Local farmers and vendors said they shared an overall enjoyable experience at this year’s annual Roosevelt County Ag Expo. The two-day event ended Wednesday. For Roosevelt County farmer and rancher Randy Lieb, the expo
presented a great opportunity for him to stay abreast of what new
products are available as well as price increases for supplies. Lieb enjoyed looking at John Deere tractors and seeing what new seeds and farm equipment were there. Lieb says he was surprised in price increases in seed and fertilizer
and the information he received about the scarce availability of hay
grazer and seed sorghum forage. Wayne Baker of the Portales Rotary Club attended the expo this year to help raise funds with their chuck wagon lunch Tuesday. “The Rotary had one of the best pork chop lunches that we ever had,” Baker said. The Rotary Club cooked about 700 pork chops and sold out nearly an
hour before the lunch was scheduled to end. Baker says that never
happened before...
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