The Sussex County Farm and Horse Show is a ten-day agricultural fair that is held at the Sussex County Fairgrounds in Augusta, New Jersey every August. It has also been known as the New Jersey State Fair since 1999 and attracts approximately 220,000 attendees annually. It has been run as a non-profit organization since 1940.
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