By SALINA POST
Mark your calendars! One of the larger spring farm shows in the Midwest is coming to Salina in March.
The 58th annual Mid America Farm Expo is scheduled for March 22-24, the Salina Chamber of Commerce announced this morning. Hours will be 9 a.m.-5 p.m. March 22-23 and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. March 24.
The expo, which draws more than 5,000 attendees over three days, will be headquartered at Tony's Pizza Events Center (TPEC), 800 The Midway, with displays also across the street in the Saline County Livestock & Expo Center's Ag Hall, and outdoors in front of Ag Hall and in the TPEC west parking lot.
The latest in farm technology, equipment, and supplies will be on display in approximately 250 exhibits, including some expo exhibit favorites as well as several new exhibits, the chamber noted.
The expo also will feature a variety of seminars by agriculture leaders, including the following.
March 22
10-11:30 a.m.: Basics of Farm Transition Planning with Shannon Ferrell from Oklahoma State University
1:30-3 p.m.: Mechanics of Building a Farm Legacy: Transactional Tools for Farm Transitions with Ferrell
March 23
10-11:30 a.m.: The State of Carbon Credit Programs with Micah Cameron-Harp of Kansas State University
1:30-3 p.m.: The US Ag Economy: How are we looking? with Brian Briggeman from K-State
March 24
10-11:30 a.m.: Grain and Livestock Market Outlook with Don Close and Cody Barilla from Terrain Ag
For more information about the Mid-America Farm Expo, visit salinakansas.org/midamericafarmexpo.html.