Agriculture Appreciation Day is Saturday at the Stone County Fairgrounds, with the Farmers Market beginning at 8 a.m. and inside exhibits opening at 9 a.m.
New this year, an Agriculture Olympics competition begins at 9:30 a.m., pitting FFA teams against each other for custody of a traveling trophy. This event will take place in the rodeo arena.
Live music by The Gravel Yard bluegrass band will begin at 9:45, and a free barbecue lunch will be served beginning at 11:30 and continuing while supplies last. Drinks will be available for a $1 donation that will go to FFA programs.
The program begins at 1 p.m. inside the building, when this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Trudy Stair of Ben.
There will also be door prizes.
The day will conclude with a tractor pull beginning at 2 p.m. on the north side of the fairgrounds. Tractor owners are invited to participate.
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