Bovina Farm Day

Bovina Farm Day
Bovina Farm Day returns Sunday, September 1st, 2024.
You can learn about our previous farm day below.

ENTER OUR CONTESTS
Enter your best traditional apple pie, or your best non-traditional apple dessert.
We encourage you to enter our Best Apple Pie and Apple Dessert Contests.
Drop off information coming shortly!

Enter our Scarecrow Contest
We will provide the stake, cross-arms, and hay, while those who enter the contest will supply
the creativity and sheer determination
to outshine the other scarecrows on the field.
Entering the contest costs $10.
Farm Day Schedule 2023
10 AM
Bovina Farm Day Begins!
Church Service at The Weber Farm Calf Barn
11 AM - 2 PM
Butter Making Demonstration, Pamela Cooley
12 PM
Celebrating the Divine Swine: A Butchering Demo by Andersen Morse

12 PM - 4PM
Tours of the One-Room Maynard Schoolhouse

1 PM
Apple Pie Contest Entries must be submitted!

1:30 PM
Maple Candy Making Demo by Karen LaFever, Maplewood Farm & Orchard

2 PM
Best Apple Pie Contest Judging
Judges: Ed Weber, Gary Simmons, Dennis Deysenroth

2 PM
Scarecrows completed for scarecrow making competition

3 PM
Scarecrow contest Judging
Judge: Scott Hill

3:30 PM
Multi-Basket Raffle Drawing

4 PM
Farm Tour at Milking Time
FOR THE KIDS

1:30 PM
CRAFTS
Farm-Themed Activities for All Ages

3 PM
The Great Bovina Farm Day Tug-Of-War
Children versus Children
Adults versus Adults
Children versus Adults

ONGOING EVENTS
Lawn Games
Farm Themed Treasure Hunt
Animals to Visit
Finch Farm Horse Drawn Hayrides
Mark Wilbur's Antique 2-Stroke Engine and Antique Wooden Shingle Maker Machine
Peter Buchanan-Smith & Nick Zdon: Knowing, Buying, Using, Hanging, Restoring & Adorning Axes
DISPLAYS
Jurgens Farm Family Antique Truck
Tony and Kyle Gabriel's Collection of Tractors
Dan Dysenroth's Antique Engines
David Mueller Antique Tractor
Lester Stewart Antique Tractor
Byron Trimbell Antique Tractors
Chip Sidorowicz Antique Garden Tractors and Hand Tools

FOOD CONCESSIONS
Kru Coffee Collective
Russell's General Store
Ty's Taco-Ria
Our Farmers & Vendors
This is a growing list of Farmers, Producers & Craftspeople for 2023.
Check in for more information as the list continues to be updated.

Bovina Historical Society
Bright Little Farm
Burnett Farms
Byebrook Farm
Catskill Botanicals
Catskills Comfrey
Crystal Brook Farm
Echo Hill Farm
Farmers Wife
Hillside Honey & Farm Products
Kortright Kritters 4H Club
Muddy Nose Dog Biscuits
Nancy Kulikowski
Old Soul Botanicals
Rock Royal Farm
Second Chance Farm
Tenfold Farm
Bovina Farm Day Volunteers
We're looking for volunteers to join the committee planning Bovina Farm Day, as well as to set up the event and work at the festival (September 3). Volunteering includes helping to hang signs, throw hay bales, sell tickets, coordinate kids' games, cut corn stalks, park cars, staff a booth, etc.,
If interested, please use the form below, email farmingbovina@gmail.com or call Peter Pockriss at
914-450-4754. It's a great way to meet your neighbors!

Name *
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Bovina Farm Day
This fantastic event happens every Labor Day weekend. Here is a little taste of previous years.
Contests of the Day
Learn a little bit more about two of our fun contests!

Best Apple Pie and Apple Dessert Contest
The Winners
Traditional Apple Pie Category:

1st Place- Ray LaFever
1st Place- - Sidney & Joshua Federman
3rd Place - Betty Hilson

Non-traditional Category

1st Place-- Carol Smith
1st Place- - Leah Josephson
3rd Place Amanny Ahmad

Thank you to all who entered.
Scarecrow Contest
The Winners

1st Place - Mercedes Gonzales "The Scarecrow of Parking Lots Past"

2nd Place Catherine Redd- "Bambi's Revenge"

3rd Place -Sadie, daughter of Kasia Wallin - "Jenny the Pirate Princess"

4th Place - Mike "Fright Attendant"

Honorable Mention
Gwen Deysenroth - "Dog Walker"

We loved them all. Thank you to all who entered.
The Program

Bovina Farmday 2020 Cancelled
We are saddened to announce that we are going to cancel the Farmday for 2020 due to the Pandemic and the safety concerns associated with gathering farmers and visitors. We are hoping to return as usual, Labor Day weekend 2021. We hope to see you then.

Click here to see the program from 2019 to get a taste of everyone who joined and supported us.
Bovina Farmday
Video courtesy of greatwesterncatskills.com.