FFA President Shows Market Lambs at the Fair - Sonoma Valley Sun

FFA Difference Makers to launch 'Compassion to Action' program at York County Fair

The York FFA Difference Makers — “Difference in Action” committee will launch a new community-driven food security and ag-education outreach program at the York County Fair.

FFA President Shows Market Lambs at the Fair - Sonoma Valley Sun

By Anna Pier 17-year-old Jaqueline Strand, President of the Sonoma Valley High chapter of Future Farmers of America (FFA), will show two market lambs at the 2026 Sonoma County Fair in Santa Rosa the week of August 6 – 8. This year she will bring Chad, a Dark Crossbred lamb, and Brad, a Hampshire lamb.

Sisters Country kids impress at fair

There's a particular sound that means the Deschutes County Fair & Rodeo has arrived: the low, patient murmur of livestock barns filling up. Steers shuffle in trailers. Lambs get one last brushing. And somewhere between the wash rack and the show ring, a kid in their best duds is quietly becoming a leader - one animal, one lesson, one long summer at a time. That's the scene each year...