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Junior Board Application and Handbook Posted

2020 is going to be a great year for the AgFest Junior Board! We had great participation at our first meeting and selected our 2020 theme…Lights! Camera! Agfest!

FFA and 4-H AgFest 2020 participants in grades 7-12th are welcome to join.  Signed applications are mandatory for those who would like to work on and/or with the Junior AgFest board. If you would like to get involved, click here for information and to download this year’s application. Hope to see you at our next meeting!

Contact Lucinda Suttle at suttlezoo@icloud.com for more information.

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Important News from the January General Meeting

There is some important information that came out of this weeks general meeting for AgFest:

  • Poultry Show – Barring any changes to the status of the Newcastle disease eradication efforts, AgFest will be holding poultry shows at AgFest 2020 but they will be for market only, there will be no breeding show. To do our part to support Newcastle eradication, this will be a terminal show so all birds brought to the show must be processed at the conclusion of AgFest…including animals that are not sold at auction. No Exceptions. UPDATE 3/29/20: Due to an escalation in recent cases, we will NOT be holding a poultry show as planned
  • Junior Board – The Junior Board held their first meeting and selected our 2020 theme – “Lights, Camera, AgFest!” Applications for Junior Board will be posted on the web site shortly and the next meeting will be Tuesday, January 28th at 6:30 PM at the Robert Cabral Agriculture Center at 2101 E Earhart Ave in Stockton.
  • Blue Ribbon online entries and YQCA field: The YQCA certificate number will be a required field this year in the Blue Ribbon entries. Please make sure that your child has completed their YQCA training and certification (it must be renewed every year) prior to entries opening so that you can enroll them properly. YQCA numbers will be validated and if the number entered is incorrect or “placeholder” information is entered, the entry will be considered incomplete. AgFest will be holding YQCA training at an upcoming meeting (information to be posted soon) and most FFA chapters will hold trainings for their members. You can also complete the training online. Click here for details.

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Notes from August 6 General Meeting

Thank you to those who came to our first AgFest 2020 planning meeting on August 6.
Here are some key notes that came out of the meeting:

  • Dates were set for AgFest 2020 – June 13th – June 20th. Farm to Fork will take place on Saturday, June 13th. Contests begin with breeding shows on Sunday, June 14th and the Livestock Auction will conclude the week on Saturday, June 20th (the day before Father’s Day).
  • The first meeting for the Governance committee will be held on Tuesday, August 13th at 6 pm at the Roberts Union Farm Center 4925 Howard Rd. 
    -This meeting will cover proposed changes to current bylaws. Here are our current bylaws for review prior to the meeting.
    San Joaquin County Junior Show and Auction Council ByLaws
    -This meeting will also be for the nominating committee. Please come if you are interested in nominating someone for key positions. The President and Secretary positions are open, as well as some Committee Chairs that the new president will appoint. 
  • If you are interested in volunteering to chair a committee or fill an office, please review the proposed standing committee list and then complete an application and return it to agfestshow@gmail.com.

    Standing Committees
    Officer and Standing Committee Chair Application
  • There are many opportunities to volunteer outside of chairing a committee or filling an office. We encourage new voices and ideas. Please keep attending out general meeting or email agfestshow@gmail.com to find out how.

Our next meeting will be our MEMBERSHIP meeting and will be held on TUESDAY – SEPTEMBER 10th, 2019 at 6 pm.  The Location is TBD. Please mark and adjust your calendar as this will be the 2nd week of September due to the holiday. 

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Saturday June 15 Recap

2019 AgFest ended with the livestock and ag mechanics auctions. We are so grateful for all of the support we have received from the community bidding at the auction and making it possible to put AgFest on. Thank-you to all of our volunteers in the AgFest board and committees for making AgFest happen. Finally…thanks to all of the leaders, parents and exhibitors for your participation and for making the AgFest exciting, competitive and educational.

Here are some shots from Saturday…

Market Swine Auction

Market Beef, Sheep, Goats, Rabbits, Ag Mechanics Auction

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Friday June 14 Recap

We were no less busy at AgFest as our contests and events wrapped up with the Floral Design Challenge, Clover Showmanship, Small and Large Animal Showmanship, the Awards Ceremony, the Sponsor/Buyer dinner and the Replacement Heifer Auction. Our final day is tomorrow…we wrap up with the livestock and ag mechanics auctions. Here are some snap shots from the day…

Pee Wee Dairy Showmanship

We need pictures from this event. If you have some you would like to contribute, please send them to agfestshow@gmail.com.

Floral Design Challenge

Clover Showmanship

Master Showmanship

Awards Ceremony

Live Stream of the 2019 AgFest Awards Ceremony

Sponsor Dinner

Replacement Heifer Auction

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Thursday June 13 Recap

Finally, some relief from the heat…it only got into the nineties today! Our show continued with the dairy cattle show and the market rabbit show. We also had our super fun events…the livestock judging show, the ice cream social and the costume contest. Thanks to everyone that participated! Here are some shots from the day…

Dairy Cattle Show

  • Austin Terra
    Escalon FFA
  • Destiny and Faith Reyes
    Escalon 4-H

Market Rabbit Show

Livestock Judging Contest

Ice Cream Social

We need pictures from the event! If you have some you would like to contribute some, please send them to agfestshow@gmail.com

Costume Contest