County Fair Activities
To help you plan for your county fair, staff from the Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation have compiled resources and activities to promote Nebraska agriculture in your community.
Resources
- Let’s plan an event! Use this timeline to begin planning your event.
Download Event Planning Toolkit
- Consider how each of these individuals can assist in your planning.
- Want to make a BIG impact at your farm or fair? Do it with Learn about Livestock banners!
- Banners are available to borrow from Nebraska Farm Bureau Regional Managers. Use this map to identify and contact your regional manager.
- Order your own, customized Livestock Banners or Crop Banners from the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture.
Nebraska Agriculture Fact Sheet
- A half-sheet handout with short agriculture facts about Nebraska.
- Size: 8.5” x 11” (front/back, two per page)
Activities
Fun with Agriculture! Introduce the public to farming and ranching with stations to increase agricultural literacy. Consider the ideas below as stations!
- Use this quick, easy, and brief activity to interact with students and consumers.
- Plant a live seed in a bag to discuss how farmers plant seeds in Nebraska.
- App
- Create a great interactive experience with a desktop computer or tablet of your choice without a connection to the internet! Download the My American Farm app from the Apple or Android store.
- Banners
- Take students into the corn field, dairy parlor, machine shed or farmer’s market with life sized banners. Order your own banner today!
- Connect with members from the Nebraska Farm Bureau Promotion & Education Committee to gain information about GMOs and Food Labeling. Members from the committee are available to present on these topics to your community. Please contact foundationforag@nefb.org to connect with a member today!
