AGRI County Fair Grant Past Projects

Aitkin

New show arena with bleachers

Anoka

Improve bleachers for livestock arena and farm animal educational activities

Becker

Improve ventilation in show arena, purchase stackable rabbit stands, speaker system in barn

Beltrami

New gates and pens, electrical upgrade in barn, pave entry to barns making them accessible and improve agriculture/horticulture displays and shelves

Benton

Addition to the swine barn with two wash stations and education area

Big Stone

Horse arena repairs and judging arena tent

Blue Earth

Farm animal petting zoo, Maggie the milking cow, agriculture education

Brown

Hog wash rack and goat pens, rabbit cages, cattle grooming chute

Cannon Valley

Barn improvement, speakers, bleachers and hand washing stations

Carlton

Open an Agriculture Education Building

Carver

Horse barn wall repair

Cass Pine River

Building used to store horse equipment, gates and educational materials

Chippewa

Bleachers and electrical work in the beef barn

Chisago

Re-side and repair cattle barn

Clay

Repairs to horse barn, upgrade lighting, canopies for poultry and rabbit judging areas and presentations by Doug Ohman "farms and Barns"

Clearwater

Horticulture building restoration

Cottonwood

Permanent gates between cattle barn and show ring

Crow Wing

Repairs to the cattle barn, build "My American Farm" kiosks and replace horse box stalls

Dakota

Galvanized panels for sheep and goat barn

Dodge

Upgrade lighting and fans in the dairy and beef barn

Douglas

Upgrade to the cattle and poultry barns

Faribault

Improvements to cattle barn and wash rack

Fillmore

Fans in horse, poultry and livestock barns and stipends for judges

Freeborn

Enlarge cattle arena door and install new door, stipends for judges

Goodhue

Ramps for accessibility into barns, Doug Ohman educational presentation, water system upgrades in barns and display case for 4H agricultural history

Grant

Stipends to judges, rent bleachers and cattle barn shades

Hennepin

Tents, stipends for judges, milking cow, agriculture education speaker and livestock exhibit

Houston

New sheep and swine pens

Hubbard

Barn cleaning, ag education and improvements to livestock judging

Isanti

Flooring, plumbing and electrical work to the Isanti Agricultural Museum

Itasca

Judges, horse mats and veterinarian

Jackson

Olson Show Pavilion upgrade

Kanabec

Construct a covered open sided structure for goats

Kandiyohi

Dairy/beef barn alleys, entrance pad and manure holding area

Kittson

Repairs and improvements to agricultural building

Koochinching

Drain tiles and sound system for show arena and install water line and hydrants to stock pens

Lac qui Parle

Bleachers, hand washing stations, FFA farmland, agricultural museum

Lake

Doug Ohman presentation, livestock judges, hitching posts, livestock box stalls storage for barn supplies and equipment

Le Sueur

Show arena tent, electrical upgrades to beef barn and horse barn upgrades

Lincoln

Metal gates, new walls and pen dividers for the horse barn

Lyon

Sound system, bleachers, hand washing stations, tens, milking cow and judges

Mahnomen

Roof repair on barn

Marshall

Cattle barn electrical upgrade

Martin

Cattle barn concrete floor

McLeod

Small animal show arena, poultry cage storage, agricultural education, servicing the milk room, hand wash stations, hot panel and indoor show arena fans

Meeker

Livestock pens and judges

Mille Lacs

Llama/poultry/rabbit barn completion

Morrison

Poultry cages, update lighting/electrical in cattle barns, wash area, goat/sheep panels, judges, hand washing stations

Mower

Lighting, electrical service and fan circuits to sheep and poultry barns, new lighting in rabbit barn

Nicollet

Fans, tent, materials for ag education, improvements to the horse barn and fans for sheep barn

Murray

Fans, concrete under bleachers and update door to the Olsen area, judges, update manure pits

Nobles

Update wiring in horse barn, judges and fair clean up

Norman

Concrete in new Ag Education building, educational banners, greenhouse demonstration and ag cab lab

Northern

Cow barn and ag exhibit hall repairs

Olmsted

Blacksmith and tinsmith demonstrations, clean and tear down livestock buildings, judges and install history exhibits

Pennington

Barn show ring improvements and barn maintenance

East Otter Tail

Cement ally to cattle and horse barn, expanded wash rack area, fill in barn floors and clay in cattle barn

Pine

Fans in horse and cattle barns, wash rack roof, bleachers, judges and storage shed in horse arena

Pipestone

New stalls and electrical in beef and dairy barn

Polk

New livestock barn

Pope

Livestock facilities improvement and agriculture education

Ramsey

Agricultural Education

Redwood

Repairs to judging arena and sheep pen area, electrical updates, new roof on sheep pens, cement walkway and manure removal

Renville

Cement in goat and sheep barn, roof replacement on show arena, pig barn electrical update, gravel cattle barn and arena

Rice

Gates, barn roof repair, rabbit cages, electrical updates

Rock

Install fans in show arena, update doors for livestock

Roseau

Bleachers for judging area and shade covering bleachers

Scott

Sound system and video for Miracle of Birth Center and electrical work, Agra-Mania education

Sherburne

Livestock barn extension with added storage

Sibley

New roof on sheep barn

Southwest St. Louis

Bee keeping education and displays, training farm dogs, raised bed gardens

St. Louis

Rent tents, hire tent set up and tear down, manure removal

Steele

Repair and re-side horse paddock and judges

Sterns

Build new wash racks with water garden for drainage area, goat pends, gates and rabbit cages

Stevens

Livestock barn water and electrical, gates and pens, barn fans, hand wash station and judging

Swift

Upgrades to the dairy barn and milking system, skid loader and manure spreader and judges

Todd

Expand livestock building including electrical

Traverse

Repair to the Ag Expo Building including windows and accessibility

Wabasha

Rent tent for FFA, cement out rabbit pavilion, improve hand washing, judges,

Wadena

Improve ventilation in barn, update pens and show ring in small animal bar and white washing inside barns

Waseca

Fans in barns and judging arena, gates for swine barn and repair to poultry barn

Washington

Repair to outdoor arena and gate

Watonwan

Improve barns and show arenas, judges, fan for rabbit/poultry barns

West Otter Tail

Goat and sheep barn electrical upgrades

Wilkin

Shingle two barns and improve Ad Ed Center

Winona

Improve wash rack area,  manure pit area and path to show arena

Wright

Diary parlor upgrade, ag signs, tent for ag ed building, hand washing stations, roof panels and windows for horse barn

Yellow Medicine

Upgrades to livestock facilities, electric, fans, wash racks and judges