Heather Van Lieu, multi media representative for Farmers’ Advance and Equine Times staffs the Camden Publications booth on Tuesday at the 2018 Fort Wayne Farm Show.(Photo: Kim MacMillan, MacMillan Photography)
Jon Cavanaugh, marketing director for Central States Enterprises, Inc. (left, brown sweater), David Kohli, Ivy Tech adjunct professor (center, black shirt and suspenders) and Rob Winters, farm director, WOWO Radio (right, light blue shirt), were members of the panel presenting the “Grain Market Outlook” seminar on Tuesday morning at the 2018 Fort Wayne Farm Show.(Photo: Kim MacMillan, MacMillan Photography)
Ryan Martin, chief meteorologist for Hoosier Ag Today, gave his agriculture weather forecast for the winter and spring of 2018.(Photo: Kim MacMillan, MacMillan Photography)
A Fort Wayne Farm Show visitor takes a look at the agricultural products game at the Purdue University Extension Service booth while an Extension employee answers her questions during the first day of the 2018 Fort Wayne Farm Show.(Photo: Kim MacMillan, MacMillan Photography)
A close-up of the agricultural products game table at the Purdue University Extension Service booth at the 2018 Fort Wayne Farm Show.(Photo: Kim MacMillan, MacMillan Photography)
Purdue University Extension Service staff members manned the booth answering questions related to agriculture, the environment and home economics at the 2018 Fort Wayne Farm Show.(Photo: Kim MacMillan, MacMillan Photography)
The Allen County (Indiana) Soil and Water Conservation District teamed with the Indiana Department of Agriculture to staff an information booth at the 2018 Fort Wayne Farm Show.(Photo: Kim MacMillan, MacMillan Photography)
-Jessica Baggerman, Ph.D., assistant professor of agriculture, at Huntington University, Huntington, IN, and agribusiness student Karley Hockemeyer, represented the University’s new Haupert Institute for Agricultural Studies at the Farm Show.(Photo: Kim MacMillan, MacMillan Photography)
Fort Wayne Farm Show attendees came to see the new agricultural products available, to learn things at the educational seminars and to visit about past and upcoming farming years. A perk of the Farm Show was all of the take-home goodies such as the yellow buckets provided by NAPA Auto Parts.(Photo: Kim MacMillan, MacMillan Photography)
Two men discuss a shiny new pasture mower at the Farm Show.(Photo: Kim MacMillan, MacMillan Photography)
The Ag-Express Electronics reps showcased the newest innovations in electronic controls and monitoring equipment for use in agriculture in their booth at the Farm Show. The company, which is based in Markleville, IN, also offers electronic equipment repair services.(Photo: Kim MacMillan, MacMillan Photography)
The Best Forages Holstein cow ambassador handed out candy to Farm Show attendees and posed against the backdrop photo of beautiful Jersey cows on pasture.(Photo: Kim MacMillan, MacMillan Photography)
The Milan Feed & Grain Center, New Haven, IN, displayed not only livestock and pet feeds, but also toys, gifts and boots for sale at the Show.(Photo: Kim MacMillan, MacMillan Photography)
The Lely Astronaut robotic milking system attracted a lot of attention from dairymen and women attending the 2018 Fort Wayne Farm Show.(Photo: Kim MacMillan, MacMillan Photography)
Big farming equipment was of interest to the adults considering a purchase and also to the kids who used as them as climbing jungle gyms during the 2018 Fort Wayne Farm Show.(Photo: Kim MacMillan, MacMillan Photography)
A steady crowd of over 30,000 walked through the two huge convention center rooms at the 2018 Fort Wayne Farm Show. Around 450 vendors showcased agricultural production equipment for crops and livestock, agriculture education, estate planning services, feed and seed companies, banking and insurance agencies, tools, building products, toys and other goods and services of interest to farm families.(Photo: Kim MacMillan, MacMillan Photography)
Becks Hybrid Seeds representatives greeted Farm Show attendees and handed out complimentary shopping bags.(Photo: Kim MacMillan, MacMillan Photography)
Two Fort Wayne Farm Show visitors puzzle over the “Name that Soil” contest.(Photo: Kim MacMillan, MacMillan Photography)
Renewable Energy Systems, Avilla, IN, showcased their solar panels during the 2018 Fort Wayne Farm Show.(Photo: Kim MacMillan, MacMillan Photography)
A Renewable Energy Systems solar panel display with built-in photos showing the panels installed at several farms in the area.(Photo: Kim MacMillan, MacMillan Photography)
Big equipment for just about every farm job was displayed by vendors at the 2018 Fort Wayne Farm Show.(Photo: Kim MacMillan, MacMillan Photography)
The guys at Thorne Insurance Agency, Huntington, IN, combined their insurance business booth with their collection of antique tractor parts offered for sale at the Farm Show.(Photo: Kim MacMillan, MacMillan Photography)
The Shuter Soil Health Solutions representative explained their cover crop seeder during the Farm Show. The seeder allows a cover crop to be over seeded onto an existing corn field. After the corn is harvested the cover crop takes over to hold the soil. Shuter Soil Health Solutions is located in Frankton, IN.(Photo: Kim MacMillan, MacMillan Photography)
Kalmbach Feeds from Upper Sandusky, OH, offered organic, non-GMO livestock and poultry nutritional products in their booth at the 2018 Fort Wayne Farm Show.(Photo: Kim MacMillan, MacMillan Photography)
The AgrAbility National Project mission statement is “Cultivating Accessible Agriculture”. Their booth at the 2018 Fort Wayne Farm Show displayed handicapped-accessible farm, gardening and lawn care equipment and all-terrain wheel chairs among other things. For more information go to www.agrability.org/.(Photo: Kim MacMillan, MacMillan Photography)
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