Farming Magazine - January, 2012
SHOW PREVIEWS
Vermont Farm Show
January 24-26, Essex Jct., Vt.
The 78th Annual Farm Show will be bigger and
better than ever. For 2012, the event has moved to the
Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Jct., Vt.
The 2012 Dairy Farmers' Banquet
Brought to you by The Vermont Dairy Industry Association and Vermont Farm Show
Thursday, January 26, Noon to 2 p.m.
Come celebrate with Vermont's highest quality dairy farmers and those who support them! Vermont's highest quality milk awards, Finley Award and Dairy Farm of the Year, will be presented.
Tickets are $10 in advance or at the door. Seating is limited! Contact Nathan Miller at 802-545-2320 or kettltop@gmavt.net to reserve your ticket.
Meetings Schedule:
- Tuesday, January 24
NH-VT Christmas Tree
Association
VT Beekeepers Association
Vermont Maple Sugar Makers
Association Annual Meeting and
Banquet
- Wednesday, January 25
FFA competition and awards
banquet
First Annual VT Farm Show
Farmers Market and Cook-off
- Thursday, January 26
Vt. Dairyman's Banquet and
Awards
Visit these folks at the show!
A-1 Technologies Ind. DBA Val 6 Infrared Heaters
Agri-Plastics
Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity
American Jersey Cattle Association
Artisan Printing Of Vermont
802-644-9001
Bakers Ag Sales & Service
Bascom Maple Farms, Inc.
603-835-6361
Bernie Riopel Manufactures Rep
603-491-7671
Black River Equip.
BLC
Bliss Farm Enterprises
Bourdeau Brothers/FCI
Burlington Diesel Fuel Pump Service
802-868-4880
Cabot Creamery
Camp Pre-Cast
Cargill Animal Nutrition
CDL USA
3 Lemnah Drive
St Albans, VT 05478
802-527-0000
Champlain Valley Equip.
Classic Stitching
Co-Operative Insurance
PO Box 5890
Middlebury, VT 05753
802-388-0061
Country Folks
Dairy Marketing Services
Dairy One
Davon Sales, Inc.
519-536-1218
Deep Valley Farm, Inc.
800-656-6007
DNB Marketing Solutions
Eaton Agricorp - Hakmet
Efficiency Vermont
Farm Family Insurance Co.
802-527-0350
Farming: The Journal Of Northeast Agriculture
374 Emerson Falls Road
St Johnsbury, VT 05819
802-748-8908
Frazer Agency, Inc. (Nationwide)
841 US Rte 5 N
Windsor, VT 05089
802-674-5506
GEA Farm Technologies/ NORBCO
General Truck & Equip.
802-722-3100
Genex Cooperative
Gifford Medical Center
Goodrich's Maple Farm 802-426-3704
Guy's Farm & Yard
Hannaford Supermarkets
Hawkeye International
Hicks Sales LLC
802-439-5279
Hoards Dairyman
Homestead Fence Co.
Hood-Booth Brothers
Hud-Son Forest Equip.
IDEXX Laboratories
John Deere Co.
2000 John Deere Run
Cary, NC 27513
919-804-2777
Kent Nutrition Group
Kimball Midwest
Kingdom Creamery Of Vermont
Kuhn North America, Inc.
L.W. Greenwood & Sons, Inc.
802-728-5453
Land & Mowing Solutions LLC
Lapierre USA
102 Airport Access Road
Swanton, VT 05488
802-868-2328
Leader Evaporator Co, Inc.
802-868-5444
Lely Center Vermont
802-933-4030
Lenny's Shoe & Apparel
Manosh Water Wells
Meunerie Robitaille, Inc./ New Tech Feed
Millbrook Shavings
Morrison's Custom Feeds
Mycogen Seeds
Nationwide Agri Business- Mullen Insurance
2 Market Place Suite 5
Essex Junction, VT 05454
802-878-8156
Nature's Creative Wood
New England Dairy & Food Council
NOFA-VT
Northeast Ag Sales
Northeast Farm Sales & Service, Inc.
802-754-8863
NYCAMH
802-828-6900
OESCO, Inc.
413-369-4335
Outback Heating
540-337-9600
Paul Stanley Crop Management Services
Pete's Equip. Sales & Rentals, Inc.
Phenomenal Fudge
Pike Farm Repairs
Poulin Grain, Inc.
Riverside Equip.
Rural Vermont
Scythe Supply
207-853-4750
St. Albans Cooperative Creamery
Stephenson Agri Sales
Stubbes Precast
519-424-2183
The Barn Doctor
Timberwolf Mfg Corp
802-775-4227
Union Agricultural Society
University Of Vermont
USDA Farm Service Agency
USDA Wildlife Services
USDA/APHIS/VS
USDA/NASS/NHFO
USDA/Natural Resources Conservation Service
UVM Rural & Agriculture Voc Rehab
Vt. Agency Of Agriculture
Vt. Agency Of Agriculture/ NYCAMH
Vt. AgrAbility
Vt. Agricultural Credit Corp
802-828-0626
Vt. Agricultural Mediation Program
Vt. Assoc. Of Conservation Districts
Vt. Ayrshire Club, Inc.
Vt. Beef Industry Council
Vt. Beekeepers Association
Vt. Bird Fanciers
Vt. Coverts
Vt. DHIA
802-295-3379
Vt. Electric Power Co.
Vt. Engine Services
Vt. Farm Bureau
Vt. Fish & Wildlife Department
Vt. Grass Farmers Association
Vt. Horse Council
Vt. Housing & Conservation Board
Vt. Land Trust
Vt. Llama & Alpaca
Vt. Maple Sugarmakers
802-763-7435
Vt. Morgan Horse Assoc
Vt. State Grange
Vt. State NFO
Vt. Sustainable Jobs Fund
Vt. Technical College
Vt. Woodlands Association
WDEV Fm & Am
Wellscroft Fence Systems
167 Sunset Hill-Chesham
Harrisville, NH 03450-5603
603-827-3464
WOKO Radio
Wood Heating Systems LLC
Wood Mizer
315-564-4040
Yankee Farm Credit
Zimmerman Cattle Control Co.
717-738-7365
History of the Vermont Farm Show
The Vermont Farm Show grew out of the Old Vermont Dairymen's Association and Maple Sugar Makers' Association meeting which has been held for numerous years. In 1930, these meetings were held at the Memorial Auditorium which was only a few years old at the time. In 1932, Orlando Martin asked the director of the Department of Agriculture if there was any possible way to put an educational exhibit and product competition in the basement of the Auditorium. The exhibit was a huge success and so began the Vermont Farm Show.
These Product Competitions and the Union Agriculture Meetings continued to grow and prosper in Burlington through 1946. The only two years meetings and competitions did not take place were in 1943 and 1944, during the war.
In 1947 the Union Agriculture Meetings and Farm Products Contests were moved to the Barre Municipal Auditorium were they have been held ever since. The change from Burlington to Barre was necessitated by the leasing of the Memorial Auditorium in Burlington to the Veteran's Administration.
In November 1957, the Vermont Farm Show, Inc. was officially organized and incorporated. The official by laws of the organization were revised and adopted at a meeting held May 15, 1979.
During its 78 years, the Show has undergone many changes. The addition of exhibitors in the outdoor ice rink in 1984 and significant changes in 1999. The most significant change will be this coming year 2012 when we change locations from Barre to Essex Jct. to the Champlain Valley Exposition.
