January 29, 2016
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World Ag Expo
49th annual World Ag Expo runs Feb. 9-11
1,500 exhibitors
will greet 100,000
visitors from
around the globe
TULARE, Calif. — World
Ag Expo will kick off its 49th
annual show on Tuesday,
Feb. 9, in Tulare, Calif.
Gates open at 9 a.m. on
Tuesday and the show runs
through 4 p.m. Thursday.
Billed as the largest annu-
al agricultural exposition of
its kind, World Ag Expo fea-
tures more than 1,500 exhibi-
tors who display cutting-edge
agricultural technology and
equipment on 2.6 million
square feet of exhibit space.
An estimated average of
100,000 individuals attend
the show each year to learn
about the latest advances in
agriculture. At last year’s
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The World Ag Expo offers acres of booths and exhibits demon-
strating all shapes and sizes of ag equipment. More than 100,000
people from around the world are expected to visit the three-day
show in Tulare, Calif.
Expo, 49 states and 49 coun-
tries were represented.
In addition to exhibits of
all types, 49 seminars will be
offered in dairy, irrigation,
international trade and gener-
al agriculture topics.
A new feature this year
are seminars on bees as well
as on mentors for women in
agriculture. Seminars pre-
sented by professionals in the
industry provide attendees
with valuable information to
improve their operations.
“World Ag Expo functions
as a platform — to offer up
the best to the world’s hard-
est-working group of people
so they can continue to feed
and clothe and change the
world,” Jerry Sinift, Interna-
tional Agri-Center’s chief ex-
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release. “When our exhibi-
tors succeed, our attendees
and farmers transform their
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over the world are positively
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re-evaluation of ‘what we’ve
always done.’
“Ag is evolving to feed a
growing world. And we’re
here to help facilitate that.”
Live webcams of World
Ag Expo’s show grounds can
be viewed online in February
at www.WorldAgExpo.org/
live-webcams. Ten cameras
on the grounds offer views of
activity on the grounds, in-
cluding exhibitors, attendees
and volunteers.
World Ag Expo attendees
can also get the latest news,
information and updates
about the show by down-
loading the new 2016 mobile
app.
The free app provides mo-
bile access to the schedule of
events, an exhibitor directo-
ry, map of the show grounds
and other visitor resources.
The app will be available in
February and can be down-
loaded from your app store
by searching for “World Ag
Expo 2016.”
For a full schedule of
World Ag Expo
2016 at a glance
When: Feb. 9-11
Tuesday & Wednesday,
9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Thursday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Where: International
Agri-Center
4500 S. Laspina St.
Tulare, Calif.
Cost: General Admission $15
at the gate, children 6 and
under are free
Contact info
Phone: (800) 999-9186 or
(559) 688-1030
Fax: (559) 688-5527
Email: info@farmshow.org
events,
more
informa-
tion about the show or
to purchase tickets for
World Ag Expo 2016, visit
www.WorldAgExpo.org.
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