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Beer Garden Centennial Stage Northwestern Energy Freedom Stage Dakotaland Stage Midway Roadhouse Desmet Farm Mutual Insurance Co. of SD TentDakotaland Stage
Century and Quasquicentennial Farm Awards
- Thursday, Aug. 30
- 10:00 am
The farm has long been the cornerstone of South Dakota history. None more perhaps than the farms we honor as South Dakota Century Farms. If your family has retained ownership of a farm or ranch for 100 years or more in South Dakota, and if the farm consists of a minimum of 80 acres of the original farmland, you may be interested in having your farm designated as a Century Farm.
The Century Farm ceremony is a joint program of the South Dakota Farm Bureau and the South Dakota Department of Agriculture. The ceremony at the 2012 State Fair will recognize those Century Farms that have not been previously honored. More than 2,100 farms and ranches have been honored statewide.
For more details on Century Farms, check back in the spring or call the SD Farm Bureau office at 605-353-8052 or the SD Department of Agriculture at 605-773-5425.
Community Worship and Praise Service
- Sunday, Sept. 2
- 11:00 am
Brad Lamb with SD 4-H Youth Council members
SD Auctioneers Association State Bid Calling Championship
- Sunday, Sept. 2
- 2:00 pm
Followed by 4-H Foundation Benefit Auction
Left – Calli Pritchard, Miss James Valley
Right – Abbi Sudtelgte, Reigning Miss South Dakota State Fair
Miss SD State Fair Pageant
- Monday, Sept. 3
- 2:00 pm
The South Dakota State Fair will celebrate the crowning of a new Miss South Dakota State Fair and Miss Mural City at the State Fairgrounds in Huron. The pageant, a preliminary to the Miss South Dakota program is open to young women ages 17 and 24.
In addition, a teen competition will also be held during the pageant. Miss South Dakota Outstanding Teen is open to young ladies between 13 and 17 years old. Former title holders are also invited to help celebrate the special anniversary of the South Dakota State Fair by attending.
On September 5, 2011 a new Miss South Dakota State Fair was crowned in Huron. Abbi Sudtelgte of Elkton, SD was crowned Miss SD State Fair. Sudtelgte will reign over the 2012 fair and will participate in off season events. A second title holder was also crowed thanks to a large number of contestants. Calli Pritchard was named Miss James Valley. Both young women are students at South Dakota State University and have earned the chance to compete at the Miss South Dakota Pageant in June.
Pritchard and Sudtelgte pictured with Miss South Dakota and former Miss SD State Fair Anna Simpson.
