Athens AG Day

Athens-Meigs County Farm Bureau hosted the 23rd Annual Athens County Ag Day at the Athens County Fairgrounds May 12, 2026.

Each year we host the Athens County 4th grade students at the fairgrounds to teach them all about different types of agriculture. There were 379 students who 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, and all of the event sponsors. 

We could not host this wonderful event each year if it was not for the Athens County Fair Board for 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: 

AEP Ohio

Baum Lumber

Holzer Health System

Hoon Inc.

Merchants National Bank

Parker Farms

Shade River Ag

The Red Bird Ranch

         Silver Sponsor          

Athens SWCD

Meigs SWCD

 

Bronze Sponsors 

Don Wood Toyota

PDK Construction, Inc. 

 

Thanks to our fantastic presenters for the day:  

Alexander FFA 

Athens FFA 

Athens SWCD – Whitney Byrd and Mark Jones 

Federal Hocking FFA

Merchants National Bank

ODNR – Forestry – Stephen Rist

ODNR Wildlife Officer Ryan Donnelly –  ATV Safety

ODNR Wildlife- Fish Department

ODOT – Athens County

 

The mission of the Ohio Farm Bureau is working together for Ohio farmers to advance agriculture and strengthen our communities.   

 

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