Fair Schedule

Wednesday, September 1:

Pannar Preview Day

CBR Meet and Greet hosted by Pannar

• 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm, VIP Lounge (underneath grandstand)
• While you are meeting the bull riders and getting their autographs, come and enjoy sandwiches, chips and pop on Pannar!

Thursday, September 2:

Value Added Ag Day

The ValueAdded Agriculture Development Center (VAADC) will be joining the State Fair in celebrating their Quasquicentennial by highlighting how South Dakota is evolving from conventional production agriculture to value added processing concepts. The VAADC has been a progressive partner in growing value added opportunities by providing assistance to more than 130 projects since 1999.

Visit the Day Sponsor Specialty Tent to see locally grown food and renewable energy exhibits, as well as a precision agriculture display by SDSU. You can also register for drawings, including a SD Soybean Research & Promotion Council raffle for an ATV that runs on biodiesel.  

Satisfy your appetite with a variety of South Dakota foods next door in the Horticulture Building.  The South Dakota Wheat Commission and SDSU will also be making donuts from South Dakota grown hard white wheat flour from 10 am-12 pm and again from 2 pm-4 pm.

Friday, September 3:

Travel SD Day

Friday, September 3, 2010 is "Travel South Dakota Day" at the South Dakota State Fair. Have all your travel questions answered and learn about everything you can see and do in South Dakota from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the tent across from the Freedom Stage.

Exhibitors include the South Dakota Office of Tourism, Southeast SD Tourism Association, Black Hills, Badlands & Lakes Tourism Association, Pierre CVB, Yankton CVB, Aberdeen CVB, Chamberlain/Oacoma CVB, Spink County Agri-Tourism, SD Innkeepers Association, Best Western Ramkota Hotel & Conference Center, Sioux Falls, Venerts Hotel Management, Watertown, SD National Guard Museum, Pierre and Casey Tibbs Center, Pierre.

For more information, contact the South Dakota Office of Tourism, www.TravelSD.com, 1-800-S-DAKOTA

Prostrollo Motors Day

Stop by the Prostrollo Motors Building to see the newest GM vehicles on display. Always a hit, GM one of a kind vehicles will also be on display and the new GM Duramax Diesel engine display. In addition, there will be special door prize drawings throughout the day and free ice water, too!

Saturday, September 4:

SD Farmers Union Day

Your Saturday at the South Dakota State Fair won’t be complete until you stop at the South Dakota Farmers Union tent near the Freedom Stage!

Join us from 11:00–11:45 a.m. as Farmers Union Insurance, in cooperation with the South Dakota Farmers Union Foundation, awards $25,000 in scholarships to deserving high school seniors from across the state. The SDFU Foundation will also reveal the recipients of the 2010 “Rural Dakota Pride” awards, given to deserving volunteers who work to make their communities stronger.

From 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Farmers Union will honor our hard working farmers and ranchers with a FREE “Ag Appreciation” luncheon.

Enjoy a meal on us as we thank our agricultural producers for their work throughout the year.

You won’t want to miss our “Know Your Next Governor” forum at the Freedom Stage from 1:00-2:30 p.m., where the two men vying for the Governor’s Office will discuss why they think they should have the state’s top job. Republican Dennis Daugaard and Democrat Scott Heidepriem will participate in the forum that will focus on issues facing agriculture, our state’s number one industry. After the gubernatorial candidate forum we’ll draw for the winner of a laptop computer (You must wear your Farmers Union shirt or cap to enter the drawing, and you must be present to win), and an Apple Nano Ipod (Only Junior SDFU Members who show their Junior Membership Card will be eligible to enter, must be present to win).

We can’t wait to see you at Farmers Union Day at the 2010 South Dakota State Fair!

SD Farmers Union Day Schedule

Sunday, September 5:

Pork and Soybeans Day

South Pork Producers Council is teaming up with the South Dakota Soybean Research and Promotion Council to help celebrate the pork producers long standing commitment to the SD State Fair. On Sunday, September 5th they will be serving their delicious pork sandwiches at their food booth and telling their story under the tent by the Freedom Stage. Be sure to stop by the food court and tent to visit the Pork and Soybean Producers.

New this year SDPPC will also be holding a Pork Cook-Off on Sunday, September 5th. Judging and sampling will begin at 1:00 PM. All of this is brought to you through partnership between the South Dakota Pork Producers Council and the South Dakota Soybean Research and Promotion Council.

Monday, September 6:

SD Wheat Growers Day

Stop by the SD Wheat Grower's booth on West 3rd Street at the SD State Fair. We're working to create value for our customer-owners by connecting them to solutions as our customer's partner in production and our customer's link to the market. Serving agriculture producers in South and North Dakota.