The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Boone (even years) / Decatur (odd years), IA / IL
- Level
- Organizer
- Issued
- 2020-07-03 July 3, 2020
- In force
- July 3, 2020 (the notice's date)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Agriculture and Food Processing SEC-20
Operative words
'While farmer and exhibitor interest remains, due to changing conditions the Farm Progress Show cancelled for 2020.' The organizer added: 'We have been working with officials in Iowa and Nebraska for our shows, and we appreciate the support they expressed for us to hold the events.'
The organizer's notice
Farm Progress Show homepage: COVID-19 Update, 'the Farm Progress Show cancelled for 2020'
Notes
2020: Cancelled; replaced by a 'Farm Progress Virtual Experience'. 2021: Held Aug. 31-Sept. 2, 2021 in Decatur, Illinois, on the first three days of Illinois' reinstated universal indoor face-covering order (EO 2021-20, effective Aug. 30, 2021). Usual dates: Tuesday-Thursday after Labor Day (Sept. 1-3, 2020, Boone, Iowa; Aug. 31-Sept. 2, 2021, Decatur, Illinois). Scale: 'The Nation's Largest Outdoor Farm Event' (organizer's homepage, Ex. SEC-20-GM-017); attendance not stated in the exhibit. Venue orders 2020: IA-021, IA-022, IA-019. Venue orders 2021: IL-042, IL-043, IL-039.