The three-day event opened Tuesday morning at the International Agri-Center in Tulare with more than 2.6 million feet of exhibit space.
Which is needed.
This is the largest agricultural trade show of its kind, bringing in more than 1,000 exhibitors each year and 100 times that in visitors, who come in from across the globe. The expo plays out like an amusement park for the ag set, with free seminars and agriculture tours, demonstrations, special events (like a mixer for hemp farmers) and new products.
Ten will be featured as winners of the expo’s New Products Competition, including several autonomous robots, an electric refrigeration truck and an iPhone app that uses artificial intelligence to “take and track midday leaf water potential readings in grapevines.”
It’s called Tule Vision.
Farm show-goers can once again kick the tires on tractors in person at the World Ag Expo in Tulare on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. CRAIG KOHLRUSS ckohlruss@fresnobee.com
Farm show-goers watch an autonomous ag sprayer from Guss drive through a mock orchard at the World Ag Expo in Tulare on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. CRAIG KOHLRUSS ckohlruss@fresnobee.com
An apple-picking drone is displayed at the Tevel booth at the World Ag Expo in Tulare on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. CRAIG KOHLRUSS ckohlruss@fresnobee.com
Farm show-goers are once again walking down Median Street in person at the World Ag Expo in Tulare on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. CRAIG KOHLRUSS ckohlruss@fresnobee.com
A giant faux potato sits on a semi from the Idaho Potatoes’ Idaho Potato Tour at the World Ag Expo in Tulare on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. CRAIG KOHLRUSS ckohlruss@fresnobee.com
Anson Rahe, 6, of Cuyama Valley hops off a tractor while visiting the World Ag Expo in Tulare with his family on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. CRAIG KOHLRUSS ckohlruss@fresnobee.com
This story was originally published February 8, 2022 at 3:10 PM.
Joshua Tehee covers breaking news for The Fresno Bee, writing on a wide range of topics from police, politics and weather, to arts and entertainment in the Central Valley.
