Nearly 800 youngsters, ages 5 to 8, from schools in Rutherford and Cannon counties and the Murfreesboro City Schools were invited to the MTSU campus for the first Agricultural Education Spring Fling, Tuesday, April 15, at the Tennessee Livestock Center in Murfreesboro.

The event featured plenty of animals, including dairy and beef cattle, dairy and meat goats, sheep, pigs, chickens and ducks; a Tri-Green Equipment exhibit; the Rutherford County Farm Bureau Women’s “Lil’ Acres” interactive exhibit; a barnyard playground featuring a straw maze; a display with alternative fuels researcher Cliff Ricketts’ Corvette and Toyota Prius; and the MTSU Dairy’s renowned chocolate milk.

For more on the special event, visit http://mtsunews.com/agricultural-event-makes-children-smile.