Cancelled Farm Shows and Events for March 2020

Mar 16, 2020

Farm Shows and Agriculture Events Cancelled or Postponed Due to COVID-19

By Farms.com In the wake of COVID-19 virus, many farm shows and agricultural events have been cancelled until further notice. The following farm shows and agricultural events in the U.S.A. and Canada have been cancelled:

U.S.A. Farm Shows and Agricultural Event Cancelations

Midwest Poultry Federation Convention – Minneapolis, MN – Cancelled. (March 17, 18, 19, 2020)
2020 North American Farm and Power Show – Cancelled (March 19, 20, 20, 2020)
Chicken Farmers of Ontario (CFO) Annual General Meeting - Cancelled (March 26, 2020)
Wisconsin Public Service Farm Show – Oshkosh, WI – cancelled. (March 31, April 1, 2, 2020)
International Association of Operative Millers (IAOM) Annual Conference – Cancelled. (April 6-10, 2020)
All events at the PA. Farm Show Complex and Expo Center are cancelled until further notice.
Great Bend Farm & Ranch Show -- Great Bend, KS; Virtual show hours are 9:00 am to 5:00 pm April 8, 9:00 am to 7:00 pm April 9, and 9:00 am to 4:00 pm April 10.
World Pork Expo -- Des Moines, IA -- Cancelled (June 3 to 5, 2020)
Oklahoma City Farm Show -- Oklahoma City, OK (Postponed to June 18 to 20, 2020)

Canadian Farm Shows and Agricultural Event Cancellations

Ottawa Valley Farm Show – Ottawa, ON – Cancelled. (March 17, 18, 19, 2020)
Ontario Soil & Crop Improvements Assocation (OSCIA) Workshop (Environmental Farm Plan, Growing your Profits, & Biosecurity) Cancellations -- Across Ontario -- Cancelled (March 17 to May 1, 2020)
Grain Farmers of Ontario March Classic -- London, ON –Cancelled (March 24, 2020).
Ontario Pork AGM -- Guelph, ON, Postponed (March 24 & 25, 2020, in Guelph, ON.
Jersey Canada 2020 AGM - Cancelled (March 28, 2020)
Canadian Dairy XPO (CDX) - Stratford, ON – Postponed. (April 1, 2, 2020). New date to be determined.
Maple Weekend 2020 -- Cancelled (April 4 & 5, 2020)

We will actively update this article with the status of other farm shows and agriculture events as information becomes available. If you would like to advise Farms.com of an event cancellation, please email Denise Faguy.

Last updated: March 31, 2020; 11:35 am

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