Progressive Agriculture Safety Day was held at Maquoketa Valley High School on Friday, April 23rd with over 150 students, teachers, adult volunteers, and FFA members in attendance. Educational safety lessons were taught by the Maquoketa Valley FFA students to youth in kindergarten and 1
st grade. ISU Extension and Outreach Delaware County along with Maquoketa Valley FFA partnered together to provide the educational safety lessons.
At this year’s Progressive Agriculture Safety Day, FFA students instructed several safety stations relevant for all youth whether they live on a farm, visit a farm, and just basic safety information important for our youth. Stations included how to make calls to 911 and gave students a chance to role play through a simulated emergency call. They learned fire safety, and practiced their stop, drop and roll. A station on hidden hazards around the yard and farm, showed the dangers that can be around and discussed safe places for youth to pla
About the ranch
Sarah Sortum and Adam Switzer are siblings and fourth-generation ranchers committed to the stewardship of Switzer Ranch. They express a land ethic passed down from their parents, Bruce and Sue Ann, by implementing agricultural conservation practices and connecting others with nature.
In addition to custom-grazing beef cattle on 12,000 acres of native prairie, the Switzer family also operates a nature-based tourism business. Calamus Outfitters offers lodging, event space, river float trips, and eco-tours of the Sandhills.
“Our focus really started to shift from being solely a cow-calf operation to being an operation with biodiversity goals about 12 years ago,” Sarah says.
April 28, 2021
IARN A $250,000 gift from Farm Credit Services of America will help support technology and innovation programming in the new Student Innovation Center at Iowa State University.
ISU’s Student Innovation Center opened in August 2020 and was designed to be a resource to the entire university community, offering unique facilities and workspaces to foster innovation and promote experiential learning. Kyle Perry is vice president of customer success for Farm Credit Services of America. He says this monetary gift will promote College of Agriculture and Life Sciences student innovation.
“We’re really excited about this contribution because that center is going to give students and faculty a world-class space to share ideas and develop strategies,” said Perry. “We’re really excited to be a part of it.”
BY Northeast Community College | March 12, 2021
Corinne Morris, dean of Agriculture, Math and Science at Northeast Community College, (left) shares a laugh with Lisa Kruger, Columbus, as she is presented the 2020 AG-ceptional Woman of the Year award and a gift basket that contains three bottles of Krugerâs favorite condiment â ketchup. The award was presented during the Collegeâs 12th annual AG-ceptional Womenâs Conference on Friday. (Courtesy Northeast Community College)
NORFOLK, Neb. â A Columbus woman has been recognized for her contributions to agriculture.
Lisa Kruger was honored as the AG-ceptional Woman of the Year at the 12
th Annual Northeast Community College AG-ceptional Womenâs Conference on Friday at the Lifelong Learning Center in Norfolk. The announcement was made during a video tribute that was played during the opening sessi
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