FEMA Marketing & Distribution Convention Registration Now Open

Oct 03, 2024

With a focus on connecting manufacturers with distributors or manufacturers representatives, the Marketing & Distribution is a unique industry event. The Farm Equipment Manufacturers Assn. meets concurrently with the Equipment Marketing & Distribution Assn. creating an opportunity for our members to meet with marketing partners from different areas of the country over a few short days. This year's event is Oct. 22-24 in Addison, Texas. Registration is now open.

During the Convention, Farm Equipment will recognize the inductees into the 2nd Annual Shortline Legends Hall of Fame, including Howard Martin, Richard Unverferth, Al Myers, Cyril & Louis Keller and Wilf Degelman.

Timely speakers provide sales training, workforce development education, industry forecasting, and more. Product councils discuss equipment standards. Members connect during planned networking events or during more casual hallway conversations.

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Video: How American Farmers Harvest 1.15 Billion Pounds of Sunflowers

Across the open plains of North Dakota and South Dakota, sunflower fields turn the American landscape into a sea of gold. In this farming documentary, we go inside modern sunflower farming to see how farmers plant, grow, harvest, clean, dry, process, and transform sunflower seeds into valuable products used every day.

In 2024, American farmers harvested about 1.15 billion pounds of sunflowers. This video follows the full journey from warm spring planting to combine harvesting, seed cleaning, storage, oil extraction, refining, roasting, packaging, and animal feed production.

You will see how sunflower seeds are processed into cooking oil, roasted snacks, bakery ingredients, birdseed, livestock feed, and useful byproducts. From golden fields to modern processing plants, this is the story of how a beautiful flower becomes one of America’s important oilseed crops.

Watch until the end to discover how sunflower farming connects farmers, machines, factories, food production, and sustainable agriculture.