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Directors and staff of the Westmoreland Agricultural Fair, in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, took Farm and Dairy on a trip to the Pennsylvania State Association of...
Two girls pet goats at a fair.

A year ago, some Ohio fairgrounds stood empty for most of the summer. Now, with COVID-19 cases mostly waning and guidelines lifted, they’re back in business for the 2021 season.
People walk around in front of concession stands at the Canfield Fair.

Shortly after midnight Dec. 18, the Ohio House passed Senate Bill 375, a bill that seeks to void a July 30 health order limiting fairs to junior fairs only.
people walk up and down the midway at a fair.

Amid an intense election day and rising COVID-19 cases, two Ohio state senators introduced a bill seeking to overturn a July 30 health director order that limited fairs to junior fairs only.
fair sunset

Less than halfway into the 2020 fair season, Gov. Mike DeWine called on Ohio county fairs to do a better job of sticking to state guidelines for fairs amid increasing COVID-19 cases in his press conference July 22. He also announced a statewide mask mandate, to go into effect July 23, which will include the fairs.
Medina Fair livestock sale

In early June, Ohio legislators rejected a measure to ban Confederate flags at county and independent fairs. Since then, some community members in Mahoning and Medina counties have been signing online petitions to ban the flag at their local fairs, an initiative that some fair officials say has tenuous legal standing.
African Swine Fever quarantine Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania fairs are facing some tough decisions after the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture issued new rules on swine exhibition due to concerns about African Swine Fever.
Visiting fairs

Ohio man completes goal of visiting all of state's county fairs, making many memories along the way.

For soil and water conservation districts, the county fair is an opportunity to deal with folks on a one-to-one basis in a very relaxed atmosphere. (And, boy! Do we get questions!)

Congressional appropriations to R&D of the National Institutes of Health totaled nearly $31 billion in fiscal year 2012. Ag research got a paltry $277 million.