The 2023 edition of Montana State University’s annual Celebrate Agriculture Weekend will take place Nov. 3-4 on the MSU campus. Hosted by the MSU College of Agriculture and Montana Agricultural Experiment Station, the event recognizes students, alumni and agricultural partners around the state and region, along with MSU’s own agricultural legacy as a key part of its land-grant mission.

The weekend will include an agricultural economics conference, an alumni and friends breakfast, and the college’s inaugural “Ag Alley” tailgate ahead of the Bobcats’ Ag Appreciation and Pack the Place in Pink football game against the Northern Arizona University Lumberjacks. A focal point of the weekend will be the recognition of Charlie Cahill as the recipient of the College of Agriculture’s annual Outstanding Agriculture Leader Award.

Saturday, Nov. 4, will begin with a celebratory breakfast open to alumni and friends of the college at 8:30 a.m. in the Strand Union Building ballrooms on the MSU campus. That event will include remarks by MSU President Waded Cruzado, Vice President Bajwa and Cahill, the recipient of the annual Outstanding Agricultural Leadership Award. The award is given to a Montana agriculturalist who embodies service, engagement and community impact.