In mid-July 2024, a team of extension staff, farmers, manure applicators and agency staff from New York and Vermont partnered with Annex Media and the North American Manure Expo (NAME) Board to bring NAME to central New York. After more than a year of planning, the event held at Patterson Farms in Auburn, N.Y. on July 17 and 18 was the realization of many hours of planning, coordination, and plain old hard work. And what a two days it was!