DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Each Farm Progress Show in Decatur, people travel from across the state, country and world to see the latest and greatest in farming technology.

This year, the Decatur Area Convention and Visitors Bureau planned for 48 countries to be represented at the show. Executive Director Teri Hammel said it is a long planning process to get visitors from across the globe to Central Illinois.

"We started in January, technically, to take care of the embassy letters and the requests from all the countries to be able to come and partake in the show," Hammel said. "So there's 48 countries and 433 letters that are mailed out."

WAND News spoke to international travelers at the show this year to learn why they made the trip to the show.

Ulrike Schmidt-Machinek visited the show wit

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