Peoria Farm Show reset for March 2021 By Martha Blum
AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS
PEORIA, Ill. — The 39th annual Greater Peoria Farm Show has been rescheduled for March 9-11, 2021. “We are rescheduling the show because of the local area restrictions due to the COVID-19 vi-rus concerns,” said John Riles, president of Midwest Shows. “It doesn’t look like the restrictions are going to be lifted in time for our show in December,” Riles said. The farm show was originally scheduled for Dec. 1-3. Rescheduling is better than canceling, Riles said, about the show that will be held at the Peoria Civic Center. “Now we have an opportunity to explore a show at a different time of the year for this
area,” he said. “We do other shows in the spring that work well because we generally don’t have a problem in early spring that impacts shows.” Agricultural equipment and service companies will be exhibiting at the show. “We expect the number of exhibitors to be from the upper 200s to lower 300s for a show in Peoria,” Riles said. Educational seminars will be held during the three-day event. “This is a nice opportunity to expand the agenda of the seminars and speakers,” Riles said. “The topics might be more timely in March than late fall, and we always like to have a speakers related to the weather and the commodity markets.” Along with the agricultural community, Riles said, the
farm show is also important to the Peoria community. “We’re happy when the people in the community rally around changes like this,” Riles said. “Peoria is eager to make this show work in March.” “It could be a great time to hold a show in Peoria,” he said. “I’d love to see it work as great in March as it does in December.” The organizers for the Midwest Ag Expo are also proceeding with their plans to host a farm show on Jan. 27-28, 2021, at Gordyville USA, near Gifford in Champaign County. “We will make a definite decision whether to have a show or not by the end of November,” said Gary Manke, president and CEO of the Midwest-SouthEastern Equipment Dealers As-
sociation. “That will be about 60 days prior to the start of the show.” If the in-person show is canceled, Manke said, there will not be a virtual show. “We’ll try our best to have a show, but we’ll error on the side of caution,” he said. “We’ll have to wait and see.” Hours for the Peoria Farm Show will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday. For more information about the Greater Peoria Farm Show, go to www.greaterpeoriafarmshow.com. Martha Blum can be reached at 815-223-2558, ext. 117, or marthablum@agrinews-pubs. com. Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Blum.
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