Source: John Hart, SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 1/17/18

When the Southern Farm Show was first held at the N.C. State Fairgrounds in Raleigh in 1978, those who attended would never have fathomed the tremendous advancements that would come to agriculture in the next 40 years. They would have never imagined that satellites would soon guide tractors, seeds would be genetically engineered to better fight pests or smart phones would allow farmers to receive data on the go.

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