Farmfest provides a lively livestock offering

Melisa Goss
Jul 25, 2024
Jul 25, 2024

Farmfest Livstock Chute Demo worked.jpg — Cattle chute demonstrations take place daily at Farmfest.
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Farmfest visitors will find the livestock tent bustling during the three-day event in Morgan, Minnesota.

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Melisa Goss, Assistant Editor for the Tri-State Neighbor, is a South Dakota farm girl whose love of travel has allowed her to see ag’s vital impact around the world, from America’s heartland to the rice paddies of Southeast Asia and many places in between. She makes her home in Hartford with her husband, daughter and miniature schnauzer. You can reach her at mgoss@lee.net.