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News
The Sunbelt AG Expo is coming.......October 16, 17 and 18, 2012.
If you have never attended, make plans now to enjoy a day of learning about agriculture.
Not just for the farmer anymore, this Expo has something appealing to any age group. The Famly Living Building has the latest gadgets, "doohickeies and thinggamajigs" and food in many flavors. The animal exhibits are a treat for the youngsters as they can get up close and "smell" the animals before heading off to climb on tractors and watch the Antique Tractor Parade held daily. Then for the real men you have the newest farm equipment, tractors in various sizes from lawn to plantation size and last but not least, boats and automobiles. It is almost as much fun as a county fair!!!!
The Sunbelt Ag Expo is an agricultural-based trade show held at Spence Field in Moultrie, Ga. Known as “North America’s Premier Farm Show”™ the annual event has more than 1200 exhibitors showcasing the latest in farming technology. Whether you are large acreage production farmer or a weekend lifestyle farmer the Expo is an event you don’t want to miss.
The Expo’s unique site has a 100-acre exhibit area adjoining a 600-acre working research farm. In the exhibit area, which includes both outdoor and indoor exhibits visitors will find every imaginable product or service a farm could ever need. In addition to the static exhibits visitors can attend educational, entertaining seminars and demonstrations offered in a variety of specialized areas. Visitors can ride take a tram from the exhibit area to the fields where cotton, peanuts, corn, soybeans, and hay are being harvested. These harvesting demonstrations, as well as tillage demonstrations, equipment driving ranges, irrigation technology and precision ag demonstrations all provide opportunities to see and compare a wide range of equipment in an actual working setting. Company representatives and specialists are in the fields to answer visitor questions.
Sunbelt Ag Expo link to main website
Events
Okefenokee Festival
The Okefenokee Festival is coming to town !!!!!
If you missed this fun filled event this year you should begin planning for next year. The Festival is always held on the 2nd Saturday in October (come rain, shine or HOT weather) Last year it was extremely hot!!!!!!! The date this year is set for October 13, 2012. The Festival promises to be bigger and better this year so mark you calendars to enter the events.
Okefenokee Festival-Sponsored by the Okefenokee Chamber of Commerce
- Pumpkin Decorating Contest-sponsored by the 4-H Club
- Arts and Craft Booths-912-496-2536 for info
- Festival Parade-912-496-2536 for info
"Trick or Treat" on Main Street
Sponsored by the Okefenokee Chamber of Commerce- follows closely behind the Okefenokee Festival. This is a safe alternative to door to door Trick or Treating. Date: 10-31-2012.
Junior & Senior 4-H club members painted faces and put tattoos on.
Georgia National Fair, October 4--14, 2012
401 Larry Walker Parkway
Exits 134 and 135 at I-75
Perry, Georgia 31069
1-800-987-3247
478-987-3247
