SEDALIA – Farm families from across the state – including families from Ste. Genevieve and Perry Counties – will gather at the Missouri State Fair today to celebrate Farm Bureau/Farm Family Day.
Farm families are selected from each Missouri county, plus the City of St. Louis, to participate in special events at the Fair in their honor.
This year’s local farm families are the Tyler and Teresa Buchheit Family of Perry County and Bar MC Livestock from Ste. Genevieve County.
Farm Family Day is a partnership of Missouri Farm Bureau, University of Missouri Extension, the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, the Missouri Department of Agriculture and the Missouri State Fair.
Here’s a quick glance at the day’s schedule:
- Free tram rides for all ages will be available on the fairgrounds all day, sponsored by the Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council & Soy Checkoff.
- Pro Pulling League in the State Fair Grandstand, presented by CFM Insurance – 6 p.m. Tickets on sale now.
- Livestock shows and building competitions all day including the 4-H/FFA Dog Show, breed shows for swine and sheep, Rooster Crowing Contest Finals, 4-H/FFA Beef Showmanship Contest, On-Foot Open Steer Carcass Show and Live Evaluation Contest and Gourmet Mac ‘n Cheese and Appetizer Dip Cooking Contests in the Home Economics Building.
- Free grounds entertainment all day for all ages including The Amazing Bubble Factory in the Kids Zone, sponsored by Your Local McDonald’s, John Cassidy Comedy Magic and Lindley Creek on the Superior Sleep Stage, Radatz Magic and The Kay Brothers on the Touchstone Energy Stage, Supermatics on the Budweiser Stage, Cirque Zuma Zuma, sponsored by AOK RV’s, and Space Adventures Educational Thrill Show
- Special events just for kids including Barnyard Story Time, sponsored by MFA, Inc., at the Children’s Barnyard at 3 p.m. Let’s Talk Livestock, sponsored by Tractor Supply Co., will take place at 1 p.m. outside the Coliseum, and 4:30 p.m. outside the FFA Building.
- Military Flag Retreat Ceremony honoring Russell Miller of Columbia – 5:30 p.m. at the flagpole in front of the Historic Administration Building.
Join us in thanking Missouri’s farmers and ranchers on Farm Bureau/Farm Family Day, Monday, Aug. 12 at the Missouri State Fair! We hope to see you now through Aug. 18 in Sedalia for Summer’s Best Story!