Saturday’s cow pie bingo contest at Richmond’s Field seemingly had everything: A huge orange grid of 100 squares spray-painted into the grass. Eager participants who shelled out $10 each to participate. And most importantly, the star of the show: Magenta the cow.

But it was all for naught. Just after 11 a.m., volunteers from LC350 let Magenta loose on the field and waited, and waited, and waited some more, for her to do her business on one lucky participant’s square. But the cow, brought to the contest by Pete Dellasanta of Pete’s Farm, wasn’t feeling it and finally just decided to lay down and take a nap. In the end, the winner of the 50/50 contest was chosen at random, with the other half of the $1,000 raised going to the Little Compton Scout Association.

Saturday’s Farmers Day at Richmond Field had much more than Magenta — the celebration of local farming, sponsored by the Little Compton Agricultural Conservation Trust, began with a tomato-growing contest put together by Sean Bowen and Jeremy Allen. Peter Tirpaeck took home honors with his winning entry.

“We had five categories,” Allen said. “Taste was the most important, slicing, color, firmness and ‘Wow Factor,’ which was sort of an intangible thing,” Allen said. He hopes to do another tomato contest next year.

As the day progressed, people continued to arrive for balloon animals, food trucks and farm-related activities, including a mini zoo.

“It’s great to see people come by and see all the farming aspects we do,” Skip Paul of Wishing Stone Farm, a judge of the tomato-growing contest, said. Paul also showcased his beehives and his farm's organic salsa — “It’s a small representation of what we do.”

Don McNaughton, chairman of the Little Compton Agricultural Conservancy Trust, was happy to participate in the town's celebration and give attention to the farmers.

“Here in Little Compton, farming has been a bedrock of this community from the very beginning and the AG trust is happy to do its part in both showcasing and supporting our farmers.”

The festivities conclude next week, with a sold out folk festival at Sakonnet Vineyards Saturday and closing ceremonies Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., on the Commons. Those ceremonies include the burial of the town's new time capsule.