DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Every other year, the Farm Progress Show, the world's biggest agricultural fair, returns to Central Illinois. Now, we are less than three weeks away from the start.
Matt Jungmann, the show's National Senior Director of Events, told WAND News, "There's still innovation, there's new product innovations coming out, and there are still things that growers are going to want to come and see just to make sure they're keeping up with the pace and what's new in their business."
The excitement is building among farmers and city leaders as we inch closer to the show's opening.
"It's huge," said Decatur Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe. "It's the world's fair of agriculture, so people from all over the world come here and see a magnificent show, and they also get to see our community."
People from all over the world travel to Decatur to see the newest advances in technology.
"We have jets that fly in, we have international people that fly into Chicago and then down here," Wolfe said. "We have farmers from this area, as well as all of the surrounding states, so it's huge."
No matter what, mass crowds of people and companies showing off their latest tech will show up.
"The thing that amazes me is that whether the ag economy is strong or you're in a position we're in right now where the ag economy is tough, the innovation the exhibitors come with, regardless of any of that," Jungmann said. "The optimism and the progressive nature of the industry is impressive."
WAND News will be live from the Farm Progress Show from start to finish, kicking off with a pre-show on Monday, Aug. 25.
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