Athens-Meigs County Farm Bureau hosts 22nd Annual Athens County Ag Day

Athens-Meigs County Farm Bureau hosted the 22nd Annual Athens County Ag Day at the Athens County Fairgrounds on May 13, 2025.

Each year we host the Athens County fourth grade students at the fairgrounds to teach them all about different types of agriculture. There were 361 students that rotated through 17 different stations throughout the day. Each student was able to take home a free drawstring bag with all of the bag sponsors on it along with a brochure about what Farm Bureau is, the stations they were able to participate in for the day, along with all of the event sponsors.

We could not host this wonderful event each year if it was not for the Athens County Fairboard allowing us to use the grounds, our wonderful sponsors who believe in what we are doing, and our fantastic presenters that make the day a success!

This year’s Bag Sponsors were:
Athens SWCD
Atomic Credit Union
Baum Lumber
Holzer Health System
Hoon Inc.
Meigs SWCD
Meigs Vet Clinic
Muck Boot
Parker Farms
Shade River Ag
The Red Bird Ranch

Silver Sponsor
Rural 1st

Bronze Sponsors
Buckley Brothers 
Childers Accounting PLLC 
Dettwiller Lumber
Ridenour Gas

Thanks to our fantastic presenters for the day:
Alexander FFA
Athens FFA
Federal Hocking FFA
Athens SWCD – Teresa Caldwell and Mark Jones
ODNR – Forestry – Stephen Rist
Ohio Soybean Council – Grow Next Gen
ODNR Wildlife Officer Ryan Donnelly – ATV Safety
ODNR Wildlife- Fish Department
ODOT – Athens County
OSU Extension Athens County – Bridget Moore

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