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![Payton Fruteh (left) shows off her painted horse as Kyra Gibson of Bureau Valley Elementary School pets her during the Bureau County Ag. Fair on Thursday, March 21, 2024 in Princeton. The Ag Fair is a daylong event at the Bureau County Fairgrounds in which students make times stops at multiple stations. There are fourteen different learning centers specializing in dairy, embryology, safety, pork, corn, seed science, conservation, beef, soybeans, pollination, technology, equipment, and large and small animals.](https://www.shawlocal.com/resizer/dK7a8RfFBKwoCoAr6Z4FnN3T4zY=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70):focal(2777x1375:2787x1385)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/shawmedia/A7YCC4P5LJBEVGJJEBMAZ6RP2U.jpg)
![Travis Carlson of Bureau Valley Elementary School places his thumb inside an electric cow milking machine during the Bureau County Ag. Fair on Thursday, March 21, 2024 in Princeton. The Ag Fair is a daylong event at the Bureau County Fairgrounds in which students make times stops at multiple stations. There are fourteen different learning centers specializing in dairy, embryology, safety, pork, corn, seed science, conservation, beef, soybeans, pollination, technology, equipment, and large and small animals.](https://www.shawlocal.com/resizer/3yEq7Lsnwri_5NB3xNBkX2vn--0=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/shawmedia/WU5Q4HXVOVE7RF2OO5SABU6KGQ.jpg)
![Tim Harris talks to a group of students at the dairy learning center during the Bureau County Ag. Fair on Thursday, March 21, 2024 in Princeton. The Ag Fair is a daylong event at the Bureau County Fairgrounds in which students make times stops at multiple stations. There are fourteen different learning centers specializing in dairy, embryology, safety, pork, corn, seed science, conservation, beef, soybeans, pollination, technology, equipment, and large and small animals.](https://www.shawlocal.com/resizer/zv4JIDJ770ZHvc1hEXjIz7Hu3zU=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/shawmedia/BHYFJVLKYNDVZOPQPJHKLGODTE.jpg)
![Elliot Erickson shows his cattle to a group of students during the Bureau County Ag. Fair on Thursday, March 21, 2024 in Princeton. The Ag Fair is a daylong event at the Bureau County Fairgrounds in which students make times stops at multiple stations. There are fourteen different learning centers specializing in dairy, embryology, safety, pork, corn, seed science, conservation, beef, soybeans, pollination, technology, equipment, and large and small animals.](https://www.shawlocal.com/resizer/N8U9H6xkqO6b8eCqDpeFeSI9AFo=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/shawmedia/2374UD7IQBFDXIKKE6I2RGRA5U.jpg)
![Layne Foster holds a baby kid goat during the Bureau County Ag. Fair on Thursday, March 21, 2024 in Princeton. The Ag Fair is a daylong event at the Bureau County Fairgrounds in which students make times stops at multiple stations. There are fourteen different learning centers specializing in dairy, embryology, safety, pork, corn, seed science, conservation, beef, soybeans, pollination, technology, equipment, and large and small animals.](https://www.shawlocal.com/resizer/HGFs139bGqo-mnLMdi6UACEvnEY=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/shawmedia/N5XQPVZZ3BDQJJCCIFFE7LMJFM.jpg)
![Lillie Fargher and Brinley Brady of Bureau Valley Elementary School hold a baby chicken during the Bureau County Ag. Fair on Thursday, March 21, 2024 in Princeton. The Ag Fair is a daylong event at the Bureau County Fairgrounds in which students make times stops at multiple stations. There are fourteen different learning centers specializing in dairy, embryology, safety, pork, corn, seed science, conservation, beef, soybeans, pollination, technology, equipment, and large and small animals.](https://www.shawlocal.com/resizer/E4Q5sLbUUbIdsz7YcdTyILDHvjU=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/shawmedia/S2UXPQTQCBDFLCN7VW5E37FKXQ.jpg)
Payton Fruteh (left) shows off her painted horse as Kyra Gibson of Bureau Valley Elementary School pets her during the Bureau County Ag Fair on Thursday, March 21, 2024, in Princeton. The Ag Fair is a daylong event at the Bureau County Fairgrounds in which students make times stops at multiple stations. There are 14 different learning centers specializing in dairy, embryology, safety, pork, corn, seed science, conservation, beef, soybeans, pollination, technology, equipment, and large and small animals. (Scott Anderson)
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Scott Anderson
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