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The Western Illinois University School of Agriculture will celebrate two western Illinois traditions, agriculture and the Fighting Leathernecks, at the 2016 Western Illinois Football home opener at WIU. On Saturday, Sept. 10, the WIU School of Ag and Western Illinois Athletics, along with the McDonough Farm Bureau and Hancock County Farm Bureau, are sponsoring "Agriculture Day," which will feature agricultural festivities from noon-3 p.m. just north of Hanson Field (in Q-Lot) at WIU. The Fighting Leathernecks will kick off the first home football game of the 2016 season at 3 p.m., playing the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks at Hanson Field.
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WIU School of Ag to Celebrate Ag and Football Traditions at 2016 Leathernecks Football Home Opening Game Sept. 10

August 3, 2016

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MACOMB, IL — Next month, the Western Illinois University School of Agriculture will celebrate two western Illinois traditions—agriculture and the Fighting Leathernecks—at the 2016 Western Illinois Football home opener at WIU! On Saturday, Sept. 10, the WIU School of Ag and Western Illinois Athletics, along with the McDonough Farm Bureau and Hancock County Farm Bureau, are sponsoring "Agriculture Day," which will feature agricultural festivities from noon-3 p.m. just north of Hanson Field (in Q-Lot) at WIU. The Fighting Leathernecks will kick off the first home football game of the 2016 season at 3 p.m., playing the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks at Hanson Field.

Ag Day events are open free to the public. Adults, children and FFA and 4H members who pre-order football tickets through the WIU School of Ag online at www.wiu.edu/ag/football or in the School of Ag office (Knoblauch Hall 145) will receive discounted ticket prices. Adult tickets are $12 each, and each ticket for a child (11 and under) or a 4H or FFA member is $8. Tickets purchased online will be available for pick up on game day at the School of Ag Booth pre-game event area in Q-Lot (sections A and B).

Tickets purchased through the WIU School of Agriculture will support WIU ag student organizations. For a list of ag student organizations, see www.wiu.edu/ag/football.

Ag Day will include a variety of activities, including a "mini" WIU Ag Mech Club Farm Expo (in Q-Lot, sections A and B). The mini "Ag Mech Show" will feature products from agricultural product vendors from across the region.

Table vendors can register for a product booth/table online at www.wiu.edu/ag/football/.

For more information, contact the WIU School of Agriculture at (309) 298-1080.

Posted By: Teresa Koltzenburg (WIUNews@wiu.edu)
Office of University Communications & Marketing