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2008 AGRICULTURAL TOURS
Information & Reservations
www.worldagexpo.com/visitor/tours.html
Deadline: January 11, 2008 |
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The San Joaquin Valley is widely recognized as the richest, most diverse agricultural area in the world, with more than 250 agriculture commodities produced in the heart of California. Tulare County is the pulse of agricultural production in California and is one of the top agricultural producing counties in the United States. Approximately one-half of all agricultural production in California occurs in the southern San Joaquin Valley, within a 100-mile radius of Tulare, the home of the world’s largest agricultural exposition, World Ag Expo.
The 41st Annual World Ag Expo will offer special agricultural tours:
Tuesday, February 12, 2008; Wednesday, February 13, 2008; and Thursday, February 14, 2008.
Reservations for tours will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please register ectronically for these tours at www.worldagexpo.com. Limited spaces are available for each tour, each day. All tours leave from Heritage Complex.
Last minute reservations may be made in front of the Heritage Complex during World Ag Expo, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Space availability during World Ag Expo is not a guarantee.
NO CAMERAS OR VIDEOS ALLOWED ON ANY TOUR SITES. NO REFUNDS!
Tours will be offered each day, four hours long, at a cost of $20 per person, per tour.
The following tours are available Tuesday or Thursday:
(February 12 or 14, 2008) |
Dairy Tour Tues. #1 and Thurs. #6
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10am-2pm)
Elkhorn Dairy - Visalia, CA
-Featuring a carousel barn responsible for milking 3500 cows 3X a day.
Fletcher Dairy - Tulare, California
-Featuring management practices on feeding and nutrition
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Citrus Tour Tues. #2 and Thurs. #7
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10am-2pm)
Lindsay, California
-Tour of a packing shed operation and orange harvesting
CCPI, Inc. – Lindsay, California
-Juicing facility |
The following tours are available Wednesday:
(February 13, 2008) |
Dairy Tour #3
(10am-2pm)
Organic Pastures Dairy – Kerman, CA
-Featuring production of organic cheeses, milk and butter |
Vegetable Farm Tour #4 (10am-2pm)
Vasto Valley Farms – Huron, CA
-Tour vegetable farm which grows lettuce, broccoli, cabbage, peppers, tomatoes, and cotton
-Tour transplant operation and green houses
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Alternate Energy Tour #5 (10am-3pm)
Phoenix Bio-Industries, LLC – Goshen, CA
-Tour of an ethanol bio-fuel plant
-Paramount Farms – Lost Hills, CA
-Visit a 1.1 megawatt solar energy system, spanning 8 acres.
-One of the largest single-site, privately owned solar energy systems in the United States |
Local Helicopter Tours available before, during and after World Ag Expo!
For additional information, please call (559) 688-1751 or email lisa@farmshow.org.
International Visitors:
For additional information, please contact Jana Hopper by calling (559) 688-1030 or email jana@farmshow.org
World Ag Expo reservers the right to make substitutions and/or changes to the tour program, schedule, and booking details. Tour participants agree to hold harmless the International Agri-Center, Inc. and it's directors, volunteers, and employees from and against any and all damages, claims, lossess and/or liabilities. *Note: We reserve the right to modify tour prices if necessary.
NO CAMERAS OR VIDEOS ALLOWED ON ANY TOUR SITES. |
