Events include free breakfast, farm family recognition Breakfast” will be held in the Forum Building on Aug. 6, from 8-10 a.m. Mary Kay Thatcher, Senior Policy Analyst with American Farm Bureau, will provide a National Ag Policy update at 8:30 a.m.
Home, Garden Pavilion offers daily seminars Located just inside the entrance between gates 1 and 2, the Craft, Toy, Home & Garden Pavilion offers a one-stop shop for all your entertaining, decorating, and home improvement needs. The pavilion also feature entertaining and informative seminars. 10:00 a.m. Daily Herb Gardening — Easy to grow, Easy to use Demonstration of planting , using and preserving herbs for cooking. Come and learn about companion planting with herbs and tips for healthy eating. — Presented by Mo Therkilsen, Sunrise Gardening
2:30 p.m. Daily Container Gardening — Keep gardening simple Grow your own plants in containers and liven up any space. Demonstrations include fairy gardens, succulent containers, annuals, perennials and more. — Presented by Mo Therkilsen, Sunrise Gardening
12-1 p.m. with many special guests on crop conditions, ag weather, market analysis, ag policy, and much more. The Minnesota Pork Ambassador recognition program will be held Aug. 6, at 11:50 a.m., as part of the noon show that day. On Aug. 7, a “4-H Scholarship Auction” will be held during the noon show from 12-1 p.m. All proceeds from the auction will be used to support 4-H scholarships, which will be presented to deserving college-bound 4-H livestock project members at the Minnesota State Fair 4-H livestock auction. Several nice items have already been donated to the 4-H auction on Aug. 7. If any businesses or individuals are interested in donating items to the Farmfest 4-H Scholarship Auction, please contact Kent Thiesse, Farmfest Forum Coordinator via e-mail at kent.thiesse@minnstarbank.com or call (507) 381-7960. Kent Thiesse is a government farm programs analyst and a vice president at MinnStar Bank in Lake Crystal, Minn. He may be reached at (507) 726-2137 or kent.thiesse@minnstarbank.com. ❖
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12:30 p.m. Daily Farm Trauma and Injury Prevention Trauma is the No. 1 killer of people ages 1-44. Farm injuries range from cuts to total disabilities
and fatalities. Two of Minnesota’s Regional Trauma Advisory Committees are coming together to bring important life and limb saving information to the farming community. The Regional groups are multidisciplinary and include First Responders, Ambulance Services, Community Hospitals, and large Referral Hospitals all working together to decrease morbidity and mortality of trauma patients across southern Minnesota. — Co-presented by members of SMRTAC and SWRTAC
A presentation titled: “Tax Savings for Farm Families” will be presented from 9-10 a.m., during the breakfast. The “Farm Family of the Year” recognition program will be held Aug. 7, at 1:30 p.m., in the Forum Building. Approximately 70 honored farm families from throughout Minnesota have been selected at the county level for this recognition. This recognition event is jointly sponsored by Farmfest and the University of Minnesota. The “Minnesota Farmers Union Watermelon Feed” will be held at 1 p.m. on Aug. 7. Another special event will be the “Goldy Connect” Agriculture Career Fair being hosted by the U of M CFANS and IDEAg, scheduled for Aug. 5, at 3 p.m. Other special educational programs in the Farmfest Forum Building on Aug. 6, are a program at 3 p.m. titled “Big Data: A New Frontier in Agriculture,” and a program at 3:45 p.m. titled “Drones: the Next Technology Break-through in Agriculture” The Linder Farm Network “Ag Outlook Hour” will be held each day from
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FORUMS, from pg. 26F fest will be presented by Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau President, on Aug. 5 at 1 p.m.; and by Eric Kaler, University of Minnesota President, on Aug. 6, at 10 a.m. The free “Minnesota Farm Bureau
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