MISSOURI — Send Missouri Livestock Symposium your best snapshots of Missouri farm life and enter this year’s Missouri Livestock Symposium photo contest. Entries are due October 31, 2023.

The contest is open to amateur photographers in the state of Missouri. Photographers may submit up to three (3) entries. Entries must show some aspect of agriculture including farm life, farm scenes, and/or livestock.

Submit your entries to missourilivestock@gmail.com. Include your name, complete address, phone, age, the title of the photo, and a little bit about your photo in the email. Photos must be 8.5 x 11 inches and in portrait orientation. Submit photos in jpg format with a minimum of 300 dpi. Full contest guidelines can be found on the website at https://missourilivestock.com/photo-contest.

Missouri Livestock Symposium committee members will select the top photo from all photos correctly submitted by the deadline. The winning photo will be recognized at the evening program of the Missouri Livestock Symposium on Friday, December 2, 2022 and will also appear on the cover of the Missouri Livestock Symposium program book.

Photos entered into the contest can be found on the Symposium’s Flickr stream at https://www.flickr.com/photos/missourilivestock/ and on their Facebook page.

The Missouri Livestock Symposium is the premier educational event and trade show for livestock producers. The event is held December 1 & 2, 2023 at the William Matthew Middle School in Kirksville, MO. They feature nationally known speakers covering timely topics, a large agricultural trade show, and free meals provided by our state’s finest commodity groups. There is no cost to attend and no pre-registration is required.

For more information on the Missouri Livestock Symposium, visit their website at https://missourilivestock.com/, Facebook page, or call 660-665-9866.