Bid and Buy at the 2020 Nevada County Fair Online Junior Livestock & Ag Mechanics Auction

August 7, 2020 |

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – August 7, 2020 

Contact: Patrick Eidman, CEO, Nevada County Fairgrounds
(530) 273-6217; 

Bid and Buy at the 2020 Nevada County Fair Online Junior Livestock and Ag Mechanics Auction 

The Nevada County Fairgrounds, in partnership with the Nevada County Livestock Producers, will host an online Junior Livestock and Ag Mechanics Auction on August 13 – 15 at NevadaCountyFair.com. The auction opens at 9 am on August 13 and begins closing on August 15 at 9 am, with lots closing in 90 second intervals until the final lot is complete.

The auction provides an opportunity to support youth in agriculture, fill your freezer with delicious locally-raised meat, and purchase hand-crafted projects for your home and garden.

Online bidding will be open for three days. During that time, buyers can bid on animals and projects, support the exhibitors individually with “Add On” bids through the online platform or they can contribute to a “Community Pool” of funds that will be used to broadly support the sale and junior exhibitors.

The 2019 Junior Livestock and Ag Mechanics auctions grossed a record setting $736,000 for the youth of Nevada County. These auctions represent the culmination of a long year of work and dedication by FFA, 4-H and independent youth exhibitors. Each bid and purchase is an investment in the next generation of agriculture and supports their future projects in agriculture, college funding and vocational training.

If you are a new buyer, please complete the new buyer registration form at NevadaCountyFair.com in advance of the online auction. Existing buyers are already in the system, but if your contact information has changed, please call the Fairgrounds Office to update. Once the auction begins on August 13, all buyers will be able to log in, review the auction lots, and bid. The Fairgrounds website has a page dedicated to buyers and includes information about how to bid and buy and will include a direct link to the auction once it opens.

For information about the auction or participating in the auction, visit NevadaCountyFair.com or call (530) 273-6217.

Categories: Events, Nevada County Fair, and Nevada County Fairgrounds.
Tags: 2020 Online auction, Ag Mechanics Auction, and junior livestock auction.

Auction Totals Up! Thank You for Supporting Youth in Agriculture!

August 16, 2018 |

Wow! This year’s Junior Livestock Auction and Ag Mechanics Auction together grossed more than $670,000 (which includes $64,000 in bumps) for our local youth! A record setting year!! Thank you to all the buyers and businesses for supporting Nevada County’s youth in agriculture. What an amazing community!

Categories: Nevada County Fair.
Tags: Ag Mechanics Auction, auctions, fair, and junior livestock auction.

Another Example of Community Support for Youth in Agriculture

August 21, 2017 |
Another example of our community supporting youth in agriculture. Check out these beautiful projects made by local high school students and purchased from the Ag Mechanics Auction. Thank you, Riebes Auto Parts, for your ongoing support of the Nevada County Fair and the youth of our county! Welcome sign by Chana Ferguson, cross in window by Amanda Perry, piano bar by Kalie Bisagno, and transmission table by Christoph Paul.
 
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Tags: Ag Mechanics Auction, bear river ffa, businesses, community, fair, Grass Valley, Nevada City, Nevada County, Nevada Union FFA, riebes, riebes auto parts, and youth.

Thank You for Supporting Local Youth in Agriculture

August 17, 2017 |
Wow! Together, this year’s Junior Livestock Auction and Ag Mechanics Auction grossed more than $586,000 (which includes $67,000 in bumps) for our local youth! Thank you to all the buyers and businesses for supporting Nevada County’s youth in agriculture and our next generation!
 
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Tags: 4H, Ag Mechanics Auction, fair, FFA, Grass Valley, junior livestock auction, Nevada City, and Nevada County.

Danny Kemp to be Inducted into the Nevada County Fair Hall of Fame

August 9, 2010 |

Danny Kemp has been named as the 2010 inductee into the Nevada County Fairgrounds’ Hall of Fame. The Fair’s Board of Directors chose Kemp for his significant contributions to the Fair and to the youth of Nevada County.

Kemp recently retired as the Ag Mechanics instructor from Bear River High School, where he had been teaching since 1986. It was his inspiration, and his desire to support the Ag Mechanics students, that created the highly successful Ag Mechanics Auction at the 2004 Fair. Kemp worked tirelessly with the students and the Fair to create a quality exhibit that has grown to fill the Sugar Pine Lodge at the Fairgrounds. Now in its seventh year, the Ag Mechanics Auction has raised more than $240,000 to benefit the students of Nevada County.

“I am thrilled with how the Ag Mechanics Auction has grown since its inception,” said Kemp. “I am proud of the students who make it happen, and I am pleased that it opens another avenue for children to be successful.”

Kemp has always been a great supporter of the Fair. He was a member of the Nevada County Fair’s Board of Directors from 1985 through 1989, and, even today, he continues to be available to provide his assistance to the Fair team. Following each Fair, he makes it a point to meet with management and provide his positive critique and to offer his help in continuing to improve the Fair. He has always been a person that the Fair team relies upon for advice and direction.

“Danny is an individual who has made significant contributions to the Fair,” said Fairgrounds CEO Sandy Woods. “He is a person that we appreciate and admire, and his presence will indeed be missed in the future. It is a well-deserved honor for him to be named to the Fair’s Hall of Fame.”

Kemp, who has lived in Nevada County since 1975, has been a teacher in Nevada County for 34 years. He started his career at Nevada Union High School, and then began teaching at Bear River High School when it opened in 1986. In 2005, he received a Teacher of Excellence award from the California Ag Teachers Association.
Kemp will be formally inducted into the Hall of Fame at opening day ceremonies on Wednesday, August 11. In addition to access to the Fair and its many activities, he will receive a portrait donated by Shaffers Originals.

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