OFI 848: How To Sell Your Project If Your County Fair Was Canceled | Courtney Gordon | Ag Community Relief
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The Coronavirus has impacted agriculture in many different ways. One of the most common that we are seeing throughout the U.S. is the cancellation of county and state fairs due to social distancing requirements. This has a profound impact on our future farmers, both from the FFA and 4H.
These students and members have invested capital, labor, time and feed into developing quality animals for the fair. The payoff is normally the fair auction after the shows have taken place and the blue ribbons have been passed out. However, this year there will be no auctions or ribbons for many of these young people.
Ag Community Relief is a non-profit organization based on the concept of farmers helping farmers. They are based in Michigan, and they got their start in 2017 by sending hay and fencing supplies to ranchers in Kansas and Oklahoma in the wake of the devastating Starbuck Fire. Since that time they have grown, changed their name from The Michigan Convoy to Ag Community Relief and have taken on all sorts of efforts to help farmers around the nation.
Ag Community Relief has partnered with DV Auction and Osborn Barr Paramore to provide an online auction for 4H and FFA members this year so that they can be recognized for their projects and recoup their investments.
On today’s episode I will be speaking with Courtney Gordon of Ag Community Relief about this effort and the details of how it will work. There are four states in which the auctions have been set up. However, Courtney wanted to make it clear that if you do not live in one of these states they still want to hear from you and have the opportunity to help out.
Here are some of the details that I copied from the Ag Community Relief Website:
Ag Community Relief Presents Virtual Livestock
Auction opportunities for 4-H and FFA Members!
Calling all 4-H and FFA members and parents! Are you a resident of Illinois, Kansas, Michigan or Missouri? Has your county or state fair been canceled due to the recent restrictions amid COVID-19? You’ve come to the right place! Ag Community Relief in partnership with DVAuction is thrilled to offer a solution. We invite you to participate in Ag Community Relief’s Junior Auction Virtual Event. We will be backing and facilitating timed auctions for MO, IL, MI and KS. So how does this all work? It’s easy! Simply follow the steps outlined in our Sellers Guide which is linked below and encourage your prospective buyers to visit this page to learn how they can participate in bidding by referencing the Buyer Registration Guide below. But before we get to the guides check out some general event information!
EVENT INFORMATION
We will be kicking things off with our Missouri and Illinois auctions, followed by Michigan and then Kansas. All auctions will be hosted on DVAuction.com. Each auction will be a timed auction and held virtually over a two-week period. Auction dates and times are listed below. Auctions are open to youth in MO, IL, MI and KS. The auctions will focus on the following animals – Cattle, Sheep and Swine.
AUCTION DATES + TIMES
*Bidding for all auctions will open at 10:00 AM CDT on its respective start date and close at 7:00 PM CDT on the final day of the auction. Auction start and ends dates are indicated above. *
ENTRY COST FOR SELLERS
There will be a small $20 lot fee per animal which will be deducted from final sale checks.
CONTACT INFORMATION AND LINKS:
Ag Community Relief Website: LINK
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