National Farm Machinery Show Explained

The National Farm Machinery Show is an agricultural machinery exposition held annually in February indoors at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky, United States.^{[1] [2]} Attendance exceeds 300,000 people, with 800 exhibitors in display space of 1200000square feet.^{[3] [4]}

The show started as an electricity demonstration and exhibit in 1963, and adopted the name National Farm Machinery Show in 1966.^[5]

The National Farm Machinery Show includes the Championship Tractor Pull, an annual event since 1969.

See also

• List of attractions and events in the Louisville metropolitan area

External links

• • Championship Tractor Pull Official Website

Notes and References

1. News: Farm-machinery Show Opens Tomorrow . Associated Press. February 12, 1985. Daily News. Middlesboro, Kentucky. December 31, 2011.
2. News: National Farm Machinery Show visitors, exhibitors 'cautiously optimistic'. Crowell. Susan. February 17, 2009. Farm and Dairy. December 31, 2011.
3. Web site: NFMS Fact Sheet . 2008-02-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080215152238/http://www.farmmachineryshow.org/nfms/the_show/forty_facts.htm . 2008-02-15 . dead .
4. News: Farm show opens. February 14, 1985. The Daily Record. December 31, 2011. Ellensburg, Washington.
5. News: Electricity show sparks indoor farm spectacular. Crowell. Susan. February 20, 2003. Farm and Dairy. December 31, 2011.