July 29, 2020
2021 Mosaic Youth Steer Registration
The 2021 Mosaic Youth Steer Show and Sale Rules and Regulations forms are now available. Click here for more information. Good Luck! ...
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April 7, 2020
2020 Battle of the Band Champs announced
The Florida Strawberry Festival has announced the winner of its annual Battle of the Bands competition. OakLee was awarded the grand prize of $10,000, a trophy and 25 hours of studio recording time with All Access Recording. Electric Woodshed received a check for $5,000, a trophy and 10 hours of studio recording time with All Access Recording. Humans In Disguise was awarded honorable mention and given a cash prize of $1,000 and a plaque of...
March 23, 2020
Festival raffles off Stingray Chevrolet Corvette to benefit Unity in the Community
A 2020 Chevrolet Corvette C8 2LT was given away last week at the Stingray Chevrolet display on the Florida Strawberry Festival grounds. David Janhonen of St. Petersburg, Fla. won the Corvette Mid- Engine C8 2LT that, valued at just over $67,000, features a 490 HP LT2 V8 engine and an eight-speed dual clutch transmission with a heads-up display. The vehicle also includes a performance data recorder, rear cross traffic alert monitor, theft deterrent system, color infotainment navigation touch-screen,...
March 16, 2020
Youth Beef Breed Show winners chosen
The Florida Strawberry Festival awarded the winners of its annual beef breed show that took place this past weekend in the Patterson Co. Livestock Arena at the Grimes Family Agricultural Center. In this show sponsored by G FIVE Feed & Outdoor, two areas of competition are held for beef cattle and their exhibitors: the beef breed show and the herdsman contest. Jayce Ware won All Breeds Grand Champion Heifer; Case Watson won All Breeds Reserve Grand...
March 13, 2020
2020 Beef Breed Steer Showmanship winners announced
Exhibitors in the Florida Strawberry Festival’s Mosaic Beef Breed Steer Showmanship Contest competed against one another on Friday, March 6 to find the event’s top showman. In the showmanship contest, which takes place in the Patterson Co. Livestock Arena in the Grimes Family Agricultural Center, exhibitors are judged on their ability to present their animals to the judge. They are separated into three categories based on age: senior, intermediate or junior. Click here to read the full press release....
March 11, 2020
Shoebox Float winners chosen at Festival
The winners in the Florida Strawberry Festival’s shoebox float contest were announced this week. The contest, sponsored by HiDow, allows children in first through sixth grades to decorate a shoebox to look like a miniature parade float. All floats entered are on display all 11 days of the festival in the Parke Building on the Florida Strawberry Festival grounds. Click here to read the full press release....
March 11, 2020
Festival’s Mosaic Youth Steer Showmanship winners declared
Exhibitors in the Florida Strawberry Festival’s Mosaic Youth Steer Showmanship Contest competed against one another last night to find the event’s top showman. In the showmanship contest, which takes place in the Patterson Co. Livestock Arena in the Grimes Family Agricultural Center, exhibitors are judged on their ability to present their animals to the judge. They are separated into three categories based on age: senior, intermediate or junior. Click here to read the full press release....
March 11, 2020
Ninety-eight steer sold in Mosaic Youth Steer Sale
Exhibitors in the Mosaic Youth Steer Show sold their steer Saturday evening in the Mosaic Youth Steer Sale at the Patterson Companies Livestock Arena. The grand champion steer, exhibited by Riley Buttorff, was purchased for $21 per pound. The reserve grand champion steer, exhibited by Mariah Austin, was purchased for $11 per pound. In total, ninety-eight exhibitors sold their steers in the sale where no exhibitor earned less than $4 per pound. Click here to read the full press release....
March 11, 2020
Lamb show winners chosen at Florida Strawberry Festival
The winners in the Florida Strawberry Festival’s lamb shows were this week at the Patterson Companies Livestock Arena in the Grimes Family Agricultural Center. Four competitions are held for lamb and their exhibitors: showmanship, a jumping contest, a sheep show and costume contest. Click here to read the full press release....
March 11, 2020
Festival hosts luncheon with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and local producers
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sunny Perdue visited the Florida Strawberry Festival Friday morning to meet with agriculture producers in the Plant City area. Numerous producers of strawberries, vegetables and cattle, along with U.S. Rep. Ross Spano of Florida, U.S. Rep. Greg Pence of Indiana and officials from the City of Plant City were present at the luncheon to hear Perdue speak on the USMCA provisions and the USDA conference. The guests in attendance were also...