Delegations from more than 70 countries are expected at Agribition this week.
“So far I’m so impressed with the new buildings; I’m rather jealous,” Australian businessman and first-time visitor Peter Falls said. “I don’t like your cold weather, but apart from that it’s very friendly, and we’re here to do a lot of networking.
Vyacheslav Saulko is from Ukraine and said getting around Agribition without English isn’t a problem.
“You can find a common language with farmers without any translation and people are always cheerful,” he said through a translator.
Saulko also noted he hasn’t seen a show like Agribition anywhere else in the world.
“That’s why during the last years we always come in a group of 15 or 16 farmers with Ukrainian people to see and speak to Canadian farmers and to share their passion,” he said.
Agribition is full of networking opportunities, often prompting a repeat visit, Agrigition volunteer Dana Lajoie said.
“I think all those informal discussions that you have in the barns when you’re walking up and down looking at the exhibits, when they come back year after year, they’re telling me, oh, they got these genetics, or oh they made this deal.”
“It is the world coming to Canada, coming to Saskatchewan, coming to Regina, and I think with the new facility as well, there’s a lot of energy and a lot of excitement,” she said.
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