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Fairfield to host Southeast Iowa Farm Show March 1
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FAIRFIELD – The Kenny Norton Southeast Iowa Farm Show will celebrate its 10th year Saturday, March 1 at the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center.
The event showcases farm implements that the public can tour outside the arts center, and inside the expo hall will be 35 organizations with booths to educate the public on their services. A press release from the arts center describes it as one of Iowa’s “best exhibitions of agriculture machinery, seed technology, grain handling and more for today’s farming operation.”
The farm show will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Jefferson County Pork Producers will serve lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Fairfield Arts & Convention Center Executive Director Lindsay Bauer said the exhibitors, who come from the world of agri-business, livestock care and outdoor recreation, are excited to share their newest products at the farm show.
New for this year’s farm show will be a guest speaker mini-series. The guest speakers and their topics are:
11:30 a.m. – “Drone Use Cases in Agriculture” by Doug Houser, ISU Digital Ag Extension Specialist, and Rebecca Vittetoe, ISU Extension Field Agronomist.
12:30 p.m. – “What Can ISU Ag Decision Maker Do For You?” by Paul Martin, ISU Extension Farm Management Specialist. Come see the world of agriculture through the eyes of the ISU Extension and Outreach Ag Decision Maker. A one-stop shop for all of your management needs for Iowa agribusiness.
These lectures will take place in the room adjacent to the expo hall.
Per FACC custom, the farm show always concludes with a great country music performance, and this year the artist is Pam Tillis. Tillis will perform in the Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m. A news release from FACC describes Tillis’s concerts as a “blend of traditional country, contemporary influences, and personal storytelling, creating a warm, intimate atmosphere that resonates with fans of all ages.”
Bauer said she’s checked the forecast for Saturday, which appears to be a “typical March day.”
“It shouldn’t be anything like the weather we saw last week,” she said. “At least it won’t be freezing.”
