Amanda Radke will be the guest speaker at the 2014 Ag Days Banquet.
Ag Days is undergoing a transformation to keep the area’s premier Ag event fresh and exciting for exhibitors and the public. The traditional two day show is being condensed into one day, Thursday, January 9, 2014. Organizers plan to kick off the day with the Chamber breakfast and then go right into the educational sessions which will focus on agronomic topics and livestock production. There will also be a tour, whether actual or virtual.
The Richland County Fair Event Center will be filled with exhibitors from a wide area featuring the best in agricultural products and services. Booth applications will be mailed out soon. Anyone who has not exhibited before, or who has questions, is asked to call Richland County extension agent Tim Fine at 406-433-1206.
The banquet Thursday evening will feature great food, and speaker Amanda Radke. Radke is a rancher, ag advocate, author and blogger from Mitchell, South Dakota. She writes for several magazines and posts to four or five blogs on a regular basis. She is also the author of the children’s book “Levi’s Lost Calf”. FFA, which will celebrate its 75th Anniversary, will also be included in the evening’s festivities.
Friday, January 10, Richland County Extension will host the family program consisting of horticulture and other timely topics at their facility just north of Sidney.
Ag In The Classroom will be held on Friday, January 17.
The Keith Steinbeisser Livestock Judging contest has been moved to the fall. This year’s competition will take place on October 12 at a location yet to be determined. The date is just before the NILE, which gives competitors the opportunity to have a practice run before attending that event.
Ag Days committee members are excited about the changes and encourage everyone to “save the date”.
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