The MoKan NAMA Chapter held its monthly meeting Feb. 19 at the Webster House in Kansas City. After having lunch, attendees listened to speaker Jeff Flora, of the SouthWestern Association, talk about the Western Farm Show.

Flora said the SouthWestern Association is an equipment dealer advocacy group, and their main source of revenue was the Western Farm Show, which was held, Feb.22-24, at the American Royal Complex in Kansas City, Mo.

This year was the 47th annual Western Farm Show, and it has been in the American Royal Complex since 1963. Flora said the show is still driven by agricultural equipment, but the audience is changing slightly.

“We’re still very much a farm show, but to attract more exhibitors we are looking at ways to attract people with smaller lots of land, and hobby farmers.”

Flora said there were about 500 exhibitors planned for this year’s Farm Show, and he expected it to draw about 30,000 attendees over the course of the three days.