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Continuing to grow
Great Bend fertile soil for farm expo
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If anyone ever wondered how an annual farm show could be successful in Great Bend, they only had to listen to Barton County Fair Board President Charles Atkinson’s speech at the opening ceremony for the 2103 Great Bend Farm and Ranch Expo. A farmer veteran of state and national farm organizations, he offered an impassioned remarks.“We in agriculture have a story to tell,” he said. “Agriculture built this country and it is agriculture that will save this country.”