Showcasing agriculture at the 2023 Missouri State Fair

The Missouri State Fair is proud of be the showcase for agriculture in the state of Missouri. There are countless interactive and fun exhibits, contests and shows, and agricultural education opportunities at every turn. If it’s not already, make plans to add agriculture to your list of Missouri State Fair traditions!

Here is just a sampling of how you can experience agriculture first-hand during your State Fair visit this August.

Livestock Shows – Horses and Pigs and Cattle (and more)….OH, MY! The State Fair features livestock shows every day of the Fair (and a few even start before Opening Day!). You’ll find shows for equine, poultry, goats, sheep, swine, beef and dairy cattle, dogs, and rabbits. Learn more >>

Sale of Champions – The Sale of Champions will take place at 1:30 pm on Saturday, Aug. 19 and is the highlight of Youth in Agriculture Day at the State Fair. Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion steers, barrows, lambs, meat goats, pens of chickens, pens of rabbits, hams and bacons from 4-H and FFA shows are sold. Learn more >>

The Agriculture Building showcases all the great things that make agriculture Missouri’s number one industry. Highlights include:

• Experts from Missouri commodity groups and college agriculture programs, among other agriculture organizations and companies.
• Contest entries for hams/bacon/summer sausage, apiculture, horticulture and dairy products.
• The Missouri Grown Market, open daily, offering fresh and nutritious products grown right here in the Show-Me State available for purchase.
• AgVenture exhibit offers hands-on, kid-friendly activities exploring Missouri agriculture from farm to fork facilitated by the Missouri Department of Agriculture.

Missouri 4-H and Missouri FFA youth are also a big part of what makes the Missouri State Fair the showcase for agriculture!! Let’s Talk Livestock, sponsored by Tractor Supply Company, provides youth exhibitors opportunities to educate fairgoers about livestock production with demonstrations on topics like showmanship, animal care and more.

The Children’s Barnyard, sponsored by The Central Missouri Foster Care and Adoption Association, is operated by local FFA chapters and gives fairgoers a chance to see barnyard animals owned by FFA members up close. In addition, Barnyard Story Time, offers young fairgoers a chance to take a seat and listen to an agriculture story book read by a State Fair exhibitor or agriculture leader.

Come make agriculture traditions at the Missouri State Fair, the state’s largest agricultural expo, Aug. 10-20 in Sedalia.