Power Show Ohio coming to Ohio Expo Center

by KATE LIEBERS

Civ­i­tas News Service

Agri­cul­tural sup­ply enthu­si­asts are invited to unite at the annual Power Show Ohio —the state’s largest indoor farm­ing, con­struc­tion and gar­den­ing equip­ment exhibition.

“I think (vis­i­tors) would be impressed with the mix­ture of equip­ment,” said Den­nis Alford, Power Show man­ager. “There’s a lot of spe­cialty type of equip­ment that you might not get to see just going to an equip­ment dealer.”

Spon­sored by the Ohio-Michigan Equip­ment Deal­ers Asso­ci­a­tion, the exhibit fea­tures tools, sup­plies and com­puter soft­ware from more than 600 brand name com­pa­nies. In years past, atten­dees have browsed prod­ucts such as all ter­rain vehi­cles, bal­ing equip­ment, chip­pers and shred­ders, exca­va­tors, fer­til­izer, gen­er­a­tors, hydraulic equip­ment, irri­ga­tion equip­ment, live­stock equip­ment, mow­ers, pres­sure wash­ers, rakes, seeds and seed­ers, tanks, trac­tors, tillers and more.

The prod­ucts will be dis­played through­out three build­ings in the Expo Cen­ter — a total of about 300,000 square feet — to accom­mo­date the growth the exhibit has expe­ri­enced in its 43 years.

As part of that growth, the exhibit – which orig­i­nally show­cased only agri­cul­tural equip­ment – has included more lawn and out­door equip­ment, Alford said.

He said whether atten­dees are hobby farm­ers or pro­fes­sional con­struc­tion employ­ees, the show caters to a vari­ety of audiences.

Addi­tion­ally, vis­i­tors have a chance to lis­ten to sem­i­nars and to speak with man­u­fac­ture representatives.

“You get an oppor­tu­nity to maybe learn some things about the equip­ment that you may not be able to oth­er­wise,” Alford said.

Through­out the three-day event, edu­ca­tional sem­i­nars are to cover top­ics such as farm­land preser­va­tion, crop nutri­ent man­age­ment and its effects on water, barn reha­bil­i­ta­tion, farm safety, small engine maintenance.

The Power Ohio show will take place in Colum­bus from Jan. 25–27.

Ohio­Proud is sched­uled to con­duct cook­ing demon­stra­tions and a “Now and Then” dis­play is to fea­ture antique trac­tors and their mod­ern day counterparts.

For the show’s younger audi­ence, a National Kid­die Trac­tor Pull will be held. The con­tes­tants, ages three to eight years old, com­pete by pulling a weighted sled behind a minia­ture pedal tractor.

The show is slated to take place from Jan. 25 to 27 at the Ohio Expo Cen­ter in Colum­bus. Daily show hours are between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Admis­sion and park­ing is $10 per car­load. A $2 dis­count is avail­able upon request at var­i­ous equip­ment deal­ers and County Exten­sion offices. A com­plete list of where coupons are avail­able can be accessed at www.omeda.org/powershow/old/ohio.html.

More infor­ma­tion about the show is avail­able at www.PowerShowOhio.com.

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