Jefferson County Dairy Breakfast canceled

The 2021 Jefferson County Dairy Breakfast, scheduled for Aug. 21 at the Jefferson County Fair Park, has been canceled. 

According to information released on the Jefferson County Fair Park website, a new date to hold the event in 2022 will be announced this fall. 

Reasons for canceling the event were not noted as part of the release. 

About the dairy breakfast

According to the release: The Jefferson County Dairy Breakfast is an event with a long-standing tradition in Jefferson County. Starting out on the Beane Farm in Fort Atkinson, making it’s way across the county and eventually landing at the Jefferson County Fair Park where the event now occurs each year. The day of the Breakfast is filled with a delicious breakfast with products from around Jefferson County including Jones Dairy Farm Sausage, Crave Brother’s Cheese, Prairie Farms milk that is sourced from local farms and a variety of other agriculture products.

All proceeds raised from the Jefferson County Dairy Breakfast are distributed back in to the community in the form of scholarships, grants and improvements to the Jefferson County Fair Park. Seniors in high school looking to pursue a career in agriculture or students who are already enrolled in an agriculture-related program at a university or technical college, also are eligible to apply for a Jefferson County Dairy Breakfast Scholarship. Those belonging to an agriculture-related group in Jefferson County that is in need of funds to complete a project or initiative, also may apply for a Jefferson County Dairy Breakfast Grant. 

Throughout the years, the breakfast has been hosted by different farms, organizations and committees, including: 

• 1970: Craig & Laura Beane Hosted the first Jefferson County Dairy Breakfast

• 1971: Breakfast & State June Dairy Month Promotion

• 1976: Ray & Marcella Armstrong Farm

• 1977: Ronald & Sheila Ulsberger Farm

• 1978: William & Jean Ehrke Farm

• 1979: Donald & Jim Strauss Farm

• 1981: Dean & Sandra Yandry Farm

• 1982: Vern, Ruby & Dave Strasburg Century Farm

• 1983: Jones Dairy farm

• 1984: William & Jan Ward Farm

• 1989 to 2002: Farm Bureau and Fort Chamber, Fort Atkinson

• 2003 to 2007: Jefferson County Dairy Breakfast Committee, Jefferson County Fair Park

• 2008: Jefferson County Dairy Breakfast Committee, Hoard’s Dairyman Farm

• 2009 to 2019: Jefferson County Dairy Breakfast Committee, Jefferson County Fair Park

• 2020: Jefferson County Fair Park Staff, Jefferson County Fair Park

• 2021: Canceled

• 2022: Jefferson County Fair Park Staff, Jefferson County Fair Park, upcoming date to be announced this fall. 

For more information about activities and events at the Jefferson County Fair Park, visit: https://www.jcfairpark.com.