Sponsorship Fee: $17,500

(Sponsorship fee includes coffee and breakfast pastries offered at the session. Sponsor responsible for speaker expenses: travel, housing, meals, etc.)

The Early Riser Learning Center Sessions are not scheduled against the trade show or other educational sessions. The subject matter for these sessions should be of high interest to all attendees. Popular topics include marketing, production, state of the industry, new trends in agriculture, and/or feature well-known speakers or farmers. These sessions, like all Learning Centers, should not promote a specific product or company.

Number Available: 2

When: Wednesday, March 3, 7:30 a.m. & Friday, March 5, 7:30 a.m.

Length: 60 minutes

Sponsorship Fee: $17,500

(Sponsor is responsible for speaker expenses: travel, housing, meals, etc.)

These Featured Learning Centers are scheduled in their own time slot, against no other Learning Centers or What's New Sessions. The trade show will be open during this time.

Number available: 2
When: Thursday, March 4 morning, and Friday, March 5 morning
Length: 60 minutes

Sponsorship Fee: $8,000

(Sponsor responsible for speaker expenses: travel, housing, meals, etc.)

These Learning Centers are scheduled concurrently (2 or 3 per time slot) and during trade show hours. Learning Center time slots are 45- and 60-minutes long and are held on Thursday and Friday. Session times and dates will be assigned by Commodity Classic.

Number Available: up to 15

When: Thursday, March 4 (morning & afternoon), and Friday, March 5 (morning)

Length: 45 and 60 minute

Proposals Due: June 26, 2026

Provide these details in your proposal:

• Session title*
• Session description written to draw attendees’ interest (approx. 100 words)*
• Learning Objectives
• Sponsoring company’s name**
• Speakers’ full names and titles (unconfirmed speakers can be noted as “invited”)

These items are required if the proposal is accepted. They are not required during the proposal process:

• Short biography for each speaker
• Photograph of each speaker (color, minimum 72 dpi .jpg or .png file format) in which the speaker is facing the camera
• Signed recording waivers by sponsors and speakers

Only complete proposals, including CEU category and billing information, will be considered.

A note about session speakers:

Providing actual presenter names or organizations to be represented is strongly recommended for your proposal and will help the committee evaluate your proposal. If a specific individual has not been identified yet, please write in the type of presenter(s) planned. If your Learning Center proposal is accepted, please plan to provide speaker names by October 16.

* Session titles and descriptions may be edited by Commodity Classic for style and length for publication in applicable show materials.

** Companies recognized as the session sponsor must be exhibitors in the 2027 trade show. The education sponsor’s company name must match their exhibitor booth name. Exhibitors may collaborate to present a jointly sponsored session.

Exhibitors may submit more than one proposal. If doing so, please let Commodity Classic staff know if you are willing to sponsor all or some, and which proposed session is most important to you.

Learning Center proposals will be reviewed by the Commodity Classic Affiliates Council in late July 2026 for approval and placement in the 2027 education schedule. An invoice will be sent upon notification of selection. Session times and dates will be assigned by Commodity Classic.

All topics are welcome. Special consideration will be made for proposals on the following topics that have been requested by attendees:

Learning Centers are not intended for the sponsoring company to sell or promote their products or services. They should not be perceived by the attendees as a sales pitch or commercial. If you have a proposal that is commercial in nature, please consider sponsoring a What’s New Session or Mini What’s New Session instead.

• Session published in Commodity Classic event materials including onsite program booklet, mobile app, website, onsite signage (deadlines must be met to be included)
• Recognition of your company as the session sponsor in Commodity Classic event materials including onsite program booklet, mobile app, website, onsite signage
• Professional video recording of your session for your company’s use (signed recording waiver required)
• Meeting room entrance sign with sponsoring company's name and session title
• Meeting room with audience seating and standard audio-visual.
• Complimentary registration for your Learning Center Session speakers
• Attendee feedback from your session evaluations
• Aggregate demographics of farmer-attendees at your session
• Opportunity to utilize REACH communication service to have a post-show email message sent on your behalf to the attendees of your session. Additional fee applies.
• Sponsorship qualifies the sponsoring company as a Bronze Level sponsor, which includes the opportunity to host a press conference. Additional fee and deadline applies for press conference.

Learning Center sponsors are recognized as Bronze Level sponsors! As a Bronze Level sponsor, your company will be recognized throughout the entire show experience everywhere we thank and acknowledge our sponsors. Your company will stay top-of-mind with attendees through this additional recognition.

For a $500 fee (in addition to the applicable sponsorship fee), Commodity Classic will highlight your Learning Center Session on its social media platforms prior to the 2027 show as follows:

• One Facebook non-exclusive post prior to the 2027 Commodity Classic
• One Instagram non-exclusive post prior to the 2027 Commodity Classic
• One X non-exclusive post prior to the 2027 Commodity Classic

Currently Commodity Classic social media platforms have the following audiences (as of May 2026):

• Facebook Follows: 10,000 / Likes: 8.7K
• Instagram Followers: 3.5K
• X Followers: 11.1K

Content for this social media promotion will be gleaned from the information provided in your proposals plus any updates Commodity Classic receives by December 18, 2026.

What’s New Sessions are an opportunity for exhibitors to showcase their newest products, services, or innovations that have come to market since the last Commodity Classic.

What’s New Sessions are 30 minutes in length. Your session may feature speakers of your choice: company representatives, experts, farmers, customers, etc. The format allows you to go into detail about your item that you are promoting and engage in conversations with farmer-attendees.

What’s New sessions are held in classrooms and are scheduled concurrently with other What’s New sessions. They are held at the beginning of the conference before the Trade Show opens, giving attendees time to attend your session, learn about your new item, and then visit your booth for more information. You may collect leads at your What’s New Session.

When: Wednesday, March 3 (morning & afternoon) and Thursday, March 4 (morning)

Number Available: 12

Sponsorship Fee: $10,000

Submission Deadline is October 9, 2026.

Product or service to be showcased as a 2027 What’s New Session may not have been placed on the market earlier than the previous Commodity Classic (February 2026). You may submit individual proposals for as many products or services that qualify.

Please forward product/service information even if regulatory approval is pending. In terms of crop protection products, a totally new compound of new and pre-existing chemistry is acceptable.

Once a product is presented as a What’s New or Mini What’s New session, it will no longer be eligible for presentation in these sessions in future years.

The Commodity Classic Affiliates Council will review and select the What’s New Sessions. Proposals are evaluated on the following criteria (listed in order of significance):

• Is it new since the last Commodity Classic? Preference is given to products and services to be introduced at 2027 Commodity Classic.
• Uniqueness of product/service
• Value of product/service to agriculture
• Appeal of product/service to Commodity Classic audience
• Are there plans to include a farmer in the speaker line-up?

Highlight how the presentation will help an attendee solve a problem, overcome a challenge or launch a new initiative, and how what they will learn will directly impact their work/life.

Please complete a separate application for each proposal. In a situation where committee members may need to choose between multiple sessions from the same sponsor, please indicate the session that is most important to you.

Only complete proposals, including billing information, will be considered.

An invoice will be sent upon notification of selection.

Provide these details in your proposal: 

• Session title*
• Session description written to draw attendees’ interest (Approx. 75 words)*
• Explain the product/service/innovation and how it is new
• Date introduced to market
• Sponsoring company’s name**

These items are required if the proposal is accepted. They are not required during the proposal process: 

• Speakers’ names and titles
• Short biography for each speaker
• Photograph of each speaker (color, minimum 300 dpi .jpg or .tif file format) in which the speaker is facing the camera
• Signed recording waivers by sponsors and speakers

A note about session speakers:

If you do not have your speakers identified at the time of the proposal, please describe the types of speakers or organizations the session will feature. If your What’s New proposal is accepted, plan to provide speaker names by December 18, 2026.

* Session titles and descriptions may be edited by Commodity Classic for style and length for publication in applicable show materials.
 
** Companies recognized as the session sponsor must be exhibitors in the 2027 trade show. The education sponsor name must match exhibitor name.

• You may collect attendee leads at your What’s New session
• Session published in Commodity Classic event materials including onsite program booklet, mobile app, website, onsite signage (deadlines must be met to be included) 
• Recognition of your company as the session sponsor in Commodity Classic event materials including onsite program booklet, mobile app, website, onsite signage
• Professional video recording of your session for your company’s use (signed recording waiver required) 
• Meeting room entrance sign with sponsoring company's name and session title
• Meeting room with audience seating and standard audio-visual.
• Attendee feedback from your session evaluations
• Aggregate demographics of farmer-attendees at your session
• Opportunity to utilize REACH communication service to have a post-show email message sent on your behalf to the attendees of your session. Additional fee applies.
• Commodity Classic will be doing extra promotions around What’s New sessions, so farmers know to come early to the Convention Center to collect their badge and attend these sessions before the trade show opens that day
• Sponsorship qualifies the sponsoring company as a Bronze Level sponsor, which includes the opportunity to host a press conference. Additional fee and deadline applies for press conference.

What’s New sponsors are recognized as Bronze Level sponsors! As a Bronze Level sponsor, your company will be recognized throughout the entire show experience everywhere we thank and acknowledge our sponsors. Your company will stay top-of-mind with attendees through this additional recognition.

For a $500 fee (in addition to the applicable sponsorship fee), Commodity Classic will highlight your What’s New Session on its social media platforms prior to the 2026 show as follows: 

• One Facebook non-exclusive post prior to the 2026 Commodity Classic
• One Instagram non-exclusive post prior to the 2026 Commodity Classic
• One X non-exclusive post prior to the 2026 Commodity Classic

Currently Commodity Classic social media platforms have the following audiences (as of May 2025):

• Facebook Follows: 10,000 / Likes: 8.7K
• Instagram Followers: 3.5K
• X Followers: 11.1K

Content for this social media promotion  will be gleaned from the information provided in your proposals plus any updates Commodity Classic receives by December 18, 2026.