Southern Farm Show Raleigh 2017 at NC State Fairgrounds

The Southern Farm Show Raleigh 2017 takes place Feb. 3-5, 2017 at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds. This fun event is not just for farmers. It has grown into a fun event to go to for everybody. Children love all the tractors and large farm equipment at the farm show. Even the big kids love the huge tractors and farm equipment on display. There are hundreds of vendors at the farm show with all types of outdoor, hunting and farm equipment, devices, supplies, products and more.

Southern Farm Show Raleigh 2017
Southern Farm Show Raleigh 2017

At this year’s farm show you can test drive a Chevrolet on a track setup just for the test drive. A long line of people was waiting to test drive the bright blue Chevy Camaro, a Chevy Suburban and a Chevy pickup. Ford was also there with several vehicles on display with all their doors open and completely accessible to anyone who wanted a close look. You could sit in the vehicle, inspect it, walk around it, check out the motor. No salesperson around to annoy you!

There were multiple gigantic tents with all types of equipment inside. Things like dirt bikes, four-wheelers, ATVs of every size. There were displays of zero-turn lawnmowers big and large, farm planters, harvesters, tobacco equipment. grain equipment, combines big, small and ginormous! There were some of the biggest tractors you could ever imagine. As I said big kids and little kids really enjoy going to the Southern Farm Show to see all the sights.

Farm Equipment at Southern Farm Show in Raleigh
Farm Equipment at Southern Farm Show in Raleigh

The Forestry Service is at this event. Many children were at this table talking with and getting their pictures taken with a Forest Ranger. They also have a lot of information about selling timber and how to reforest your timber. There was information on proper forest management what to do and what not to manage woodland.

There is also entertainment with bands playing. And this year there was a lumberjack show which was fun to watch. Last year there was a cattle dog demonstration as the cattle dog rounded up a herd of sheep.

You can also do some shopping. Many vendors offer clothing, boots, capes and hats, gloves, coats, tee shirts, hoodies and other apparel. Carhartt was there this year with some nice coats and other apparel. John Deer was there with apparel and other items. There are license tags, keychains, caps, coffee mugs and more.

The food is also good. Several vendors are set up around the grounds offering funnel cakes, fried twinkies, fried oreo cookies, hotdogs, hamburgers, steak and cheese hoagies, blooming onions, curly fries, drinks and more. Inside the Graham building is the Murphy Barbeque House severing hot meals of BBQ, hamburger steak, hotdog, hamburgers, cake and other desserts and more.

Farm Show crowds enjoying the sites
Farm Show crowds enjoying the sites

The Southern Farm Show in Raleigh is held each year in early February. The three-day event is getting bigger and better every year. If you think you don’t need to go because you are not a farm you’re making a mistake! Take the family, take the children and go enjoy this fun farm show.

Southern Farm Show Raleigh