National Ag Week Activities

To help you celebrate National Agriculture Week, March 22-28, 2020, staff from the Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation and the 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 in their communities to celebrate Ag Week. You can download:

Bookmarks with agriculture facts for your local schools or library
Placemats for use at your local restaurants
Coloring page
Suggested activities
Newspaper ad, and
Social media posts

Printing Materials
We would recommend that you use a local printer if you can to print any materials you need for Ag Week. Download the files from the links below. The Foundation will provide county Farm Bureaus 300 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 or call at (402) 421-4747 before February 15. All materials will be mailed the week of February 18.

Personalized Newspaper Ad & Media Coverage
The CSI department is offering to personalize an Ag Week newspaper ad that you can place in your county’s newspapers the week of March 22-28. All ads are 4.89 by 2.5 inch and are black and white. If your county is planning an Ag Week event, we would be happy to help you promote it through a News Release and/or invite media to attend. Please fill out the online form, send an email to Kylee Planer or call at (402) 421-4485 by March 1. Please contact your local newspaper to place the ad. If you want a bigger or smaller size ad please indicate it on the form. Prices will vary depending on ad size and newspaper.

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 Kylee Planer.

As always, we appreciate hearing from you and receiving your Ag Week photos from any county events you promote.