One of the consistent features of Ag in Motion has been the livestock handling demos. Each year, livestock equipment companies set up their systems. Sheep and beef producers haul their animals to the show grounds, for use in the equipment demos (10 am and 1 pm daily).
“It’s beneficial here because we can actually set up and demo our equipment with live animals with our competitors. So the customer can do an accurate comparison of each line of equipment and compare it in a real-world situation,” says Garth Wright of Hi-Hog Farm and Ranch Equipment.
It’s a great opportunity for producers in the market for new handling systems to see what’s out there and how it might work on their operation. The question for us as farm reporters is how to cover it for our audiences, especially given the different ways people like to access such information. Do we shoot video, write a story for a digital platform, or aim for a more traditional print feature? And what’s the story angle? Is there something new, or is it more about how that equipment has evolved with changing practice over time?
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As for equipment manufacturers featuring live demonstrations, expect to see these companies at Ag in Motion this year:
- Cypress Industries Ltd. (cattle)
- Hi-Hog Farm and Ranch Equipment Ltd. (cattle)
- Tuff Livestock Equipment (cattle)
- Huber Ag Equipment (sheep)
