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1:16 pm
Thu August 30, 2012

Longhorns, bluegrass and corn combining at the Farm Progress Show [Slideshow]

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This 10-year-old Watusi steer named Stevie, who is owned by Garland Ranch, was on view at the Farm Progress Show. Stevie has horns that span more than five feet.
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Farmers were allowed to get up close and personal with the machinery.
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Hundreds of farmers left the show grounds to see corn combining demonstrations.
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An emcee gave visitors information about each combine that cut corn and churned up the ground at fields beside the show grounds.
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The harvesting equipment on view became part of the landscape.
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The Four Mile Creek Band was among the musical acts that performed for show visitors.
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There were tractors of all shapes and sizes at the show like this Oliver 1850.
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Wind turbines also were available for farmers to check out.
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Wind turbines also were available for farmers to check out.
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Sukup set up these massive grain bins at the show.
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Farmers braved the 97-degree heat on Wednesday to attend the show in Boone.

Thousands of farmers from the heartland braved the 97-degree heat in Boone, Iowa on Wednesday for the 2012 Farm Progress Show.

Visitors got to see combines chopping corn and churning up the ground in fields beside the show grounds, see a Watusi steer with horns spanning more than five feet and get under the hood of some of the latest farming equipment on the market. Tractors of all shapes and sizes, including a pink Oliver 1850 and vintage John Deere models, were also on view.

For anyone wanting to take a break from the farm equipment, there was kettle corn and homemade ice cream for sale and bluegrass music by the Four Mile Creek Band, among other groups.

The three-day Farm Progress Show wraps up on Thursday.

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