Ag Days holding out for March dates
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This article was published 18/01/2022 (1523 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Manitoba Ag Days organizers are counting on public health orders to change in their favour on Feb. 1, allowing its annual trade show to move ahead in March.
“That will all depend on Manitoba public health recommendations. Obviously, we are still very hopeful that the province will see the importance and the economic benefit of Manitoba Ag Days,” said Kristen Phillips, the general manager of Manitoba Ag Days.
The event, which was scheduled to run from Jan. 18-20, has not officially been cancelled, but is still looming in the balance. After the event was completely cancelled last year, Phillips said Manitoba exhibitors at the event have found a way to network despite fewer things taking place in person.
“I think the agriculture industry is a unique industry in that so much of it is done face-to-face and through a handshake,” Phillips said.
“We’ve only missed 2021 and 2022. But the industry still has its way of working with our network of people, whether that’s connecting online or in the summer when things opened up [and] a lot of reps were still able to go out and visit farms.”
The traditional ways of doing business are still important even in a pandemic, Phillips said.
“What we’ve seen and heard, because we’ve done a ton of surveying over the last two years, is that farmers don’t want virtual. They want in person. That is why Manitoba Ag Days will not go virtual, we will be an in-person show and be there for the ag industry.”
Across the province, other events have passed on this year, such as CropConnect, which was supposed to take place Feb. 16-17 in Winnipeg. The two-day premier crop production event, which features a plethora of speakers at the conference, announced its cancellation earlier this week.
For Ag Days, Phillips and her staff are continuing to work with Manitoba public health officials to advocate on behalf of the event and industry.
“We have a $345-million economic impact. It would be a huge loss not only to all of Westman, but to our exhibitors, patrons and the agricultural community, and we are advocating for that.”
Phillips said the event is still holding a 50/50 draw, which is set to take place Thursday at 4:30 p.m. Tickets are still available at agdays.com/5050 or can be purchased by calling 204-866-4400. Half of the prize money this year is going to Agriculture in the Classroom-Manitoba to create a virtual Ag Days learning experience for grades 7 and 8 students.
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