Editor’s note: The Farm Progress Show is Aug. 27-29 in Boone, Iowa. Visit FarmProgressShow.com.

The Farm Progress Show is the place to find new products and new technology. It was one of the core principles of the very first Farm Progress Show in 1953, and it is still true today. If it is new and noteworthy for agriculture, it will be at the Farm Progress Show.

An experienced team of Farm Progress editors will be on the hunt for new products each day of the show. They will visit with exhibitors and unearth products that weren’t displayed at the previous show, and learn as much as they can about each new product so they can summarize and showcase the information.

How many truly new products will be displayed at the 2024 Farm Progress Show?

SEEKING NEW PRODUCTS: Holly Spangler, Allison Lund and Jennifer Carrico scour last year’s Farm Progress Show for new products.

To be a new product, it requires more than a new coat of paint. Updated models of tractors, combines, tillage tools, planter attachments and fertilizer tools get included only if they have a new feature or important update worthy of note.

Based on past shows, the list will likely top 200 new products. Many companies time the release of new models or products in their lineup so they can be exhibited at the Farm Progress Show. Some are so new that the paint is barely dry. You may even find prototypes at the show that you can’t yet buy included among the new products.

New products team

A team of eight experienced Farm Progress editors will make up the new products team for this year’s show. These are veteran editors who interview farmers, university specialists and company representatives for their respective publications.

Team members include Andy Castillo, Farm Progress digital editor; Tom J. Bechman, Midwest crops editor; Pam Caraway, Farm Futures editor; Gil Gullickson, Wallaces Farmer editor; Jennifer Kiel, Michigan Farmer, Ohio Farmer and American Agriculturalist editor; Allison Lund, Indiana Prairie Farmer editor; Raney Rapp, writer for Farm Press; Holly Spangler, Prairie Farmer editor; and Chris Torres, editor of American Agriculturalist.

Each editor will pick out a favorite new product, and a rundown of favorite new products will appear in Farm Progress magazines and online following the show. Then, other new products will be divided into categories and included in articles online and in print in the weeks after the show.

Look for these editors wearing a Farm Progress shirt and carrying a camera. Take time to say hello. And if you have run across a favorite new product, let them know. Every good reporter loves a good tip — especially from a farmer.