Women In Ag Event to Be Held in Maryville Aug. 6

The Atchison, Holt, and Nodaway Counties Women in Ag event, themed "Strong Women, Strong Farms, Strong Futures," will be held on Thursday, August 6th at Rose Hill Acres Event Center in Maryville, featuring a vendor fair, dinner, silent auction, and educational presentations.

ROCK PORT, MO – The annual Atchison, Holt, and Nodaway Counties Women in Ag event will be held in Maryville, Missouri on Thursday, August 6, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Rose Hill Acres Event Center, 105 South Main Street.

“Strong Women, Strong Farms, Strong Futures” is the theme of this year’s program, and the committee has lined up opportunities for participants to connect, learn, eat, and shop at the event.

Registration is open 4:30-5:45 p.m. Before the presentations at 5:45 p.m., participants can shop at local entrepreneurs’ booths at the vendor fair, enjoy food from the Nodaway County Cattlemen’s Association and Dickie Henry, and bid on numerous items in the silent auction.

At 5:45 p.m., the partnering agencies who organized the program will give a brief welcome and share information on the services each provide. Then, at 6:00 p.m., informative sessions will include a presentation by the mother and daughter team behind R+R goat milk soap, as well as FCS Financial, and a special recognition of a local woman involved in agriculture.

At the end of the evening, the silent auction will close, and door prizes and a grand prize will be awarded.

The cost to attend is $5 per person, payable at the door. The first 100 participants will receive a goody bag.

Everyone is welcome to attend. Participants don’t have to be from Atchison, Holt, or Nodaway counties, nor do they have to be involved in agriculture.

For more information, contact 660-582-7423, extension 3.

Local sponsors have generously donated to help make this program possible and will be recognized at the event.

The program is a cooperative effort of the Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCD), USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA), and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Atchison, Holt, and Nodaway counties, as well as University of Missouri Extension specialists who serve the three counties.