聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 The Redvers Ag Ex Tradeshow hosted a successful bi-annual gathering on Tuesday, April 11, where 92 exhibitors and approximately 500 people attended.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The event, which began in 1975, was first held by Blain Hjertaas 鈥� current Chairperson 鈥� in which only 10 exhibitors attended. The show has since grown averaging 100 exhibitors now and has grown to a committee of eight.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Exhibitors this year included various innovative crop technologies, environmental information, farm equipment and auto dealers, insurance companies, as well as a variety of home leisure and lifestyle vendors. Added attractions included the SGI Rollover Simulator, agriculture in the classroom, a petting zoo, bouncy house, face painting, and 4H cattle display.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Speaking at the event were Geoff Brown 鈥� head of animal science and technology at Lakeland College 鈥� on Livestock Forage and Nutrition and Bruce Burnett 鈥� weather and crop specialist 鈥� on 2017 weather and markets.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淭he Alida 4H Beef and Redvers Roughriders helped set up and will help take everything down,鈥� Ann Wiszniak explained. 鈥淭he Moose Mountain Air Cadets are also helping serve lunch today; we always have great volunteers.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淚t鈥檚 been a really good day,鈥� Wiszniak added. 鈥淲e have exhibitors that attend from Regina to Brandon and everywhere in between; often they鈥檙e localized businesses, but reps from further away make the effort to come.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The event, which had been held in June, was switched back to April as a way to better cater to the agricultural community who has yet to get into the fields.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Overall the event was a great success drawing attendees from across 麻豆视频east Saskatchewan to see what鈥檚 new in the world of upcoming agricultural trends.
