Farm Progress America, August 21, 2024

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Farm Progress America, August 21, 2024
Mike Pearson takes a look at what will be happening at the Farm Progress Show including how the corn crop is growing at the show site.

The Farm Progress Show begins in one week. The machinery is moving in place.

It's the nation's largest outdoor farm event with something for everyone.

The 365 acre corn crop is looking great and will have the combines ready to show what they have. The combines will be giving harvest demonstrations in the fields.

Autonomous equipment will also be in full force displaying the future of agriculture. The demos will include tractors, drones and other machinery.

Women in ag-- A whole slate of speakers will be talking about empowering women in farming world.

A crop duster-- the blue and yellow airplanes or an Air tractor is flying onto the grounds and will be there to see.

Improvements to move traffic around the grounds will be visible creating less headaches for drivers.

Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Mike Pearson, farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness .

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