Region’s ag community looks ahead to 2020

29 Jul 2017

After this year’s Wisconsin Farm Technology Days wrapped last week, Jane Mueller can’t help but consider all the changes the industry and the event itself have seen since the last time Eau Claire County hosted the event, then called Wisconsin Farm Progress Days, 25 years ago.

Mueller, a dairy farmer based in Fall Creek, attends the event every year to learn about the latest technology and research for agricultural practices to improve her own farm. But this year she said she attended the event to prepare for 2020, when Eau Claire County will again be the site of the largest outdoor agricultural show in the state.

“This time I just went to see how they were doing it and see the changes because a lot has changed since we had it here last,” Mueller said, having been on the executive committee both times the county was selected as the site.

In April, the event’s board of directors announced the county would have another chance to be the site. Eau Claire County was the only county to go through the formal application process.

“It was really nice for the county,” UW-Extension agriculture agent Mark Hagedorn said of the selection. “It’s really good to feel like agriculture here matters.”

To John Leary, chairman of the executive committee, the show will spur economic growth in the region as well as heightened awareness of the agricultural community.

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