Show management wasted no time hitting the field in April to plant the 274 acres of corn for field demonstrations at Husker Harvest Days. With a season of optimal growing conditions, timely rains and plenty of growing degree days — and the management of host farmer Jason Luebbe and his dad, HHD operations manager Roger Luebbe — demo fields are on track for harvest at the event to be held Sept. 13-15.

"The corn is right on schedule. We're probably looking at average yields, with moisture that is around that 20% range," Jason says. "We've been a little dry, but we can irrigate, so we can get by without as much rain."

JOIN US AT HHD: Husker Harvest Days, set for September 13-15, is the place to be to see all the latest and greatest ag equipment in action.

But Husker Harvest Days isn't just a great place to see all the latest combines, tillage, and haying and baling equipment in action. It's also an educational experience, and a great place to have all your questions answered on the latest management practices or technology. With more than 600 exhibitors, commodity groups, cattle breed organizations and government agencies all on the same 80-acre exhibitor field, this is your chance to walk away with new knowledge to take home to your farm or ranch.

Last year saw the addition of the Diversified Industries Tent East — a tent for all the latest and greatest in ag technology, from GPS systems to unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Adjacent to the new DI tent, you'll find UAS demonstrations featuring the latest in fixed-wing and quad and hexcopter unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Whatever ag technology you're interested in, there's a good chance you'll find it at the DI Tent East.

Or maybe you're interested in learning about some newer crop management practices that you can take home and put to work on your farm. In addition to several other trials at Husker Harvest Days this year, Jason Luebbe has planted 80 acres of 20-inch twin-row corn to see how it stacks up compared to singles.

Husker Harvest Days is known as the world's largest totally irrigated working farm show, and you'll find plenty on the irrigation front at the show as well. Whether you're there to check out the latest soil moisture probes or telemetry units, new sprinkler packages for your center-pivot system, different ways to reduce pivot track compaction, or maybe microirrigation hardware like subsurface drip irrigation tape, you'll find it at Husker Harvest Days.

The show site boasts 2.65 million net square feet — jam-packed with products and information to take away about row crops, cattle, irrigation, hay and precision agriculture. Last year, Husker Harvest Days, along with the Farm Progress Show, was co-ranked No. 1 on the Trade Show News Network 2015 Top 250 Trade Show List in the U.S. by square footage. With a wide range of offerings like this, it's not hard to see why.

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