Events
Knox County Farm Safety Camp
Details and Registartion available HERE.
2025-06-21
Steve Johnson Seminar
Dr. Steve Johnson will be at the Knox Agri Center on Tuesday, June 17 at 7PM to present a marketing seminar titled “Managing Crop Revenue & Market Price Risks”. Topics will include Supply/Demand & Crop Price Outlook, Understanding Summer Weather Forecasts, Review Crop Insurance Coverage, Pre-Harvest Marketing Strategies & Tools, Impact of Tariffs on U.S. Trade, Developing & Implementing Your ’25 Crop Marketing Plans. To reserve your seat, please call the Knox County Farm Bureau at 309-342-2036 or visit knoxcfb.org click HERE.
2024-11-19
2025 Hunter Safety Course
2025 Hunter Safety Course- August 22 & August 23
Friday, August 22 from 6:00-9:00 pm and Saturday, August 23 from 8:00 am-3:00 pm
Knox Agri-Center, 180 S. Soangetaha Rd, Galesburg
Area residents, 8 years old and above, will have an opportunity to learn basic principles of safe hunting at a Department of Natural Resources hunter safety course sponsored by the Knox County Farm Bureau Young Farmers. Participants must attend both session days. A snack will be provided on Friday evening and lunch provided on Saturday.
Participants must be 8 years old and above. A 1996 state law requires that all hunters born on or after January 1, 1980 must successfully complete the hunter education course before they can receive their first hunting license. Participants completing the hunter education course will receive a Hunter Education Certification card verifying that they have passed the course of instruction.
Classes are free and taught by volunteer instructors. The programs are primarily designed to train young people between the ages of 12-18 and materials are based on a sixth-grade reading level. Anyone under the age of 10 has to be accompanied by an adult the whole class.
The minimum ten hour course includes instruction in wildlife management, firearms safety, hunter ethics, game identification, first aid, survival techniques and regulations. This course is limited to 40 participants and will be filled on a first come, first served basis. Please call the Knox County Farm Bureau with any questions 309-342-2036
This course is sponsored by the Knox County Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Knox County Pheasants Forever.
Registration will open on June 25 at Noon.
2025-08-22
Tractor & Lawnmower Safety Challange
The Knox County Farm Bureau Young Leaders are hosting their 3rd Annual 4-H & FFA Lawnmower & Tractor Safety Challange on June 30 at the Knox County Fairgrounds at 6PM. Food will be served prior to the safety school portion of the night. Young Leaders will teach participants 8-13 lawnmower safety and 14 and older tractor safety. After a brief safety test, participants will be able to take part in the lawnmower or tractor driving contest course. This event is an updated version of the 4-H & FFA Tractor & Lawnmower Safety School & Driving Contest. Please RSVP to the office at 309-342-2036 or HERE.
2025-06-30
