The committee of the Australian National Field Days (ANFD) has announced the cancellation of this year’s event scheduled for October due to COVID-19. The event, held annually in Borenore, NSW near Orange, joins a long list of field days in Australia that unfortunately could not proceed this year due to the massive challenges posed by the ongoing pandemic. ANFD chai...
Recognizing the robust agenda, and not wanting to create “conference fatigue” with a two-day program, event organizers have shifted the conference to a series of seven - 60 minute live, online sessions. Virtual AgTech NEXT conference sessions will be held from 12 – 1 PM CDT on Tuesdays, beginning September 22 with a keynote by Dr. Pat Brown, founder and CEO of Impossible...
This decision, recommended by National FFA staff and affirmed by the National FFA Board of Directors, is due to the many challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. The national convention will be hosted by the 2019-20 National FFA Officer Team. The event will allow FFA members, advisors, alumni, supporters, sponsors, and exhibitors to connect more than ever before t...
“Everybody’s having to adapt in many ways. But the kids have worked hard all year and deserve to be rewarded for their work,” says Tim Meyer, Steffes Group. For decades, the Steffes Group has conducted county livestock auctions. By using its online auction platform, the company is continuing that tradition this year, so families can get livestock sold. “In most cas...
“Within days of our commitment to hold both farm shows, more than half the United States saw a significant spike in new cases of COVID-19. We have a multigenerational audience who travels from all across the country and around the world to attend the shows and, based on that, we felt it better to reconsider the traditional show for 2020 to prioritize the safety of all. O...
The University of Minnesota Extension is hosting virtual farm tours highlighting soil health. “Fridays on the Farm” had its first broadcast July 10 via Facebook, featuring crop and livestock farmer Ben Dwire, who farms in Lincoln County and raises beef, pork and chicken on pasture using management-intensive grazing. On July 24, U-M Extension will visit Todd County ...
The next TP&EE, which is held every other year, will be held as scheduled on September 27-29, 2022. This past May, with regard to the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, the Oregon Governor announced the state’s three-phase opening plan. TP&EE falls under “Phase 3: Highest Risk Activities” which states, “Large gatherings and events are not possible until a reliable treatme...
It provides an opportunity to learn from and collaborate with our industry colleagues, hear from government leaders, spend time together and share some laughs. We are a resilient industry that has experienced many challenges over many decades and we’re confident that we will recover from the impact of the recent COVID-19 pandemic. However, in consideration of the rest...
Given the number of events that have been cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic, the announcement for the event – which is scheduled to take place in Singapore in December – is as welcome as it is surprising. “World Aquaculture 2020 is still proceeding with the new dates of December 14-18th, 2020. Singapore has begun reopening so we are optimistic that the December dates...
For the first time since World War II, the Iowa State Fair will not be held this August. The Iowa State Fair Board met this afternoon and decided that because of COVID-19 concerns, holding the fair wouldn’t be feasible. In a statement, fair officials said, “The Iowa State Fair’s top priority is protecting the health and safety of fairgoers, staff, volunteers, exhibito...
Smart Future Farming – Protecting Yield and Nature” Special Feature planned for Agritechnica 2019 – Special Feature is aligned with Agritechnica’s guiding theme, "Global Farming – Local Responsibility", pointing visitors towards a sustainable future – food production for the planet’s growing population needs to be produced while conserving natural resources Frankfurt/...
Set to be held from Monday, June 22, to Tuesday, June 30, the machines will be sold on a first-come first-served basis. As drought conditions set in for the summer, the Carlow-based firm says the sale has received “huge interest already” as farmers consider buffer feeding. Interested farmers are encouraged to request a catalogue either via the Keenan website or ove...
Since Dust Safety Week began in 2016, it has grown into a well-known event with participation from organizations and companies across Canada. Now in its fourth year, our Dust Safety Week coverage is the hub for pellet plants and sawmills across the country to learn best practices and find the latest information to keep their operations and operators safe. Mark your ca...
The Board admits this is an extremely difficult decision to make, and having already moved the dates from May to early August, it has become clear that the impact of these challenging times on mass gatherings will not have abated sufficiently to allow the Show to go ahead. We understand that this is very disappointing news for everyone involved with the Show, especial...
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THE CHALLENGE The challenge is to produce the ultimate crop of cherry tomatoes inside a greenhouse space within 6 months – and do so remotely. The goal is to explore how intelligent technology can produce greenhouse-grown vegetables more sustainably and efficiently, while maintaining high production and resource use standards. Teams are competing against each other and ...
Initially conducted as a fundraiser for Do It For Dan – an initiative to raise some €2 million for life-saving treatment in the US for Laois toddler and farmer’s son Dan Donoher – the Portlaoise-based auctioneering firm launched the raffle last Friday, April 24. However, it has since emerged that Do It For Dan has raised the required €2 million following momentous eff...
This exceptional postponement does not call into question the new long-term ambitions of the show, and more specifically its date positioning in the autumn of even number years. Therefore, in 2022, SIMA will be held as initially planned in November (from Sunday 6 to Thursday 10 November 2022). SIMA nevertheless continues to display the same ambitions. Its watchword is...
Producers may not be able to physically visit the Cereals Event this year, but they won’t miss out on any of the content as all the key features will now be delivered in a virtual sense, says event director Alli McEntyre. “These are challenging times and while we are disappointed to have had to postpone the event, we are determined to do our utmost to support the industr...
As the virus spreads, event organisers 5m Publishing and Diversified Communications have issued a joint statement saying that they have “made the very difficult decision to postpone the event, due to the magnitude of the anticipated public health and safety issues posed by the rapidly escalating COVID-19 outbreaks and contagion.” “We have spoken to many of our exhibit...
To say online machinery auctions have taken off is now, because of COVID-19, a huge understatement. “Due to COVID-19 social distancing we are seeing a massive push to online-only auctions,” observes Kyle McMahon on TractorZoom.com. “We are currently advertising 112 farm equipment auctions in just the first two weeks of April.” McMahon points out that typically thes...
In a statement this evening, Friday, March 27, the organisation announced that the much-anticipated event has had to be pushed back from its originally scheduled date of Thursday, May 14, to an as-of-yet undetermined date in the second half of August. August Event Exhibitors of the upcoming event were informed by the association earlier this evening. The FTMTA str...
The sale had been due to take place at Bord Na Móna’s site in Derrygreenagh, Co. Offaly, from 11:00am tomorrow morning, Saturday, March 14. A range of over 85 tractors was due to go under the hammer, along with other lots, including excavators, CAT bulldozers and panel vans, among other equipment. However, due to Government measures designed to limit the spread of ...
While we are sorry to have to make this announcement to cancel, it is the right decision to protect the health of the industry and indeed the wider population in these unprecedented circumstances. We will be in touch in due course to confirm future plans for the event. We thank you for your support. Grassland & Muck Organising Team
The 60th annual Wisconsin Public Service Farm Show is set for March 31 to April 2 at the Experimental Aircraft Association Grounds in Oshkosh, Wis. About 20,000 visitors attend the show, which features demonstrations of the latest farm technologies and equipment and boasts a wide range of agricultural services. More than 450 exhibitors from 23 states and three countri...
Featured keynote speakers this year include Warren Mabee, Ph.D., and Per Grankvist. Mabee is a well-known expert on global energy policy and economics in general, and renewable energy in the bioeconomy specifically. He is the associate dean and director of the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University, and he holds a Canada Research Chair in Renewable Energy D...
Wondering how you can optimize your sawmilling operations to get the most out of every piece of wood? Learn more about optimization, how to improve quality control, cloud-based data analytics, new 3D scanning technology and more at OptiSaw East 2020! Hosted by CFI magazine and Opérations Forestières, OptiSaw Mill Optimization and Automation Forum is heading to Quebec ...
Farm machinery specialist, KUHN, is set to stage its next big demonstration event in Naracoorte, South Australia on March 5 featuring some of its latest products including the KUHN SB 1290 iD large square baler. Attendees will see live demonstrations, machinery displays, product workshops and presentations on over 30 of KUHN’s products across the hay and silage, tilla...
The conference featured XAG's new product launch as well as a Smart Agriculture Report published by global strategy consultancy CLEAR. 400 global audiences, including agricultural experts, government officials, foreign diplomats and agri-business, had convened to share views on developing innovative human-centred strategy for a smart agriculture ecosystem. Vincent Mar...
The open days will take place towards the end of next week – from Thursday, January 30 until Saturday, February 1 (inclusive). On Thursday and Friday, the open days will run from 10:00am through to 9:00pm; Saturday’s event will run from 10:00am through to 4:00pm. A range of Claas products will be on show at the events, including the new-generation Lexion ‘Synflow’,...
The highly anticipated event – run by according to the Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association (FTMTA) – is set to kick off on Thursday, May 14. Preparations are well underway with exhibitor booking forms coming in “hard and fast” as the closing date (Friday, January 24) draws ever closer, a spokesperson for the FTMTA said. Continuing, he added: “With the addi...
One of the hallmarks of YAMS’ pulling power in attracting more tradestands is the number of new, first time exhibitors and the 7th annual YAMS 2020 will be no exception with the biggest number of debutants for three years. ‘We have 32 new, first timers this year,’ says organiser Richard Tasker. ‘That’s well over 10 per cent that will feature new products, services and...
Fears among some exhibitors that last year’s runaway success had been partly fuelled by the novelty factor of an all-indoor event were quickly dispelled as visitors flooded through the gates on 7 and 8 January. Overall, numbers ended slightly up on the year before, topping 40,000, drawn by more than 700 exhibitors showing the latest farming machinery, equipment and in...
The joint project between Lozova Machinery and Landquip is designed to further its Lozova’s business in the UK by setting up a dealership network throughout the UK to ensure Lozova can maximise its UK presence. At LAMMA the company is launching SANTI, an M inter-row cultivator, designed for inter-row processing of a wide range of crops, including sunflower, soybeans...
Every year, dozens of independent butchers from across the country vie for the chance to participate in the ultimate sausage sizzle, battling their way through regional and state heats to earn a spot at the finals. In February, 30 state finalists will head to the Crowne Plaza Terrigal Pacific on the NSW Central Coast, where a team of expert judges will determine the best...
Every year the irrigation industry gathers at the annual Irrigation Show, where representatives from aspects of the industry get together. From landscape-drip to center-pivot tools, irrigation professionals come together to learn about the latest tools available. As part of the event, there’s a trade show, which also recognizes many new products. The images you see in...
