10th Annual Dairy Day this Saturday
NORWICH – Chenango County celebrates its agricultural heritage and the area’s largest industry this Saturday with Dairy Day.
This marks the 10th year of the free, family-friendly event, which is sponsored annually by Chenango County Dairy Promotion. This year, the celebration will feature a parade, activities for kids of all ages, farm animals and, of course, plenty of dairy products.
The festivities will kick off with the annual Dairy Day Parade at 11 a.m., with floats lining up at the P & C parking lot and proceeding down East Main Street to the fairgrounds. Parade Marshall Terry Ives, who was recently honored with the Dan Marshman Ag Leadership Award, will lead the procession atop an antique tractor. Other parade participants will include the Puckerville Pullers antique tractor club, the Smyrna Citizens Band, the Bainbridge Old Time Band, the Sherburne-Earlville High School Band, Red Barn Alpacas, Chenango County Dairy Princess and Court and the Chenango County Historical Society, as well as various 4-H Clubs, scouting groups and school groups.
And, of course, no agricultural parade would be complete without farm animals, tractors, feed trucks, milk trucks and floats representing local ag-related businesses.
These businesses – including Laden Produce, Schwann and New Berlin yogurt makerAgro Farma – will be among the more than 20 exhibitors on hand sampling and selling their wares at the fairgrounds following the parade.
According to Janet Pfromm of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chenango County, who helps coordinate the event, the “merriment” which will follow the parade from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. will give kids and adults alike the chance to learn where their food comes from.
“We’ve kept it educational,” Pfromm said, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be fun as well.
The interactive exhibits will include the always-popular Petting Zoo, with animals of all shapes and sizes – everything from chickens and poultry, to alpacas, miniature horses, pigs, goats, cattle and one of each dairy breed.
Kids will have a chance to try their hand at goat milking, sheep sheering and other simulated farm chores. There will also be a hay bale maze, kiddie tractor pull, ATV safety demonstration, veterinary science display, face painting, milking displays, dance lessions, and much more. And don’t forget free samples of milk, ice cream and yogurt.
Entries from the Dairy Day coloring contest will be on display in the Exhibition Hall, as well, which will be the center of activity for the event. According to Pfromm, more than 300 entries were received this year. Winners will be announced.
The 10th Annual Dairy Day will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 19 at the Chenango County Fairgrounds in Norwich. The event will kick off with the Dairy Day Parade, which will also step off at 11. For more information, contact Cornell Cooperative Extension at 334-5841.
This marks the 10th year of the free, family-friendly event, which is sponsored annually by Chenango County Dairy Promotion. This year, the celebration will feature a parade, activities for kids of all ages, farm animals and, of course, plenty of dairy products.
The festivities will kick off with the annual Dairy Day Parade at 11 a.m., with floats lining up at the P & C parking lot and proceeding down East Main Street to the fairgrounds. Parade Marshall Terry Ives, who was recently honored with the Dan Marshman Ag Leadership Award, will lead the procession atop an antique tractor. Other parade participants will include the Puckerville Pullers antique tractor club, the Smyrna Citizens Band, the Bainbridge Old Time Band, the Sherburne-Earlville High School Band, Red Barn Alpacas, Chenango County Dairy Princess and Court and the Chenango County Historical Society, as well as various 4-H Clubs, scouting groups and school groups.
And, of course, no agricultural parade would be complete without farm animals, tractors, feed trucks, milk trucks and floats representing local ag-related businesses.
These businesses – including Laden Produce, Schwann and New Berlin yogurt makerAgro Farma – will be among the more than 20 exhibitors on hand sampling and selling their wares at the fairgrounds following the parade.
According to Janet Pfromm of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chenango County, who helps coordinate the event, the “merriment” which will follow the parade from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. will give kids and adults alike the chance to learn where their food comes from.
“We’ve kept it educational,” Pfromm said, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be fun as well.
The interactive exhibits will include the always-popular Petting Zoo, with animals of all shapes and sizes – everything from chickens and poultry, to alpacas, miniature horses, pigs, goats, cattle and one of each dairy breed.
Kids will have a chance to try their hand at goat milking, sheep sheering and other simulated farm chores. There will also be a hay bale maze, kiddie tractor pull, ATV safety demonstration, veterinary science display, face painting, milking displays, dance lessions, and much more. And don’t forget free samples of milk, ice cream and yogurt.
Entries from the Dairy Day coloring contest will be on display in the Exhibition Hall, as well, which will be the center of activity for the event. According to Pfromm, more than 300 entries were received this year. Winners will be announced.
The 10th Annual Dairy Day will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 19 at the Chenango County Fairgrounds in Norwich. The event will kick off with the Dairy Day Parade, which will also step off at 11. For more information, contact Cornell Cooperative Extension at 334-5841.
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