The biggest outdoor farm show in Western Canada is getting bigger as Ag in Motion opens its eighth year will the largest number of exhibitors in its history with 572 making their way to the showcase just outside of Saskatoon.
“It is the highest amount of exhibitors we’ve ever had,” show director Rob O’Connor said as the gates opened Tuesday.
Equipment and implement demonstrations, trial plots featuring the latest crop varieties along with experts able to discuss management techniques as well as the latest on everything cattle producers need from marketing to tools of the trade are on offer during the three-day event.
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O’Connor said the event has been bouncing back since the pandemic as the demand for large in-person exhibitions comes back in fashion.
“Even with the show last year, we saw a big demand to have big events again,” he said. “What we really felt that was after last year almost getting back to the numbers we had in 2019 — within single digits — we felt very confident the show this year will be just as strong or better than the past years.”
O’Connor anticipates attendance for this year’s event will again be in the 30,000 range.
“When you consider there is 90,000 farmers in the Prairie provinces (and) we get attendance of 30,000, it feels pretty good.”
While the physical size of the exhibition grounds hasn’t changed, O’Connor said the layout has been changed to fit into all the exhibitors into the more than a half section of space.
The new layout includes Irrigation Alley, Ag Tech Alley and demonstration space for a half-dozen drone companies to highlight the latest in aerial vehicles for the agriculture industry.
— Alex McCuaig reports for the Western Producer from Medicine Hat.
