The South Dakota Ag Expo is the region’s largest indoor agribusiness trade show, bringing together more than 1,000 industry professionals. Exhibiting puts your company in front of the right audience while helping you increase visibility, strengthen relationships, and connect with new customers and key decision-makers.

The audience for this trade show consists of decision makers, managers, and employees of agribusinesses such as  cooperatives, elevators, and those businesses engaged in:

• retail sales of fertilizer, agriculture chemicals, and seed
• buying, selling, brokering, warehousing and processing grains, feeds, seeds or related products

Our exhibitors include those agribusinesses that provide services to those businesses, such as:

• producers of fertilizer, agriculture chemicals and/or seed
• suppliers, wholesalers, brokers and equipment manufacturers

As such, we do not get farmer attendees.

Assignments of the location of all exhibits will be made using the following guidelines:

• CHAMPION and PARTNER sponsors will receive first priority for booth location if the contract is returned by the deadline.  All others will be assigned based on first come, first served.  
• Locations requested by new exhibitors or those requesting additional space will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.
• SDABA reserves the right to make reasonable shifts in the location of an exhibit so that competitors are spaced apart, and for the betterment of Ag Expo.
• Exhibit space will not be assigned until payment is received.

You have the opportunity on the exhibitor contract to request booth location preferences, as well as list those companies you do not wish to be located by.  Every effort will be made to comply with the indicated preferences.  Please refer to the map to see the booth numbers and space layout.  
 
The SDABA cannot guarantee that every exhibitor will receive one of their choices; every effort will be made to comply with requests.

NO SPACE WILL BE ASSIGNED WITHOUT A CONTRACT AND WITHOUT PAYMENT.

All members receive advanced mailing of the exhibitor packet.  After that, all non-members who are on our mailing list will receive a packet.  If you are not a member and wish to receive a packet, please email us at info@sdaba.org.  If you wish to become a member, please go to our website www.sdaba.org for more information and to purchase a membership. 

• All spaces come with (1) 8' skirted table, (2) chairs & wastebasket, but do NOT come with electricity, or carpeting.
• Furniture, carpet and electricity can be ordered from the convention center, a form is provided each year in the exhibitor packet. 
• All booths are draped in black. 
• You don't have to order furniture through the convention center, you may provide your own.
• The convention center offers free internet.

You may bring your own furniture, or order furniture from the convention center by using the form that is provided in the packet each year.  This is handled directly between you and the convention center, the SDABA is not involved other than providing the form.  

All booth attendants MUST be registered.  Complimentary registrations are not offered for exhibitors.    

Booths may be shipped to the convention center addressed as follows:

Sioux Falls Convention Center
Ag Expo (your company name here)
Booth No. (your assigned booth number here)
1101 N West Avenue
Sioux Falls, SD  57104

For more information on booth shipments, call the convention center at 605/367-4167.
 

Take opportunities to inform your customers and prospects about your products and services. Take advantage of the following tools to help you drive traffic to your booth and maximize your return on investment:

• Become a Sponsor--Grab the attention of Ag Expo attendees with a sponsorship. Don't miss out on reaching your target prospects. Sponsors are listed on the program brochure, as well as the website. Platinum sponsors are displayed prominently around the Ag Expo.  Click here for the sponsor form-check back.
• Participate in the Agronomy and Applicator Challenge - The Agronomy and Applicator Challenge is held on Wednesday, the first day of Ag Expo, as well as for students attending Student Career Day on Thursday. You can participate by offering questions for teams to answer at your booth.   Find the form and information here-check back.
• Make the Most out of Beverage Tickets-The social is held Wednesday evening, and provides an excellent opportunity for exhibitors to mingle with clients in a relaxed setting. The social lasts a couple hours and includes food, beverages and entertainment. Beverage tickets are available to purchase ahead of time, and during the social, to hand out to clients. Include a beverage ticket with your business card!  

All food and beverage must be ordered through the Sioux Falls Convention Center. No food or beverage will be permitted into the Sioux Falls Convention Center by any exhibitor, show decorators or any other vendors hired by the exhibiting company without prior approval and written authorization of the food and beverage department. 

Items such as candy bars and bottled water must be purchased from the food and beverage department. A hard candy dish provided complimentary by an exhibitor at their booth may be exempt, as long as the candy is bite sized, individually wrapped in portions of one ounce or less and manufactured in a licensed commercial facility. Contact the sales office at the Convention Center at 605/367-4167.

A contract will be made available in September.  This will be emailed to members in advance, and others who have requested to be on our mailing list after that.  The contract will be made available online after all the mailings have gone out and people have received their packets.  All space must be reserved via the contract; there is no opportunity to reserve the space online.

Prior year exhibitors have first opportunity to get their same space back if they return the contract within a certain time frame.  After the time frame, space is assigned on a first come first served basis.  See the maps for an idea of the space.

We can't tell you exactly what spaces are available until after they are all assigned, after November 1st.