Start your Expo experience with a time of faith, fellowship, and inspiration
at the CPDE Prayer Breakfast.

coming to expo in 2026
Featured Speaker: Coach Joe Kennedy

This event is free for all Expo attendees and is presented in partnership with Central Plains Dairy Expo (CPDE), Western Iowa Dairy Alliance (WIDA).
A free-will offering will be collected during the breakfast to benefit The Banquet, a Sioux Falls ministry that serves meals and provides community support for those in need. Sponsorship opportunities are available for those who wish to support this special gathering and its mission. Come be encouraged, connect with others in the dairy community, and begin the Expo with purpose.

Coach Joe Kennedy

Meet Joe Kennedy – an eighteen-year Marine veteran and former Bremerton High School assistant football coach. Before his first game, Coach Kennedy made a personal commitment to God to give thanks at midfield after every game. That quiet act of faith sparked a years-long legal battle with his school district and ultimately reached the U.S. Supreme Court.
On June 27, 2022, the Court ruled in his favor, affirming his First Amendment right to pray. In March 2023, Coach Kennedy was officially reinstated as assistant coach. Today, he and his wife, Denise, live in Pensacola, Florida, where they continue raising their four children. A film inspired by his story is currently in development.

An Annual Tradition of Fellowship

Free Ag Prayer Breakfast for 2026

6:30 AM – Doors Open to the Denny Sanford Premier Center
6:30 AM – Breakfast Buffet Service
7:00 AM – Program Begins

Bringing together families, friends and colleagues

It would be an honored to have your company support the mission of the Ag Prayer Breakfast by sponsoring the Prayer Breakfast at CPDE 2026.

The cost is $600.00.
Here are a few highlights for 2026:
  • The Prayer Breakfast is free to all attendees of CPDE 2026.
  • Tables will have 10 seats and bleacher seating will be available.
  • Sponsors will have the option of reserving tables at the breakfast if they would like.
  • Attendees will enjoy a delicious breakfast with all the dairy fixings.
  • Over 400 people attended in 2025
  • Doors open at 6:30 a.m., program beginning at 7:00 a.m.

All sponsors donating $600 or more will receive recognition at the event with signage on the scrolling PowerPoint on stage at the Prayer Breakfast, in the program, in the Expo Show Magazine, CPDE Social media, CPDE Website, in the Dairy Star and on a huge 14’x5.5’ vinyl poster displayed during the whole two days of Expo. Please let us know if you would be willing to sponsor this prayerful and inspirational event! Your support is greatly appreciated.