Livestock & dairy trade shows 2027: dairy, beef, pork, poultry, aquaculture & veterinaryKnow the herd. Then meet its keepers.

World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin is the largest by published attendance, with an estimated 50,138 attendees and 468 trade show companies in 2026. IPPE in Atlanta follows with about 33,000 registered attendees in 2026, then World Pork Expo (more than 10,000 each year, per NPPC) and CattleCon (more than 9,400 in 2026, per NCBA).

World Dairy Expo 2027 runs September 28 to October 1, 2027 at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin. Exhibit space sits in the Exhibition Hall, the Trade Center, the New Holland Pavilions and the Outdoor Trade Mall; in 2026 the hall was $22.50 per sq ft and the outdoor mall $2.50 per sq ft. 2027 rates are not confirmed yet.

IPPE 2027 space costs $30 per sq ft for contracts from October 1, 2026, plus $250 per open corner and a $500 non-refundable application fee, per the IPPE rate sheet. Tenure and member discounts take $4 and $2 off per sq ft. The show runs January 26–28, 2027 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.

World Pork Expo 2027 is June 9–10, 2027 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines. In 2026 nearly 400 companies filled nearly 700 booths, with 50+ hospitality tents, per the National Pork Producers Council. Biosecurity rules apply on the grounds.

CattleCon 2027 is February 2–4, 2027 at Music City Center in Nashville, with NCBA business meetings from February 1. The 2026 edition, also in Nashville, drew more than 9,400 cattle producers and industry stakeholders, a record, per NCBA. Future dates: New Orleans, February 1–3, 2028 and Houston, January 30–February 1, 2029.

IPPE (January 26–28, 2027, Atlanta) and PEAK (April 20–22, 2027, Minneapolis). IPPE covers poultry, egg, meat and animal food production and processing; PEAK, run by the Midwest Poultry Federation, focuses only on poultry production and adds the Organic Egg Farmers of America symposium on April 20.

Three in 2027: the Iowa Pork Congress (January 20–21, Iowa Events Center, Des Moines), the Minnesota Pork Congress (February 9–10, Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center, Mankato) and World Pork Expo (June 9–10, Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines). The AASV Annual Meeting for swine veterinarians runs February 27 to March 2 near Orlando.

The Iowa Pork Congress sells 10×10 in-line modules at $1,015 each for 2027, with drape included, per the booth reservation site. A two-module 10×20 is therefore $2,030 of space. The show counts 3,900+ attendees and 225+ exhibitors, per the Iowa Pork Producers Association.

Only through the waitlist. Returning exhibitors keep first right of refusal on about 300 booths, and the CPDE waitlist may not open to new companies until CPDE 2029, per the organizer. CPDE 2027 runs March 23–25 at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in Sioux Falls, with the trade show on March 24–25.

AASV uses Tech Tables, not booths, staffed by commercial technical representatives. A table cost $3,135 in 2026 with up to three named reps, and attendance is limited to veterinarians, students and others who meet AASV's rules. The 58th meeting runs February 27 to March 2, 2027 at the Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace.

AABP sells standard 10×10 booths with 8-foot back panels at $2,350 for commercial exhibitors, $3,000 late, and $850 for educational booths. The 60th conference runs September 16–18, 2027 at the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville; products must apply to veterinary medicine.

Aquaculture America 2027 meets February 21–24, 2027 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu. Feed, water quality, tank, recirculating system and fish health suppliers exhibit in 8×10 booths, priced at $2,350 for Aquaculture Suppliers Association members in 2027. Plan extra lead time for ocean freight and drayage to Hawaii.

Two: the Iowa Pork Congress at the Iowa Events Center (January 20–21, 2027) and World Pork Expo at the Iowa State Fairgrounds (June 9–10, 2027). Storing one booth in the region between January and June saves a second round of freight.

World Dairy Expo for reach: an estimated 50,138 attendees in 2026 and visitors from 83 countries in 2025. The Central Plains Dairy Expo for concentration: about 3,500 attendees in 2026, 64% of them producers from Minnesota, South Dakota and Iowa, though new exhibitors face a waitlist.

IPPE brings the larger and more international floor (about 33,000 registered in 2026, 29% from outside the U.S.) and adds feed, meat and processing buyers. PEAK is a production-only show for turkey, broiler and egg farms of the Upper Midwest, with space from $15 to $19 per sq ft for 2027.

They vary by show, so read the exhibitor manual. World Pork Expo applies biosecurity rules on site. For any livestock floor, plan wipeable surfaces, no shared bins of feed or bedding, sanitizer at the entrance, and a display that tells the animal story with data, samples and photographs instead of live animals.

Mostly winter and early spring: January (Iowa Pork Congress, IPPE), February (CattleCon, Minnesota Pork Congress, Aquaculture America, AASV), March (Central Plains Dairy Expo) and April (PEAK). World Pork Expo runs in June, and September brings the AABP conference and World Dairy Expo.

Book the space first, often a year ahead for sold-out floors, then allow 30 to 45 days for the build plus the show's advance warehouse deadline. For January shows like the Iowa Pork Congress and IPPE, that means design approval by early November.

Yes. For World Pork Expo's fairground buildings and tents or World Dairy Expo's Outdoor Trade Mall, we build weighted frames, graphics printed for sun and rain and flooring over grass or gravel, in our Fishkill, NY and Las Vegas shops. Your Purple project manager runs the install with the labor the show requires.