Ag Day

A collage of Ag Day images including ice cream, pony rides, educational activities, UD mascots and more!

Thank you for a fantastic Ag Day 2024! See you next year.

 

April 26, 2025
10 A.m. TO 3 p.m.
Townsend Hall

 

Ag Day is a decades-old University of Delaware tradition, drawing thousands to the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources each April. Community members enjoy more than 50 attractions, demonstrations, exhibits, and educational activities designed to showcase the wide world of agriculture and natural resources. Ag Day also includes live performances, plant sales, a diverse food court, and a range of experiences for every age.

A look back at 2024...

Get ready for University of Delaware Ag Day 2024!: youtube.com/watch?v=bg0nONw1R2M

Demos & Events

10:30 a.m. Collar Scholars (ANFS Stage)
11:00 a.m. Cockroach Races
11:00 a.m. Sheep Shearing Demo (ANFS Stage)
11:00 a.m. One Health Solutions to the
Challenges of Feeding the World
(Townsend Hall 132)
11:30 a.m. Free Flight Bird Demo
12:00 p.m. Cockroach Races
1:00 p.m. Cockroach Races
1:00 p.m. Sheep Shearing Demo (ANFS Stage)
2:00 p.m. Cockroach Races
2:00 p.m. Free Flight Bird Demo
2:30 p.m. ProUD Demo (ANFS Stage)

 

ALL DAY

Turfgrass Tours meet next to the Cooperative Extension tent and last approximately 20 minutes.

Pony rides leave at regular intervals from the north side of Fischer Greenhouse.

Main Stage Entertainment

10:00 a.m. PRoUD
10:40 a.m. Solace
11:00 a.m. Dean’s Welcome
11:40 a.m. KoDAC
12:00 a.m. MIMIC
12:20 p.m. AGR vs SA Ice Cream Contest
12:30 p.m. CANR Faculty vs Students Ice Cream contest
12:50 p.m. Five Foot Nothin’
2:35 p.m. Sigma Alpha announces raffle basket winners
2:40 p.m. Five Foot Nothin’

Ag Day IN PHOTOS

Ag Day is free to attend, including parking.

Parking is available off of South College Avenue in the UD Ice Arena and Field House lots, as well as in the north and south parking lots of the STAR Health Sciences Complex. Overflow parking is also available at the DART/SEPTA lot. Handicapped parking (tag or plate must be displayed) is available in the northern most area of the ice arena lot. Please use crosswalks!

2024 Theme

From the Ground Up” recognizes agriculture and natural resources’ rich, nurturing, and deep foundation that encourages continued innovation, collaboration and builds toward a prosperous, resilient future.

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Questions about Ag Day?

Email: ag-day@udel.edu

2024 sponsors

 

 

Presented by

FMC Agricultural Sciences Logo

Blessing Greenhouses and Compost Facility, Inc. 

 

Delaware Department of Agriculture 

Delaware Farm Bureau

Ramsey's Farm 

2024 vendors and Exhibitors

 

4-H Club

Aeroecology Program

Alpha Gamma Rho

Alpha Zeta

APEC

Beekeeping Club

Bisram Bees

Blessing Greenhouses & Compost Facility Inc

Blue Hen Birding

CANR Sustainability Committee

Center for Experimental and Applied Economics

Citizens' Climate Lobby of Delaware

Coastal Resilience Design Studio

Collar Scholars

Crossan Concessions/ Kettle Corn

Delaware American Turkish Friendship Association

Delaware Department of Agriculture - Poultry and Animal Health

Delaware Department of Agriculture - Spotted Lanternfly

Delaware Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control- Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances

Delaware Farm Bureau

Delaware Geological Survey

Delaware Master Gardeners

Delaware Museum of Nature and Science

Dept. of PLSC

Disease Ecology Lab, ENWE

DNREC Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program

Downbeat Clothing

Environmental Heath & Safety

First State Urgent Vet

Five Foot Nothin' (music group)

Food Marketing Club

Food Science Club

Health & Well-Being (Co-op Extension)

Hydroponics Club

Iron Hill Museum & Science Center

KoDAC (UD RSO Dance Club)

MANRRS

Native Nourishment

Natural Dairy Products/Natural By Nature

New Castle County 4-H Leaders Association

Newark Natural Foods

One Health Program

Partnership for the Delaware Estuary

Philadelphia Flower Show Club

Pine Hill Farms

Plastic Free Delaware

Pre-Veterinary Club

Puppy Raisers of UD (PRoUD)

Ramsey's Farm

Randalia bee hives

Reins of Life

Sierra Club Delaware Chapter

Sigma Alpha

Sigma Alpha

Sigma Alpha

Sit Means Sit Dog Training

Solace Gospel Dance Team

Sparks Lab, PLSC

Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research

UD Animal Science Club

UD Climate Fellows

UD Entomology Club

UD Equestrian Team

UD Fresh to You

UD Horticulture Club

UD Master Naturalist Program

UD Plant Diagnostic Clinic

UD Soil Testing Program

UD Wildlife Society

UDairy Creamery

USDA-ARS Beneficial Insects Introduction Research Unit

Vet Skills Studio and Sensory Lab

WILK-TEC

WVUD

Entertainment Stage

Five Foot Nothin’

K-pop Dance Club (KoDAC)

PRoUD

Solace

UDairy Ice Cream Eating Contest

Demonstrations

Food science panel

One Health panel

Cockroach races

Free flight bird demo

Service dog training

Sheep shearing

Touch-A-Truck