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Mar. 17, 2025
Source: The Certified Agriculture Group news release Westfield, N.C. - The Certified Agriculture Group and the Certified Agriculture Dealer (CAD) Program, with their AgRally partner RFD-TV, announce they have selected the nine Certified Agriculture Dealer locations for the March 18, 2025 broadcast, to help bring a local flavor to the Washington D.C. events scheduled to celebrate National Agriculture Day. "This is AgRally's fifth year as America's only national springtime agriculture event. From calves dropping everywhere between both coasts, to the season's first seeds hitting the soil in the south, this is the beginning of agriculture's new year," notes CEO Patrick Driscoll. "And just like Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve celebrates the lunar new year, WE are the celebration of Agriculture's New Year!" he adds. "Through dozens of local AgRally host sites, this national event ... complete with new product reveals, product updates and deep dives into emerging technologies ... becomes very local. And by placing live cameras at a handful of these local events, they become part of the national celebration!" Local event sites will include: *Washington D.C. at AgDay Celebrations with Farm Broadcaster, Jeff Nalley and Marty Wolske, National AgDay Chair and Successful Farming Magazine *Riverton, WY at Central Wyoming College with Farm Broadcaster, Colter Brown of the Northern Farm Network, interviewing Amanda Winchester, CWC Livestock Judging Coach plus Rodney Carter, CWC Student *Fort Worth, Texas - RFD-TV Studio with Mark Oppold, AgRally Host talking with Jenni Badding, Past National AgDay Chair and Precision PR Manager for John Deere *Welton, Iowa at P&K Midwest John Deere Dealer with Farm Broadcaster, Andy Peterson, Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network and Jordan Lang, General Manager, P+K plus Logan Lyon Iowa Corn Growers Associatioin Board Member *Manitowoc, WI at Farm Wisconsin Discovery Center with Farm Broadcaster Millaine Wells, WFRV-TV's Midwest Farm Weekly, interviewing Patty Lehn, Exec. Director, FWDC and Master Cheesemaker, Kerry Henning *Craig, Colorado with Victory Motors and KRAI Broadcaster Kody May talking with Kristy Wallner, Range Managment Specialist, BLM *Granbury, Texas at with Farm Broadcaster Andrea McCrea, America's Countryside and Bedrock's Easton Genore and the first ever look at Bedrock's new bale bed fork *Fort Worth, Texas - Outside RFD-TV Studio with Farm Broadcaster Mark Oppold visiting with Kaylene Ballesteros, John Deere Go-to-Market Manager - Hay & Forage on new baler technology *Trussville, AL plant tour at Fox Factory Performance Center with Farm Broadcaster Mike Davis, Southern Farm Network with a look at building one of the all-new Ford AGwagons with Flynn Woods, Production Integration Manager for Fox Factory Plus dozens of Certified Agriculture Dealers will celebrate National Agriculture Day at their locations across the country. "This will mark the 53rd anniversary of National Ag Day, which is celebrated not only in Washington D.C., but also in classrooms and communities across the country," added Marty Wolske, Chair for National AgDay. "AgRally will certainly help us bring a larger audience and more local venues to increase that societal awareness." The 2025 National Ag Day essay/video winners were recently announced by Council of America (ACA). The winners were chosen based on the theme: Agriculture: Why Food Security Equals National Security. The first-place winner, Tuongvy Nguyen of Saint Petersburg, Florida, receives a $1,500 prize. The second-place winner, Kristen Dallas from Las Vegas, Nevada will receive $1,000. Isabella Newell from Waltonville, Illinois is the third-place winner, and she receives $500. All three winning entries will be played during the Ag Day event at USDA on National Ag Day, March 18. All three winning entries can be viewed online at www.agday.org/2025-contest-winners The Ag Day Essay Contest is sponsored by CHS Inc., National Association of Farm Broadcasting, Farm Progress and Successful Farming. Tweet |
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