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They have built it, this field of greens, and now, just as in
the movie Field of Dreams, they will come. Most definitely, they
will come.
From Sept. 25 to Sept. 27, more than 300,000 people are expected
to visit Prairie Farmer Magazine's Farm Progress Show. Many of those
visitors will walk through a five-acre cornfield on Jerry Smit's
farm that has been meticulously cut to resemble Purdue University's
Boilermaker Special.
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Every time the Farm Progress Show comes to Indiana, Purdue University
is among its largest exhibitors. But this year, with the show practically
in its backyard, Purdue is putting together its biggest and most
ambitious exhibit yet.
The Farm Progress Show, which features the latest in farm technology,
takes place Sept. 25-27, on a 1,500-acre site just south of Lafayette,
Ind. between Tippecanoe County roads 700 S. and 800 S., west of
U.S. 52.
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The Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service and Heidelberg
College will offer low-cost well water test kits to homeowners during
the Farm Progress Show in Tippecanoe County, Sept. 25-27.
"Many homeowners using well water are not aware of the risk factors
associated with potential contaminants," said Mark Evans, Purdue
Extension specialist. "This program will provide a means for homeowners
to evaluate their drinking water, as well as inventory the condition
of Indiana's groundwater resources."
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For additional information, call (765) 494-8396 The following
activities are open to news media:
- September 24: Purdue Agriculture Breakfast
- September 24: Bennett Round Table
- September 24 & 28: Tours Of Campus And Farm Facilities
- September 25-27: Purdue Exhibits
- September 25-27: The Boiler Mazer
- September 26: "Politics And Promise Of Agriculture In France
And In America: A Comparative Perspective"
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With an armada of 500 volunteers to back her up, and the Indiana
State Fair put to bed for another year, Dana Neary says she is finally
ready for the Farm Progress Show to begin.
Neary helps coordinate the Purdue University College of Agriculture's
role in events like Bug Bowl, the state fair, and — every three
years — the Farm Progress Show.
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A-Maze-Ing Project Underway at FPS Site
If you're driving along Tippecanoe County roads 700S or 800S just
west of US highway 52, relax. Don't panic! The farmers haven't gone
crazy, it's not a new subdivision springing up in the prairie, and
no, it's not an invasion of little green men, either.
All the activity, funny looking gadgets and spray paint and perhaps
even flags are simply tools of the trade for maze builders -- corn
maze builders, that is. Purdue University agronomists Ben Southard
and Bob Nielsen report that they began laying out the corn maze
at the 2001 Farm Progress Show site last week.
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