Iowa Ag Expo packs in tools from titanic to cloud-based
Challenging ag markets influenced this year’s Iowa Ag Expo attendee interests and speaker sessions at the Casey’s Center Feb. 3-5. Showcased equipment covered multiple levels of the Casey’s Center, Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Hy-Vee Hall and Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center Community Convention Center and included big iron, precision ag tools, aerial imaging, livestock production equipment, inputs and data management software. The expo is the third-largest indoor ag show in the United States with nearly 700 exhibitors filling 1,950 spaces spanning 7.25 acres in three buildings. Patrick Hatting, Iowa State Extension farm management specialist based in Polk County, led a session called “Steps to Weather $4 Corn” Feb. 3. Hatting discussed efficient resource use, soil-informed fertilization, variable cost control and maximizing yield with a basic, economically sustainable program and a grain marketing plan which potentially maximizes price and meets cash flow needs. T
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Challenging ag markets influenced this year’s Iowa Ag Expo attendee interests and speaker sessions at the Casey’s Center Feb. 3-5. Showcased equipment covered multiple levels of the Casey’s Center, Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Hy-Vee Hall and Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center Community Convention Center and included big iron, precision ag tools, aerial imaging, livestock production equipment, inputs and data management software. The expo is the third-largest indoor ag show in the United States with nearly 700 exhibitors filling 1,950 spaces spanning 7.25 acres in three buildings. Patrick Hatting, Iowa State Extension farm management specialist based in Polk County, led a session called “Steps to Weather $4 Corn” Feb. 3. Hatting discussed efficient resource use, soil-informed fertilization, variable cost control and maximizing yield with a basic, economically sustainable program and a grain marketing plan which potentially maximizes price and meets cash flow needs. T
