Athens Ag Day

Athens-Meigs County Farm Bureau hosted the 21st Annual Athens County Ag Day at the Athens County Fairgrounds on May 13, 2024.

Each year we host the Athens County 4th grade students to teach them about different types of agriculture. There were 437 children that attended this spring. The students rotate through 18 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 and the events they were able to participate in for the day!

We could not host this wonderful event each year if it was not for the Athens County Fairboard 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 years Bag Sponsors are:

Parker Corporation

The Red Bird Ranch

Shade River Ag

Twin Oaks Refrigeration

Atomic Credit Union

Baum Lumber

Edward Jones – Athens

Holzer

Hoon Inc.

H&R Sign’s and T’s

Smile Shoppe

This year’s Bronze Sponsors are: Buckley Brothers, Childers Accounting PLLC, Meigs SWCD, New ERA Broadband

Thanks to our fantastic presenters for the day: 

Alexander FFA

Athens FFA

Federal Hocking FFA

Athens SWCD – Teresa Caldwell and Mark Jones

ODNR – Forestry

Ohio Soybean Council

ODNR Wildlife Officer –  ATV Safety

ODNR Wildlife- Fish Department

ODOT – Athens County

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