Farm World is an agricultural expo at Lardner Park in Gippsland.
I often go to expos for things which I don't have a lot of day-to-day engagement with, but am sort of peripherally aware of.
I know a little bit about a lot of random subjects, so attending things to have a look around about is kinda interesting, even if the only farming-related things I do is growing fruit trees and watching Landline.
One of the main display areas & throughfares.
The car park.
Arriving there were obviously a lot of people already there, and the car park quite full, I didn't think I've arrived that late – just past 11:30. Parking a short walk from one of the entrance gates. The guys who directed where to park said there was a bus, it was a mini-bus, which I utilised, but many others walked, when I returned to my ute I walked, it wasn't too much of a walk, just past the lake.
I was aware of the importance of genetics in cattle production, and it's interesting to see it sort of there in reality, with just a cow (or a bull I suppose), an example in a pen sitting there of good genetics, or maybe good genetic stock? I don't know, I didn't go and ask questions, I feel I'm a bit of an interloper at these sorts of things, just having a browse, trying not to get in the way.
There were various livestock containment systems, portable fences and the like.
There's a display of concrete products, troughs and even a cattle grid and ramp, made out of cast concrete.
Hay cartage services with several "no smoking" signs around them. Not that there were many people smoking (or vaping), although the number wasn't zero, there were still a few people out smoking as they browsed.
There's all sorts of small, medium, large and huge, and very big farm equipment. Plenty of it I recognise in a sort of 'I vaguely know what those do' but could never really name specifically what they do.
My farming knowledge comes from watching Landline, YouTube channels like Tara Farms, and stuff like Clarkson's Farm. I also follow some farmers on social media, and I think some farming-related feeds are in my RSS reader.
Greenworks had an interesting range of electric gardening vehicles, ride on lawn mowers and also little buggies and even an electric bike.
Ford had the well known farming vehicle the Mustang on display, probably to pad out their other vehicles on offer; the F150 (which I kinda wanted to ask if they've worked out all the manufacturing faults) and the Ranger.
Gippsland BMW was also at Farm World, presumedly for all the well off farmers.
There are a lot of different options to eat, fried food, seafood, vegan options, and it's spread out so if you're in amongst the tele-handlers and and cherry pickers there's a coffee van. Find yourself up near the Toyota stand, German sausage, overlooking the camel rides, more food.
Farm World is on from Friday 22nd March through to Sunday 24th March 2024 at Lardner Park, 155 Burnt Store Road, Lardner 8:30 am-4:00 pm.
