National Agriculture Week

To help you celebrate National Agriculture Week, March 17-23, 2024, staff from the Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation and Nebraska Farm Bureau have compiled a resource kit for your county to make Ag Week planning, promotion, and celebration easy.

The kit includes a list of ideas counties can use to celebrate Ag Week in their communities. You can download:

• Bookmarks with agriculture facts for your local schools or library;
• Placemat (youth);
• Table tents for use at your local restaurants;
• Flyer to hang up around your community;
• Coloring page; to encourage coloring contests in your communities;
• Suggested activities

2024 National Agriculture Week Shirt

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Ordering Materials

The Foundation will provide county Farm Bureaus 300 printed sheets total as requested for no cost. Cost per additional sheet is $0.14. To request printed materials, please fill out the online form or contact the Foundation foundationforag@nefb.org or call at (402) 421-4747 before February 11. If you call, please leave a voicemail. Voicemails appear in a group inbox that is always monitored. All materials will be mailed the week of February 22.

Download Ag Week Materials

Bookmarks
(5 bookmarks on 8.5″x11″)

Download Bookmarks

Coloring Page

Download Coloring Page

Placemat (11″x17″)

Download Placemat

Table Tents – Set of 5

Download Table Tents

Flyer (11″x17″)

Download Flyer

Newspaper Ad

Suggested Activities

Download Activities

Hover over any social media image to download.

Teacher Surprise Box

Treat teachers with a surprise box of supplies to celebrate National Agriculture Week! Request a box to give to a 2^nd Grade teacher in your community to encourage hands-on, fun, and educational learning about Nebraska’s number 1 industry. This box comes complete with educational curriculum, resources, and supplies for teachers to lead activities on their own in the classroom. There are 100 boxes available on a first come, first serve basis. The total amount of boxes one county can request at this time is five. Staff will evaluate the number of boxes available and may release more at a later date.

The Surprise Box will include:

• Set of 25 Activity Books
• Set of 25 Farm Fact Pencils
• Journey of a Soybean Lesson Plan
• Large Transportation Photos
• Soybean Cards, Set of 5
• Set of 25 Ask Your Student Cards

Let us know what your county is doing for Ag Week!

We would like to highlight your county activities in the Nebraska Farm Bureau News. Please email us a picture along with a description of your activities. You can email your photo(s) and information to kyleep@nefb.org.