The Waseca County Dairy Banquet will be on March 3l at the Purple Goose Restaurant in Janesville. Social half hour will begin at 7 p.m. and dinner and banquet will begin at 7:30.

The Waseca County Dairy Association will be crowning two Dairy Princesses for this coming year. Sarah Manthey and Megan Harguth will be crowned during the banquet.

Sarah is the daughter of Chuck and Chris Manthey of Janesville.

Harguth is the daughter of Greg and Sue Harguth. Their family was awarded the Farm Family of the Year in 2009.

The Dairy Princess program is made possible by the local dairy farmer’s dairy promotion checkoff dollars.

During the banquet, the Butter Knife award will also be presented. The Butter Knife award is awarded to any food establishment that serves real butter and other real dairy products.

Tickets for the banquet are $10 and available from Curt Keyes, Waseca County Dairy Board Chair. He can be reached at (507) 271-5757.