UW River Falls MOOOOOves Toward Ag Day on Campus

PHOTO: UW-River Falls students pet a calf during last year’s Ag Day on Campus event. This year’s event
will take place at UW-River Falls on April 18. Pat Deninger/UWRF photo.

Farming, in all of it’s glory and struggle, is a way of life in Wisconsin. To celebrate modern agriculture organizers of Ag Day on Campus at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls plan to highlight what our Wisconsin is known for.

“This event really helps show that no matter who we are or what we do in our lives, we all are tied
to agriculture in some way…”

This year’s annual event is Tuesday, April 18, from 9:30 a.m.-8 p.m. and will highlight the
importance of the agriculture sector. Many agriculture-related advances, such as technology-
driven farm-related jobs and efforts to open new ag markets, are signs that farming, despite
challenges, has a bright future, organizers said.     

“This event really helps show that no matter who we are or what we do in our lives, we all are tied
to agriculture in some way,” said Katrina Hoesly, co-chair of Ag Day on Campus and a junior from
Denmark who is majoring in ag marketing communications and agricultural business. 

Ag Day on Campus was started in 2012 and is put on by the UWRF Collegiate Farm Bureau
chapter. The attendance by many on campus and from the surrounding community is evidence of
the recognition of agriculture’s importance, said Joe Schlies, who is co-chairing this year’s event
with Hoesly and is a senior agricultural business major from Denmark. CLICK FOR MORE DETAILS.