Southern Farm Show draws farmers to the Fairgrounds

Nearly every inch of the N.C. State Fairgrounds will be filled with farm equipment for the Southern Farm Show Wednesday, Feb. 2, to Friday, Feb. 4. As show producer David Zimmerman describes in the video below, the three-day event will feature hundreds of equipment manufacturers, commodity meetings, classes and special events for the farming community.

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Admission and parking are free for the show, but some events require pre-registration or separate admission fees. More information is available at the Southern Farm Show’s website and on it’s Facebook page. Check out the schedule of events below:

Wednesday, Feb. 2
7:30 a.m.   Wake County Agribusiness Breakfast
9:30 a.m.   Pesticide Continuing Education
9:30 a.m.   CowDog Demonstration
10 a.m.   N.C. Department of Labor 17th Annual Gold Star Grower Workshop
10:30 a.m.   Pesticide Continuing Education
11 a.m.   Organic Production and Marketing: What You Need to Know
11 a.m.   Farm Credit Show
11:30 a.m.   CowDog Demonstration
1 p.m.   Farm Credit Show
2:30 p.m.   Farm Credit Show

Thursday, Feb. 3
9 a.m.   North Carolina Pork Conference
9:30 a.m.   CowDog Demonstration
9:30 a.m.   N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Agricultural Development Forum
10 a.m.   FFA Truck and Tractor Driving Competition
11 a.m.   Farm Credit Show
11:30 a.m.   CowDog Demonstration
1 p.m.   Farm Credit Show
2:30 p.m.   CowDog Demonstration
2:30 p.m.   Farm Credit Show

Friday, Feb. 4
8 a.m.  N.C. Tobacco Farm Life Museum’s “Breakfast with the Commissioner”
9:30 a.m.   CowDog Demonstration
10 a.m.   Annual Meeting of the Tobacco Growers Association of North Carolina
10 a.m.   Soybean Producers Forum
11 a.m.   Farm Credit Show
11:30 a.m.   CowDog Demonstration
1 p.m.   Farm Credit Show
2:30 p.m.   CowDog Demonstration
2:30 p.m.   Farm Credit Show
4 p.m.   Show Closes
6 p.m.   Southern National Draft Hose Pull and Coon Mule Jump

The Southern Farm Show is one of the hundreds of events held during the year at the N.C. State Fairgrounds.  For a complete list of upcoming events, go to www.ncstatefair.org.