This year’s 42nd Annual Ag Day at Danville Area Community College is going to have a special visitor. Illinois Ag Director John Sullivan is going to be attending the lunch on Thursday, April 18th in the Mary Miller Gym and will address the crowd at 12:30 that afternoon.
Brandy Marron, an Ag Instructor at Danville Area Community College, says some other changes have also been made for this year’s Ag Day on campus….
And Marron says several agriculture related businesses will also be at the event…
In addition to the address by the Illinois Agriculture Director, another feature of the day will be the 50-cent BBQ Lunch…
All of the events are open to the public. Free sessions that afternoon will focus on policy and government, horticulture, science and technology, Ag-Business and Production Ag.
The Ornamental Horticulture/Sustainability program will also be holding their annual Plant Sale from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. that day – April 18th – at the Julius W. Hegeler II Ornamental Horticulture building.
[*Note: The audio is courtesy of Vermilion County Farm Bureau.]