Rural Lifestyle on Highway 6

Iowa Power Farming - Three Minutes

The second largest indoor farm trade-show is going on at the Iowa Events Center.  I caught up with Andy Goodman the President/CEO of the Iowa/Nebraska Equipment Dealers Association and asked him what that means and what visitors to this event can expect to see.

 

Key word was: Technology.  Farming has come so far in just the past ten years.  If you're planning a trip to the 57th Iowa Power Farming Show you'll not be disappointed...and the weather is...fantastic!

Pickups Loaded With Cash...

This week the Iowa Power Farming Show will kick off it's 57th run in the city of DesMoines.  Thousands of producers, manufacturers and 4-H kids will flock to the Capitol City to see "what's new".  What's new for the show is that it is now the second largest indoor farm trade-show in the nation.  The largest is still the National Farm Machinery Show based in Louisville, KY.

Over the years my friends at the Iowa/Nebraska Equipment Dealers Association (INEDA) have guided this show (and it's twin based in Lincoln, NE) to new heights.  And it has been deliberate.  Four years ago, as we sat in Kansas City, my friend, Andy Goodman the President/CEO of INEDA told me his goal was to build a larger, bigger show, support a new downtown hotel and help move the renovation of Vets Auditorium...two down...one to go.  But there is more:

Agriculture is riding high.  Land prices in Iowa have set records, corn and soybeans prices continue to put cash in the pockets of farmers and rural manufacturing has seen the benefit.  This week, as thousands of pickup trucks rumble into the Capitol City, they are filled with cash.  But, for the most part, urban retail centers are not noticing.  They are unaware and that's too bad.  Think of the possibilities of attracting consumers with cash to spend.  Maybe next year...

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Iowa Secretary of Agriculture - Bill Northey

Recently we did this video for Iowa's Secretary of Agriculture, Bill Northey as he invites members of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture from across the United States to the NASDA Annual Meeting to be held here in Des Moines this fall.

 

We just thought you would like to see.  For more about the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship here is that link.  For more about NASDA you can go here.

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