MINOT, N.D. - He isn't giving away any trade secrets, but somehow KMOT Ag Expo's general manager Gregg Schaefer was able to find another 50 exhibit spaces for this year's show, making this year's 41st annual show the largest in history.

"We will be right at 1000 booths this year," Schaefer said. "We just keep looking for new space to fit in a  few more booths."

MINOT, N.D. - Informational seminars packed with timely information have always been an important part of the KMOT Ag Expo, and the same can be said for this year's 41st annual show.

The Norsk Room in the upper level of the State Fair Center will be the site of three days of ag information.

MINOT, N.D. -  A regular feature each year at the KMOT Ag Expo is the Living Ag Classroom. This program is designed to bring fourth grade students to the Ag Expo and allow them to rotate through several hands-on activities that will teach them about the state's agricultural industry. The many booths featuring the activities are staffed by the various commodity groups and agricultural organizations within the state.

At the end of last year's Ag Expo, over 16,000 fourth graders from the northwestern region of the state had taken a trip through the Living Ag Classroom and come away with a better understanding of the state's number one industry.

At Farm Credit Services we make loans to farmers and ranchers. Our mission is simple - it is to provide products and services that exceed their expectations. We help them obtain their goals.

While operating and input costs have increased over the last few years, our interest rates have not. The main reason for these low rates is our Pat-NOW! philosophy.

For farmers and ranchers, a truck isn’t just a truck. It’s your work partner, your office, your lunch  counter, and when your work is finally done, it’s your hunting and fishing partner.

The Chevy  Silverado is the official truck of the KMOT Ag Expo because it works as hard as you do. The West Dakota Chevy dealers understand that better than anyone else. That’s why they carry  the Chevy Silverado to help you get the job done.

Two years ago Arysta LifeScience received EPA approval of EVITO® Fungicide for use on wheat. The approval provides growers a tool to help control losses associated with foliar diseases, increase plant health benefits and allow for quicker recovery.

EVITO takes the power of strobilurin chemistry to the next level for growers of wheat, corn, sweet corn, fruiting vegetables, peanuts, potatoes, and soybeans.

Advanced Ag Construction

Advanced Ag Construction, Inc., Horace, N.D., is a full-service agricultural contractor. From grain storage and drying systems to custom-designed handling systems, their in-house team will design a custom application to fit a customer’s current and expanding needs.

Rugged, waterproof, long battery life, and shock resistant, can you say that about your wireless phone?

The new Sonim Armor offered by SRT Communications is made for people whose equipment takes a beating – farmers, ranchers, oil workers, truckers, and hunters. It is dust proof, water-submersible, drop tested, and features Corning’s GorillaGlass on its two inch display. It has strong antenna performance, extra long battery life, and active noise cancellation so you don’t have to worry about where you are or how long you’ll be there. 

Soil testing is the best tool farmers have for determining and managing phosphorus (P) levels in their fields. Testing can confirm increases in soil test phosphorus (STP) resulting from application of P and also document how much crop removal has decreased STP.

Unfortunately, in the last decade or two, STP has declined in many areas of the Corn Belt. The steady decline is generally due to increasing yields, which remove greater levels of P from the soil, coupled with P application rates that often have fallen below crop nutrient removal rates (Table 1). This trend is particularly evident for rented land when the renter chooses to mine P from the soil rather than apply fertilizer or manure P at a rate sufficient to maintain STP at an optimum level.