{"id":432253,"date":"2026-08-14T00:26:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T00:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/432253\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T00:26:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T00:26:18","slug":"the-big-fresno-fair-blog-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/432253\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Fresno Fair | Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"795\" data-id=\"8471\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260722_2028091-1024x795.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8471\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"8470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260719_203813-473x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8470\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"473\" data-id=\"8468\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260614_122215-1024x473.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8468\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"761\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"8469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260623_1855571-761x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8469\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Every exhibitor has a story, and we\u2019re excited to share a few as we count down to the Jr. Livestock Auction \ud83d\udc10<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meet Marissa Dilley, a Fresno-Central FFA exhibitor from Central High School!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI joined FFA to learn more about agriculture and livestock. As part of my FFA program project, I raised a market goat last year. I learned how to care for my goat, train him for competition, and market him for auction at the Fresno Fair. I really enjoyed competing with other students from different FFA chapters. I did pretty good for my first year and learned a lot. I also made a lot of great memories and friendships. FFA is important to me because it has provided me with so many great opportunities and experiences.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>My animal project this year is another market goat. I named my goat Kevin. Kevin is a larger goat than my goat from last year, so I have been learning a lot of new things. It was challenging to get him used to walking with a harness because he is so strong but I did it. I am so excited to compete with Kevin at the Fresno Fair this year and can\u2019t wait to see how well we do!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Help support Marissa and fellow 4-H and FFA exhibitors by participating in the Jr. Livestock Auction as a buyer or through an add-on bid. Every contribution makes a difference.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Big Fresno Fair Jr. Livestock Auction kicks off Saturday, October 10, with additional sales continuing Saturday, October 17.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Details on how to become a buyer or place an add-on bid will be available soon. Every bit of support makes a difference for these hardworking students. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fresnofair.com\/p\/getconnected\/jr-livestock-auction\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more here<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Every exhibitor has a story, and we\u2019re excited to share a few as we count down to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432254,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-432253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}