AG CONNECT Expo & Summit has been named the overall fastest growing biennial U.S. trade show for 2013, in Trade Show Executive magazine’s Fastest 50 awards. It was among only 13 shows with a “Triple Crown” win in all award growth categories: total attendance, exhibit space and number exhibitors, and ranked in the top 10 for each of the categories.

The 2013 event saw attendance nearly double from the previous years, while setting show records for exhibit space, number of exhibitors, education tickets and co-located industry events.

AG CONNECT 2013 also earned a spot on the just-announced list of 25 Fastest-Growing Expositions by net square footage compiled annually by the online Trade Show News Network (TSNN). It was also named to the TSNN Top 250 U.S. Shows list for net square footage, coming in at number 97.

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) owns and produces AG CONNECT Expo & Summit. AEM shows include the international CONEXPO-CON/AGG construction exposition, ICUEE-The Demo Expo and CONEXPO Latin America.

AEM, the National Corn Growers Association and the American Soybean Association announced that Commodity Classic and AG CONNECT Expo & Summit would join forces. The inaugural event is set for March 2016 in New Orleans.