County Livestock and Expo Center, the chamber noted. A number of outside exhibits are to be located in front of Ag Hall and on the Tony’s Pizza Events Center west parking lot.
History of the Mid America Farm Expo
With approximately 250 exhibits, the expo attracts more than 5,000 attendees over the three-day event, but its beginnings were much more modest.
According to the chamber, the expo began 57 years ago as a project of the Agriculture Committee of the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce. It was named the Salina Materials Handling Show and had 44 exhibits on display on the Saline County Fairgrounds, now called the Saline County Livestock and Expo Center.
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For information regarding vendor space please contact LaCrista Brightbill by calling 785-827-9301 or by email at [email protected]. The Mid America Farm Expo is sponsored by the Agriculture Division of the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce.