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Sunbelt Ag Expo Spring Farm Update: Drought Conditions, Precision Technology & 2026 Hay Contest
As the planting season is officially in full force, the Sunbelt Ag Expo has had a busy start to spring with much more planned in the next couple of months. The Darrell Williams Research Farm is in the heart of planting season.
Feel the Value of the Past, See the Benefit of the Future: Why You Don’t Want to Miss the 2026 Sunbelt Ag Expo
Some may recognize it as a time to reconnect with familiar faces, an opportunity to see the latest and greatest advances in agriculture, or a chance to exchange ideas with industry experts. Maybe you’ve never been before, or maybe you have been attending for decades.

INNOVATION AWARD APPLICATION IS NOW OPEN

The 2026 Sunbelt Ag Expo brings back its Innovation Award for a second year, continuing to highlight new ideas and innovations in agriculture.

Discover how to participate and showcase your agricultural innovation at the 2026 Sunbelt Ag Expo.

If your new product or service is innovative, time-saving, labor-saving, or will change the agricultural world, enter it in the Sunbelt Ag Expo’s Top-10 New Products Competition.

Entries are evaluated by a panel of farmers, ranchers, agricultural business professionals, and university representatives to ensure that each product is new for 2026 and is innovative in its field.

Key Dates

  • Application Opens: May 1, 2026
  • Application Closes: July 1, 2026
  • Judged the week of: July 13, 2026
  • Winners will be contacted by August 5, 2026

Judging Criteria

  • Original
  • Innovative
  • Practical
  • Economic/Affordable
  • Overall

Additional Information

  • 10 Winners
  • Product released between October 17, 2025, and October 16, 2026
  • Must exhibit at the 2026 Sunbelt Ag Expo

If you have questions, please contact the Sunbelt Ag Expo team at 229.958.1968 or email [email protected]

The application is now open.

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