The 64th Annual Mid-South Farm
& Gin Show will be held February 26 & 27 at the Cook County Convention
Center in Memphis, TN. Attendees can move through three full floors of the
latest equipment and machinery and talk one-on-one with industry and company representatives
of more than 400 exhibitors.
Additionally, State Farm Bureau
presidents and Commissioner/Secretary of Agriculture from Arkansas,
Mississippi, and Tennessee will hold “Meet and Greet” sessions providing an
opportunity for farmers and others to speak to ag officials. These sessions are
in addition to educational seminars and Ag Update meetings scheduled for both
days of the show.
Ag Update seminars will be held
at 8:30 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. On Friday, speakers will include Shane
Stephens of the National Cotton Council with a cotton issues update, Carl
Brothers of Riceland Foods with a wheat and rice market outlook, and Joe
Nicosia of Louis Dreyfus with a cotton market outlook. On Saturday, Richard
Brock of Brock & Associates will provide a grain marketing outlook.
Online registration and more
information available here.
(Image courtesy Robert Goodson, U
of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture)
