There’s not a lot of major national farm shows left that I haven’t attended at least once. They’re always a learning experience too. The National Farm Machinery Show has been no different. I didn’t even know who owned and operated the show. Now I do.
I met Amanda Storment, VP of Media & Public Relations for the Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center. She says the NFMS is actually owned and operated by the Kentucky State Fair Board which owns the facility. In fact, she says the show really grew out of the state fair when the equipment displays got so big that they were running out of room for them and the other fair activities. So now we’re at the end of the 42nd year of this show.
If you’d like to learn more about the NFMS then listen to my interview with Amanda here (7 min): nfms-07-storment.mp3
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One of the biggest rigs in the John Deere booth at the National Farm Machinery Show this year is a 
I almost wish I could do an interview and post from every booth at a show like the National Farm Machinery Show. They all have a story to tell and you can find something interesting about all the products on display here. However, there’s only so much time. One interview I had set up before going was with Dwayne Leslie from Canada. We’ve communicated via email but never met. Dwayne is a farmer and an internet entrepreneur who is doing well with websites like 
I’ve got a lot more to post from the National Farm Machinery Show but it will have to wait until tomorrow. I traveled home today and just like when I left, it was snowing by the time I got back to mid Missouri.
It wouldn’t be a John Deere exhibit without tractors and here at the National Farm Machinery Show they’ve got tractors on display. To learn more about the new tractors offered by John Deere I interviewed John Panning, product specialist.
John Deere has some big machinery on display here and one of the biggest is a 
You just don’t know who you’re going to run into here at a show like the National Farm Machinery Show. This afternoon I saw my good friend, Jack Crowner, 
Let me take a time out from the National Farm Machinery Show to let you know about my next stop on the agriblogging highway. It’s going to be the 2007 National Ethanol Conference put on by the 
I was surprised to learn how many dairy farmers visit the National Farm Machinery Show. This afternoon I visited the 
Just in case I didn’t mention it, this show is big. I think one of the things that’s so unique about it is the fact that it’s all under a roof. Not only is it weather proof but you don’t have the dust or mud that comes with an outdoor show. It’s very clean. I guess the trade-off though is space since the big iron takes up a lot of room.