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Southern Farm Show
North Carolina State Fairgrounds
Raleigh, NC

Schedule of Events

2026 Tentative Schedule of Events

WEDNESDAY, February 4
Show Hours:  9 am to 4 pm

7:15 am    Kickoff Breakfast
                  James Hunt Horse Complex
9:30 am    Continuing Education
                 NCDA Pesticide
9:30 am   South Atlantic Woodsmen Association Lumberjack Show
                 Sponsored by STIHL
                 Midway
10:00 am  FSA Presentation
                 Presented by USDA
                 James Martin Building
10:45 am  Continuing Education
                 NCDA Pesticide
11:00 am  FSA Presentation
                 Presented by USDA
11am        Farm Credit Show sponsored by the Farm Credit Associations of NC
                 Featuring the Brothers N’ Bluegrass Band.  
                 Jim Graham Building
11:30 am  South Atlantic Woodsmen Association Lumberjack Show
                 Sponsored by STIHL
                 Midway
1:00 pm    FSA Presentation
                 Presented by USDA
                 James Martin Building
1:00 pm    Farm Credit Show sponsored by Farm Credit Associations of NC
                 Featuring the Brothers N’ Bluegrass Band
                 Jim Graham Building
2:30 pm    Farm Credit Show sponsored by Farm Credit Associations of NC
                 Featuring the Brothers N’ Bluegrass Band
                 Jim Graham Building
2:30 pm    South Atlantic Woodsmen Association Lumberjack Show
                 Sponsored by STIHL
                  Midway

THURSDAY, February 5
Show Hours:  9 am to 4 pm

9:30 am    South Atlantic Woodsmen Association Lumberjack Show
                 Sponsored by STIHL
                 Midway
9:30 am    Agricultural Development Forum
                 NC Department of Agriculture
10 am       FFA Truck and Tractor Driving Competition
                 James Hunt Horse Arena
11am        Farm Credit Show sponsored by Farm Credit Associations of NC
                 Featuring the Brothers N’ Bluegrass Band
                 Jim Graham Building
11:30 am   South Atlantic Woodsmen Association Lumberjack Show
                  Sponsored by STIHL
                  Midway
1:00 pm    Farm Credit Show sponsored by Farm Credit Associations of NC
                 Featuring the Brothers N’ Bluegrass Band
                 Jim Graham Building
 2:30 pm   Farm Credit Show sponsored by Farm Credit Associations of NC
                 Featuring the Brothers N’ Bluegrass Band
                 Jim Graham Building
2:30 pm    South Atlantic Woodsmen Association Lumberjack Show
                 Sponsored by STIHL
                 Midway

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6
Show Hours:  9 am to 3 pm

7:30 am    Breakfast with the Commissioner
                 To benefit the Tobacco Farm Life Museum
8:30 am    NC Crop Improvement Association Annual Meeting
                 James Martin Building
9:30 am    South Atlantic Woodsmen Association Lumberjack Show
                 Sponsored by STIHL
                 Midway
10 am       Tobacco Growers Association of North Carolina Annual Meeting
11am        Farm Credit Show sponsored by Farm Credit Associations of NC
                 Featuring the Brothers N’ Bluegrass Band
                 Jim Graham Building
11:30 am   South Atlantic Woodsmen Association Lumberjack Show
                  Sponsored by STIHL
                  Midway
1:00 pm    Farm Credit Show sponsored by Farm Credit Associations of NC
                 Featuring the Brothers N’ Bluegrass Bad
                 Jim Graham Building
2:15 pm    Farm Credit Show sponsored by Farm Credit Associations of NC
                 Featuring the Brothers N’ Bluegrass Band
                 Jim Graham Building
2:15 pm    South Atlantic Woodsmen Association Lumberjack Show
                 Sponsored by STIHL
                 Midway
3 pm        Show Closes
6 pm        Southern National Draft Horse Pull and Coon Mule Jump
                Advance tickets available in the Jim Graham Building during the Southern Farm Show
                James Hunt Horse Arena
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