Ag Education Center planned on Iowa State Fairgrounds
August 18th, 2025 by Ric Hanson
(Radio Iowa) – A fund drive is underway for a new, 15 MILLION dollar building on the Iowa State Fairgrounds. The Agricultural Education Center will focus on crop development, Iowa soils, farm equipment and jobs in agriculture. Governor Kim Reynolds says it’s important to show kids who don’t have a farm background where their food comes from. The state budget plan Reynolds signed this spring includes five MILLION dollars for the building, which will be built next to the “Little Hands on the Farm” State Fair exhibit that guides children through a garden, grain bin, tractor shed, apple orchard and livestock barns.

