2020 Battle of the Band Champs announced
April 7, 2020
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...
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Festival raffles off Stingray Chevrolet Corvette to benefit Unity in the Community
March 23, 2020
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...
Youth Beef Breed Show winners chosen
March 16, 2020
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...
2020 Beef Breed Steer Showmanship winners announced
March 13, 2020
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...
Shoebox Float winners chosen at Festival
March 11, 2020
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...
Festival’s Mosaic Youth Steer Showmanship winners declared
March 11, 2020
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...
Ninety-eight steer sold in Mosaic Youth Steer Sale
March 11, 2020
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...
Lamb show winners chosen at Florida Strawberry Festival
March 11, 2020
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...
Festival hosts luncheon with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and local producers
March 11, 2020
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...
Festival announces Baby Parade winners
March 11, 2020
The winners of the Florida Strawberry Festival’s annual baby parade were awarded this past weekend on the festival grounds. In this year’s baby contest, sponsored by South Florida Baptist Hospital and...