If you’re interested in farmland investing (whether as an investor or as someone with an operation that can be invested in), you might want to check out the 2009 Farmland Investment Fair. Put on each year by the Chicago Farmers, an agribusiness education group, the Farmland Investment Fair is an annual expo for farmers, investors, farm real estate brokers, agricultural marketing folks and pretty much anyone else with a connection to farmland and agriculture.

The 2009 Fair will be held at the Joliet Junior College Weitendorf Agriculture Education Center on Larawa Road in Joliet, Illinois, on February 7, 2009. Registration is $50 for attendees ($75 after January 28) and exhibitors can grab a booth for just $275.

For a one-day event, the Farmland Investment Fair has a pretty wide array of topics that they cover. There will be seminars on 1031 exchanges, farm land values, energy production in agriculture, opportunities with small farms, “green” farming, the 2008 farm bill, international farmland investing, recreational uses of farmland, organic farming, and how plant genetics relate to farm yields. Past fairs have seen a huge amount of business getting done, as farm owners meet farm buyers and strike deals right there on the convention floor.

I’m not sure whether I’ll be attending this year’s Fair, but it looks like it’s definitely worth attending for anyone interested in farmland investing, particularly given the central location and low cost.