Farm Progress Show Expands

Aug 19, 2014

The Farm Progress Show, dubbed “the world’s fair of agriculture,” is gearing up to open the gates for its 2014 activities in Boone, Iowa.

Due to the show’s growing popularity, organizers say that they’ve had to add more exhibitor space. New this year is the “Annex” area (additional space), which will be located in the north visitor parking lot outside Gate 1. The exhibitor space has been expanded to meet the needs for more display space.

According to Matt Jungmann - Farm Program national events manager, the demand for more space stems from companies who have not exhibited in a while and / or new companies who are registered to attend the 2014 show. "A brand new exhibitor at the Iowa show is Beck's Hybrids from Atlanta, Indiana. Until now the company did not market in Iowa or exhibit at the Iowa show," he said.

The additional Annex space brings the show site to 3.68 million square feet, or about 85 acres. Show organizers tout that since 2008, when the show found its home in Boone, the number of exhibitors has grown by more than 100 to present numbers of about 600 exhibitors. In addition to the exhibitor space, about 300 acres is allocated for field demonstrations and test drive areas, not including visitor parking which is an additional 150 acres.

The three-day event attracts thousands of people annually from the U.S. and around the world. It features field demonstrations, precision equipment, tractor and combine displays, livestock demos, antique machinery, and more. The event takes place from August 26 to 28^th. Farms.com will be at the show (location: Varied Industries Tent Booth #9405). It is open daily from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information visit farmprogressshow.com.

Video: New colours and more durability for Case IH RB6 round balers

Farmers will see a new look and more efficiency and durability from Case IH's RB6 Series variable chamber round balers for model year 2026. In this report from the Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois, Case livestock product specialist Brian Williams notes that the first thing farmers will notice is a new colour scheme. "For the tailgate, the frame, and also the pickup, we've changed to our Case IH red colour. One of the really nice things about changing that colour scheme is that you're able to see that crop flowing into the baler much better from the tractor." There's also changes to the pickup with the addition of a second roller. "On the 566 model, you can get it with the double windrower roller," says Williams. "For our customers that are baling corn stalks or large windrows, it helps to push that windrow down to let that feed into the chamber, so that they're able to bale a little bit faster, because everyone's looking for better efficiency." There are also modifications to the rollers in the bale chamber — the stripper roll and the fixed roll have been combined into a one-piece roller. "There's no welds on those rollers, so the dependability is going to be far greater than our previous model," adds Williams.