

“Recently, we started prioritizing giving current companies the opportunity to expand their exhibits, so we are targeting 650 companies this year,” Schmitt says. A somewhat smaller group will be showcasing their newest products and services this year. In previous years, more than 850 companies took part in the World Dairy Expo trade show. TRADE SHOW: The trade show at World Dairy Exo will kick off on Oct. The Jimmys - a Midwest band that plays blues and R&B - will perform,” Schmitt says. “Thursday night we will have the Sunset Celebration starting at 7 p.m.
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Happy Hours include free drinks, light refreshments and live music. Knowledge Nook Sessions will be held up to six times a day Oct. “Along with educational favorites like Expo seminars, virtual farm tours and dairy forage seminars, World Dairy Expo is bringing back Knowledge Nook Sessions - presentations highlighting new products, research and services,” Schmitt says. Each free visual presentation, led by dairy producers, is followed by a question-and-answer session. without leaving the Alliant Energy Center. 4-7, allow attendees to explore a variety of successful dairy operations from across the U.S. 7, with the crowning of the 2022 supreme champion. 3, and the trade show will kick off on Tuesday, Oct. The dairy cattle show will start on Monday, Oct. WDE 2022: World Dairy Expo will officially begin with youth activities and contests on Sunday, Oct. 5-7.Īttendees can also view the winning entries in the World Forage Analysis Superbowl, on display adjacent to the dairy forage seminar stage. 7,” Schmitt says.įorage experts will share information at free seminars on the dairy forage seminar stage, now located in the Trade Center, Oct. “We will have one Expo seminar, one Tanbark Talk, one virtual farm tour and one Expo in Espa?ol session each day from Tuesday, Oct. The other piece that will be different are the educational seminars. “This year, we will have sales for Holsteins, Jerseys, Brown Swiss and Ayrshires.” Seminar changes “We just had the Holstein sale last year,” Schmitt says. The rest of the youth contests, including dairy cattle judging and fitting and showmanship contests, will be held Oct. The Central National FFA events will be held Oct. But it does change more than that for Guernseys, Milking Shorthorns and Ayrshires.” (See schedule below.) “For most of the breeds, the show is one day earlier than it was in previous years. “A group of Expo leaders looked at the constraints from every angle and found a solution to these chronic challenges,” Schmitt says. Add in time and space for youth contests, education and networking, and the puzzle gets complicated quickly.
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“The dairy cattle show needs five full days for competition, but for years, trade show exhibitors have been requesting a shorter show to better align with trade show industry standards of two- to three-day events,” explains Katie Schmitt, World Dairy Expo communications manager (pictured). World Dairy Expo, which features eight international breed shows, will conclude on Friday, Oct.


Instead of the traditional Tuesday through Saturday show, Expo will officially begin with youth activities and contests on Sunday, Oct.

World Dairy Expo has a few changes in store for visitors to this year’s event at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wis.įirst, the dates of the show have changed. The show switches to a Sunday-Friday event this year, set for Oct.
