Art
New machinery, state-of-the-art technology on display at 2023 AG Expo
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LETHBRIDGE –
Whether it’s new technology or the latest in farming equipment, nearly 300 exhibits are on display at the Lethbridge and District Exhibition.
“Everything about this show is designed and developed for farmers to be more profitable,” said Dave Fiddler, show director of the 2023 AG Expo and North American Seed Fair.
Attendees have the chance to see the latest farming equipment in Machinery Row, speak with industry experts and learn about new technology and products being implementing in farming.
“This is by far the biggest and most important show of our calendar year,” said Mike Warkentin, Lethbridge and District Exhibition CEO.
“One, it’s been going on for over 70 years. Second, it is the true essence of what Lethbridge and District Exhibition is. It’s a way to connect that agriculture community, that agriculture economy and (to) showcase southern Alberta on a global stage.”
The annual show, which falls ahead of seeding season, attracts farmers and experts from across the country.
About 15 per cent of Lethbridge’s urban economy comes from agriculture, with more than $1 billion generated throughout southern Alberta.
“The show not only provides opportunities to learn and access the latest technologies, but it’s also a social gathering space,” Fiddler said.
“The other thing the show provides is an opportunity to comparison shop. Many of the products here are similar or alike in a lot of ways, and so they come, they can make a decision based on this product, but this company has this option, the other one had this option, which one best suits me? Whether that be price or some of the attributes of it that makes it a better product for individual farmers, but they get to compare and shop.”
That space is exactly what MJ Sharma, owner of Lethbridge Dairy Mart, was looking for to showcase new automatic milking equipment.
“A lot of farmers, they travel here from all over, and if we have any new technology, any new thing we’d like to share with farmers, this is a really nice platform for us to share that and for the producer as well,” Sharma said.
“They like what is new out there, how they can improve there farm.”
The machine features a 3D camera, can detect issues with cows and brings the workload down from several employees to one.
Warkentin says about 15 per cent of vendors are new to the show this year.
“We have exhibitors here from seven different provinces, we have exhibitors from all over the United States and so that innovation, that tech and what’s happening here in agriculture really is world-leading,” Warkentin said.
One of those new exhibitors is Precision Planting.
The company travelled from Illinois for the show and hopes its products will help plant seeds to grow in southern Alberta.
“This is relatively new for the area down here with some of our planter products we have, some of our seeder products and sprayer products that are coming, too,” said Dustin Weinkauf, Western Canada regional manager for Precision Planting.
“It’s exciting to share that with growers and producers about how we can make them better in the field.”
After more than 70 years, this will be the last Ag Expo in the current pavilions.
Next year’s show will be held in the new Agri-food Hub and Trade Centre and is expected to grow even bigger.
“When people walk into the new space, they’re shocked at the difference it is from the existing pavilions,” Warkentin said.
“It gives us about 20 to 27 per cent – depending on layout – more footprint for a show like this just in the trade halls alone.”
The expo wraps up on Thursday.
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The White Review, a beloved British arts magazine that regularly featured interviews with and essays about artists, will temporarily cease day-to-day operations after failing to receive government funding that it had gotten in years past.
In a newsletter, the White Review’s board said that the hiatus would last “for an indefinite period.” The magazine has not published a print magazine since June of last year.
While the White Review printed fiction, essays on literature, and poetry, it was also well-known in the art world for featuring artists and curators regularly. The June 2022 issue featured artwork by Monira Al-Qadiri and an interview with Bani Abidi by art critic Skye Arundhati Thomas, who runs the White Review with Rosanna Mclaughlin and Izabella Scott.
The decision to go on an indefinite hiatus came amid several failed attempts to gain funding from the Arts Council England, which had supported the White Review during its first decade.
“The White Review is a registered charity and relied on Arts Council England funding for a substantial portion of its annual budget between 2011-2021,” the newsletter said. “The organization has not been granted funding in three successive applications in the years since. Despite our best efforts, the associated effects of the cost of living crisis and the increase in production costs, in tandem with reduced funding, has meant that The White Review has not been able to publish a print issue since No. 33 in June 2022.”
Last year, many in the UK reacted with shock as the budget for the Arts Council England was slashed. The move resulted in many organizations losing out on sizable amounts of funding during the 2023–26 period.
Nadine Dorries, a Conservative MP who was appointed Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport by Boris Johnson in 2021, only to resign the year after once Liz Truss took the helm, said the Arts Council England’s budget was cut in an attempt to move more funding beyond London. But many artists, actors, and creatives responded that the move merely aided in propping up right-wing political agendas and hurting the arts sector. This July, the Art Newspaper reported that the budget cuts had initiated a “crisis” in England, with journalists Anny Shaw and Hanna McGivern writing, “The visual arts sector in England is struggling to survive.”
As a result of the budget cuts, museums like the Serpentine Galleries, the Institute of Contemporary Arts London, and the Camden Art Centre lost hundreds of thousands of pounds in funding.
It was not clear what would happen to the White Review after the hiatus. “The board of trustees is now embarking on a period of consultation on the magazine’s future, with a further announcement to follow,” the newsletter said.
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