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Join NFU August 4-5 to celebrate the past, present and future of family farm agriculture. We’re returning to our Point, Texas birthplace to celebrate our 104th anniversary.

Schedule of Events
Highway 69, Downtown Point

August 4, Friday
5:30 p.m. Fish Fry (ticketed event) - Cotton Pickin’ Theatre
6:30 p.m. Gospel Songfest (free) - Cotton Pickin’ Theatre

August 5, Saturday
7-10:00 a.m. Pancake Breakfast (ticketed event) - Point Community Center
All Day Booths: Art, crafts, food and others - Point Shopping Center
10:00 a.m. Vintage Car, Tractor and Farm Equipment Parade - City of Point
11:00 a.m. Farm Bill Listening Session (click to learn more)
1-3:00 p.m. Historic Tour (ticketed event) - RSVP
5:00 p.m. Memorial Dedication and Inaugural Unveiling of NFU Historical Monument
7:00 p.m. Rural Music Review (ticketed event) - Cotton Pickin’ Theatre

It’s been a busy summer at NFU and we’re very fortunate to have the assistance of five very capable, hard-working interns.

Mitch Fargen, Josh Tonsager and Andrew Schwarm are interning in NFU’s government relations office in Washington, D.C. Mitch attends South Dakota State University, where he will graduate with a double major in political science and business economics next May. Josh attends the University of South Dakota, where he is a junior majoring in poltical science and business economics. Andrew is from Illinois and attends the College of William and Mary, majoring in government and philosophy.

Karen Kiley is interning with the NFU communications department in Washington, D.C. She is a senior at the University of Maryland, majoring in broadcast journalism with a minor in government and politics.

Amanda Scheurer is the education department intern at NFU’s Denver office. She graduated from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn. with a bachelor’s degree in business communications and minor in psychology.

Photo: NFU Washington, D.C. interns, from left - NFU President Tom Buis, Chief of Staff Bart Chilton, Andrew Schwarm, Josh Tonsager, Mitch Fargen, Karen Kiley.