Aug 19, 2022

Kansas Ag Expo ready to transition from Great Bend to Hutchinson

Posted Aug 19, 2022 1:10 PM

By MIKE COURSON
Great Bend Post

For more than a decade, the Great Bend Farm, Ranch & Hemp Expo called Great Bend its home. Now called the Kansas Ag Expo, one of the Midwest's premiere agricultural and ranching shows moves to the Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson for 2023.

"Everything was good at Great Bend and has been good," said Star Expos President Chance Koetter. "We were just having a discussion, and the Kansas State Fairgrounds came up in a couple of different conversations with different vendors. We went and took a look and we thought, what better venue than the Kansas State Fairgrounds to promote Kansas agriculture and also have a great venue for the opportunity for another ag show."

The Kansas Ag Expo is shaping up to be one of the largest farm shows in the United States, with exhibitors from 27 states, Canada, Australia, and England. The expo will be centered around the Prairie Pavillion on the south side of the fairgrounds.

"It's roughly 92,000 square feet, concrete floors," Koetter said. "It's going to be really fun once we get that set up all under one roof for the indoor stuff. The rest of the bigger booths, like the tractors and combines and bigger equipment, will be outside, along with some other cattle equipment and various items as well."

The 2023 expo is scheduled for Thursday, March 30 through Saturday, April 1 in Hutchinson.