Agricultural fairs are popular not just in America but in other parts of the world as well. Some of the most popular agricultural fairs outside America include the Paris International Agricultural Show, Agroexpo, International Green Week in Berlin and Agrishow in Latin America.

The Paris International Agricultural Show is undoubtedly Europe’s largest indoor farming fair. The event attracts over half a million people annually consisting of both professionals and consumers. The event features 1000 exhibitors showcasing their passion and products to the attendees. The Paris event is divided into four categories: the agricultural services and professions, the livestock production and it’s categories, the plant and crop category, and the category that focuses on products from France and across the globe. The Paris International Agricultural show also features the famous General Competition for Animals, practical workshop, as well as high-end conferences.

Turkey’s Agroexpo is one of the largest agricultural fairs in the world. The event features approximately 1000 exhibitors and attracts over 300,000 fairgoers. The Agroexpo offers an excellent opportunity for companies to do business since it is the ideal place to showcase innovations and products to qualified buyers from all around the world. The event also features an international forum with strategists, corporate, decision-makers and politicians, and also hosts various business conferences.

The International Green Week in Berlin is another famous international exhibition. The exhibition focuses on agriculture, gardening and food industries. It is the second-largest agricultural fair in Germany and attracts close to half a million attendees annually. It attracts both professionals and consumers with over 300 conferences. At the heart of the gathering are topics such as the future of rural development, gardening, organic agriculture and renewable resources. The event also features a political aspect, by hosting the GFFA (Global Forum for Food and Agriculture), which is a forum of more than 80 global ministries and food producers.

Brazil’s Agrishow is one of the largest agricultural fairs in Latin America and the world. The annual event brings together farming innovation from various regions across Brazil. It attracts more than 150,000 qualified buyers from more than 70 countries annually. The agricultural presentations are quite exciting and feature major launches of services and products. Attendees get access to significant trends and Innovations in the industry, thanks to the high-end educational content and 800 exhibitors (all sponsored by Credit Union Report).

For decades to come, Agricultural fairs will continue to play a crucial role in the advancement of agriculture by providing educational opportunities through conferences and entertainment, and allowing exhibitors to showcase their innovations and products that can make agricultural processes more efficient.…

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In addition to educating attendees, New York state fair was characterized by products and samples for both homes and farms, again combining trade and agricultural education that has come to characterize agricultural fairs as we know them today. The New York State Fair was a tremendous success and drew between 10,000 to 15,000 people from New York and across America. Presently, the New York state fair is one of the most attended agricultural fairs in America and across the globe. It takes place for about two weeks and ends on Labour Day.

As Agricultural fairs became popular, technology also became an essential aspect of the fairs since the event was large enough to showcase novel technologies such as aeroplanes and electricity. For many fairgoers, the event was a highly-anticipated activity, and people would make arrangements months in advance so that they could have time off to attend the event. For families that resided away from the city, the annual agricultural event was an opportunity to gain knowledge of the most recent scientific developments, since this was the first time that science and technology had been made accessible to them.

Entertainment was also an essential aspect of agricultural fairs, and they usually featured music performances on stage. Accompanying the music acts were general amusements, carnival rides and vaudeville entertainers. Consequently, agricultural fairs evolved to become not only a place for various competitions and educating people about agriculture, but also for farmers to educate themselves about the proliferating American culture as well as technology.

Since the early 1800s, when Elkanah Watson organized the first county fair agricultural fairs have followed an upward trajectory. Presently, there are about 2000 State and County Fairs in America. Some of these agricultural fairs like New York’s Erie County Fair and the Texas State Fair continually attract more than a million fairgoers annually, making them some of America’s most largely attendant events.

Although the major attraction of the majority of modern agriculture affairs is the excellent live performances and midways, a significant amount of agricultural fairs continue to feature an educational aspect. Associations like The American farmers and 4-H continue to inspire young people to get involved in agriculture and provide both competitions and educational presentations at a selection of annual events across the United States.

In addition to the tremendous variety of expos and entertainment, many agricultural events also feature new technologies. One of the agricultural events that feature new technologies is the County Fair of Los Angeles, where the Science of Rock Candy and eSports are 2 modern exhibits. Other agricultural fairs focus on showcasing lesser-known goods at their annual events, where people can get exposed to various novelty items.

Since the advent of agricultural fairs, the event has grown significantly to accommodate many purposes. State and County fair focus on education, engaging entertainment, and fun, and to many, they are an exciting way to pass the summer.…

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Although many people associate August and September with going back to school, it is also the time of the year when people across many states in America attend County and State Fairs. An Agricultural fair is an educational event where exhibitors showcase some of the latest agricultural innovations. Initially held at the beginning of the 19th century, agricultural fairs have evolved from the exposition of technology and agriculture, into a 21st-century hobby. Since the establishment of agricultural fairs in the 18th century, they have become some of the most popular annual events in the Western world, attracting huge crowds every year. Agricultural fairs are exciting and essential planned events. The rising popularity of agricultural fairs, and their significance to the comprehension of agriculture, as well as urbanity and rurality, have perhaps never been better elaborated than by The American Agricultural Fair by Fred Kniffen. Fred Kniffen’s over half a century descriptions of agricultural fairs in America maintains great merit when explaining or exploring the meaning of agricultural fairs across the globe today.

Just like many English words, the word “fair” traces its roots back to Latin. The word fair is most likely to have been derived from the Latin word feria, which refers to a holy day. Holy days were the earliest example of fairs and featured days of religious and leisure celebrations. Holy days are thought to have started during the Roman Empire where the feriae were religious days financed and acknowledged by the government. The feriae events usually consisted of competition, games, as well as other celebrations.

The Roman feriae evolved in the middle ages to become an event where international traders could come together to sell, buy and trade their products with members of various communities. These fairs joined temporary markets with historical celebrations, and were usually linked with Christian religious days like Saint’s feast day, and took place at local parishes. The joining of celebrations, trade and religion developed to be the focal point of Medieval fairs and remained popular for hundreds of years. Agricultural fairs’ historic development include various narrations about agricultural evolution, traditionalism, inclusion and concern over the rising non-farming pass-time activities that fundamentally cater to an ever-rising urban non-farming population. The hybrid or multifaceted aspect of both modern and former agricultural fairs is explored and presented by Kokko in her 2011 agricultural fairs meta-review of USA and Canada. In her meta-review, Kokko found that the objective of agricultural affairs, and some of the activities may have evolved over time from the initial form almost two centuries ago. But its cultural and social significance, particularly for the agricultural communities remains the same.

As time elapsed, fairs evolved from their original religious association and started focusing on agriculture, education and competition. In America, agricultural fairs didn’t quite start to become popular until the beginning of the 19th century. The first agricultural fair in America was held in 1807 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. It was organized by Elkanah Watson and only featured sheep shearing. Following the event’s success, Elkanah Watson inspired other farmers to start showcasing their livestock at public events where they could then be judged and receive prizes based on the quality of their livestock. Watson continued cultivating this idea until it spread across counties. People across America started hosting county fairs featuring various activities for children, women and men and offering traders an opportunity to sell their products at the gatherings. Watson’s vision rapidly spread, and people across various small rural areas started to host their accounts of agricultural fairs throughout the Midwestern and Northeastern States. Soon after, the gathering gained enough momentum, and in 1841, the New York state held America’s first State Fair. The two-day fair focused on teaching agriculture to people who attended and also included various speeches and animal exhibits.…

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