This is a list of past projects funded through the AGRI County Fair Grant program.

County

Project

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

Improvements to Children’s Barn; shade tarps and fans for livestock 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

Improve livestock buildings with paint, steel, doors, and panels

Carver

Construct a crow’s nest/announcer’s stand for livestock arena

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

Clearwater

Horticulture building restoration

Cottonwood

Permanent gates between cattle barn and show ring

Crow Wing

Repairs to the cattle barn 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 livestock judges

Freeborn

Enlarge cattle arena door and install new door

Goodhue

Ramps for accessibility into barns, water system upgrades in barns

Grant

Stipends to livestock judges, rent bleachers and cattle barn shades

Hennepin

Tents, milking cow, agriculture education and livestock exhibit

Houston

New sheep and swine pens

Hubbard

Steel and concrete for wash racks

Isanti

LED and electrical to barns

Itasca

Veterinarian services, electrical upgrades to show arena, buy shavings and bedding for livestock

Jackson

Olson Show Pavilion upgrade

Kanabec

Construct a covered open sided structure for goats

Kandiyohi

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

Kittson

Repairs and improvements to agricultural building

Koochiching

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

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, tents, milking cow

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

Mille Lacs

Llama/poultry/rabbit barn completion

Morrison (Little Falls)

Poultry cages, update lighting/electrical in cattle barns, wash area, goat/sheep panels, 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 arena, update manure pits

Nobles

Update wiring in horse barn

Norman

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

Northern

Cow barn and ag exhibit hall repairs

Olmsted

Clean livestock buildings

Pennington

Barn show ring improvements and barn maintenance

East Otter Tail

Cement alley 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, 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 items

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

Garage doors, electric, and lumber for new hog barn

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, raised bed gardens

St. Louis

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

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

Steele

Repair and re-side horse paddock

Stevens

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

Swift

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

Todd

Expand livestock building including electrical

Traverse

Repair to the Ag Expo Building including windows and accessibility

Wabasha

Cement out rabbit pavilion, improve hand washing stations

Wadena

Improve ventilation in barn, update pens and show ring in small animal barn and white wash inside of barns

Waseca

Concrete for show arena, decking for horse arena

Washington

Repair to outdoor arena and gate

Watonwan

Improve barns and show arenas, 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

Dairy 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