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Farm Progress Show field demonstrations mulled
The field harvest demonstrations at the Farm Progress Show have been called off because of slow maturity the result of the cool summer and by rain that soaked the fields in the past few days. Matt Jungman, the events manager for Farm Progress Companies, told Brownfield Ag News on Wednesday that despite planting some very short season corn, it was a tough call whether fields would be ready to combine during the show.
“Of the 300 acres, we have 60 acres of 79-day corn that we think will be ready to go for show time,” said Jungman, during a media preview on Wednesday at the Farm Progress Show site, “but the 82-day corn, it wasn’t warm enough to bring it along and get it ready, and so I don’t think we’re going to be able to do anything on that.”
A day later, Farm Progress Show personnel made the decision to not conduct the demonstrations.
“There was rain on Wednesday and part of Thursday morning that caused us to decide to not do the demos,” Dena Jensen, part of the Farm Progress Show staff, told Brownfield Ag News on Friday.
Jensen added, however, that the ride and drive areas will be open so that they can go ahead as planned.
Cancellation of the harvest demonstrations also resulted in the cancellation of the tillage demonstrations. There is still plenty going on, according to Jungman, the show involves “ride and drive activities and cattle handling demonstrations and a really interactive event for the visitors.”
The Farm Progress Show is between Boone and Ames, Iowa, on highway 30, Tuesday through Thursday, Aug. 26-28.
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