{"id":23757,"date":"2023-06-01T05:30:53","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T13:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/?post_type=exhibit&#038;p=23757"},"modified":"2026-05-04T13:33:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:33:54","slug":"crops-2026","status":"publish","type":"exhibit","link":"https:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/exhibit\/crops-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Crops &#8211; 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f1e6d3;font-size:1.2em\">Department A<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-52df09e9 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-7e313580\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-buttons uagb-buttons__outer-wrap uagb-btn__default-btn uagb-btn-tablet__default-btn uagb-btn-mobile__default-btn uagb-block-cc20daa4\"><div class=\"uagb-buttons__wrap uagb-buttons-layout-wrap 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