National Agriculture Week

To help you celebrate National Agriculture Week, March 15-21, 2026, 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:

2026 National Agriculture Week Shirt

Ordering Materials

The Foundation will provide county Farm Bureaus 300 printed sheets total as requested for no cost. Cost per additional sheet is $0.15. 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 13. 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 25.

Ag Week Materials

Bookmarks
(5 bookmarks on 8.5″x11″)

Download Bookmarks

Coloring Page

Download Coloring Page

Table Tent

Download Table Tent

Placemat

Download Placemant

Battle of the Birds: Broilers vs. Layers

Download Lesson

Click on any social media image to download.

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Agriculture is Nebraska’s leading industry. From the bluffs in the panhandle to the sandhills to many irrigated sections across the state, many kinds of agriculture call Nebraska home! Here we grow! Happy National Agriculture Week!

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While Nebraska maybe the only triply landlocked state in the nation, we find a way to use water! Nebraska irrigates more acres of land than any other state! Here in Nebraska, we steward resources!

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Nebraska, we have the beef! As the nation’s number 1 producer of red meat, Nebraska has more cows than people! What is your favorite cut of beef? Here we grow beef!

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It’s corn! Nebraska proudly produces corn that is used in everything from chips to ethanol to livestock feed! Here we grow corn!

Instructions

NOT A CAPTION JUST INSTRUCTIONS:
Post this on your story and encourage followers to connect and engage with your channel.

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Teacher Surprise Box

Treat teachers with a surprise box of supplies to celebrate National Agriculture Week! Request a box to give to a 2nd 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 150 boxes available on a first come, first serve basis. The total amount of boxes one county can request at this time is five.

The Surprise Box will include:

  • Lesson Plan: Battle of the Birds: Broilers vs. Layers
  • Chicken Matching Cards, 5 sets
  • Set of 25 Activity Books
  • Set of 25 Pencils
  • Corn and Soybean Seeds
  • Corn and Soybean A-Z Posters

Thank you to Nebraska Cooperative Council Education Foundation for their support of this project. Find information on cooperatives and cooperative curriculum at www.nebr.coop or by contacting Adam Feser, Director of Cooperative Advancement, adam@nebr.coop.

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.

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