Posted February 17, 2016

The 64th Annual Mid-South Farm & Gin Show will be held February 26 & 27 at the Cook County Convention Center in Memphis, TN. Attendees can move through three full floors of the latest equipment and machinery and talk one-on-one with industry and company representatives of more than 400 exhibitors.

Additionally, State Farm Bureau presidents and Commissioner/Secretary of Agriculture from Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee will hold “Meet and Greet” sessions providing an opportunity for farmers and others to speak to ag officials. These sessions are in addition to educational seminars and Ag Update meetings scheduled for both days of the show.

Ag Update seminars will be held at 8:30 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. On Friday, speakers will include Shane Stephens of the National Cotton Council with a cotton issues update, Carl Brothers of Riceland Foods with a wheat and rice market outlook, and Joe Nicosia of Louis Dreyfus with a cotton market outlook. On Saturday, Richard Brock of Brock & Associates will provide a grain marketing outlook.

Online registration and more information available here.

(Image courtesy Robert Goodson, U of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture)