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State Fair Certified Seed Champions Announced

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Certifed seed display at the Minnesota State Fair. Photo © MCIA.

Congratulations to the following MCIA members whose certified seed was awarded champion status at the 2024 Minnesota State Fair’s farm crops competition! Exhibited seed was field and laboratory inspected and passed and was judged on the basis of MCIA-approved seed laboratory tests.

Results were published by the Minnesota State Fair on September 10. The winners:

  • Barley: Russell Peterson, Grove City
  • Grass Seed: Northern Excellence Seed, Williams
  • Oats: Falk Seed Farm, Murdock
  • Soybean: Falk Seed Farm, Murdock
  • Wheat: Tobolt Seed, Moorhead
  • Premier Exhibitor: Capistran Seed, Crookston

Complete results of the Farm Crops competition are available on the Minnesota State Fair website, https://www.mnstatefair.org/competitions/ag-hort-bee/farm-crops/.

Jody Prudhomme, MCIA Administrative and Certification Manager, and Roger Wippler, MCIA retiree, staffed the certified seed booth.

Friendly volunteers from MCIA staffed the booth throughout the fair. Here are some of them.

Prepare for the Minnesota State Fair

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Certified seed exhibit at the Minnesota State Fair. Photo by MCIA.

Seed growers: Save your certified seed samples for the Minnesota State Fair!

Registration is open. Entry closing date for farm crops will be Wednesday, August 7. (The new corn closing date is Thursday, August 29.)

The Farm Crops—Divisions, Rules & Premiums reference, registration, and
other competition details can be found online at https://www.mnstatefair.org/competitions/ag-hort-bee/farm-crops.

For further information, please contact competition@mnstatefair.org or call 651-288-4417.

The 2024 Minnesota State Fair begins Thursday, August 22, and ends Monday, September 2.

Prepare for the Minnesota State Fair

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MCIA Exhibit at the Minnesota State Fair. Photo by MCIA.

Seed growers: Save your certified seed samples for the Minnesota State Fair’s farm crops competitions!

Be sure to include a certification report for the samples you are submitting. The closing date for farm crops entries is August 9. (The new corn closing date is August 31).

For entry forms, rules, premiums, and other information, visit the Farm Crops Competition page on the Minnesota State Fair website: https://www.mnstatefair.org/competitions/ag-hort-gee/farm-crops. For further information, please contact competition@mnstatefair.org or 651-288-4417 or roger.wippler@mncia.org.

The 2023 Minnesota State Fair begins Thursday, August 24, and ends Monday, September 4.

Prepare for the Minnesota State Fair

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MCIA Exhibit at the Minnesota State Fair. Photo by MCIA.

Seed growers: Prepare your samples now for entry in the Minnesota State Fair’s farm crops competitions! Samples from the 2020 or 2021 crop year may be shown.

Be sure to include a certification report for the samples you are submitting. The closing date for farm crops entries is August 12 (the new corn closing date is September 1).

For entry forms, rules, premiums, and other information, visit the Farm Crops Competition page on the Minnesota State Fair website, here, or contact the Minnesota State Fair at competition@mnstatefair.org or 651-288-4417.

The 2022 Minnesota State Fair begins Thursday, August 25, and ends Monday, September 5.

Prepare for the Minnesota State Fair

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MCIA Exhibit at the Minnesota State Fair. Photo by MCIA.

Prepare your samples now for entry in the Minnesota State Fair’s farm crops compe­titions! Samples from the 2019 or 2020 crop year may be shown.

Be sure to include a certification report for the samples you are submitting. The closing date for farm crops entries is August 13 (the new corn closing date is September 2).

For entry forms, rules, premiums, and other information, visit the Farm Crops Competition page on the Minnesota State Fair website, here, or call the Minnesota State Fair office at 651-288-4417.