By Sam Parsons

The Mahaska County Farm Bureau hosted Ag Day at the Southern Iowa Fairgrounds on Friday with a total of 268 third grade students in Mahaska County invited to learn about where their food comes from and how agriculture is relevant in other areas of their life.

Mahaska County Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom Coordinator Karen Adams shared some of the things that the third graders were learning as part of the trip out to the Fairgrounds.

Mahaska County Board President Mike Jackson said that the good relationship between the Bureau and the local schools and their FFA chapters plays a key role in making events like this possible.

The event was run with the help of 35 FFA volunteers from Oskaloosa and North Mahaska, as well as 14 adult volunteers.