Agriculture was once again front and centre at the Lloydminster Exhibition as early birds flocked to this year’s Agrivisions.
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The event, which kicked off Feb. 11, runs for two days and people were eager to get in and check out what it was all about.
“Agrivisions is one of the largest conference and trade shows in this area,” said Tammy Dyck, Lloyd Ex event manager. “It’s definitely well-attended.
“We sold quite a few conference packages, so we know we’re going to have a pretty good turnout this year.”
She says on top of the trade show, the speakers are quite the draw.
“Then the speakers, of course, bring in quite their own (crowd),” she said, noting they’ve sold out the event to vendors over the last several years.
“We have over 90 (vendors),” she said, adding there’s quite a few new vendors this year. “We’ve already got some vendors that are signing up for next year.”
People heading into the trade show will see plenty of big pieces of equipment and some familiar local Ag dealers.
“We have the big Ag places around Lloydminster, like Prairie Ag, Horizon Ag and Turf, Redhead (equipment),” said Dyck.
The Ex is also putting on a raffle during Agrivisions.
“We have a raffle (and) there was only 100 tickets printed,” she said. “You have the choice between one of six prizes, all of them (worth) over $5,000-plus.”
The first day of the event hosts an evening banquet at the WLS Convention Centre with keynote speaker Quick Dick McDick.
“I’ve been trying to get him for the last couple of years and it just happened this year that he was available,” she explained. “He’s always well-attended, no matter what.
“We’re over 500 for ticket sales, we’re almost sold out,”
Admission at the door is $10 to get into the venue with ticket packages available at Lloydex.com/Agrivisions.
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