Contributed by: Michelle Dvoracek
This past fall during harvest season, I had the opportunity to ride in not just one, but three different combines. Since I started college, I haven’t made it back every year to do this, but thanks …
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Contributed by: Amanda Clymer
I am a self-proclaimed ag nerd and I am 100 percent okay with that. It is not unusual for me to have 15 agriculture news articles or blog posts open on my phone to be read. …
Farm girl teaches urban students about ‘Life on the Farm’
By Ann Oswald, 2011 Pork Mentor
The students were filing in with their teachers and looking for a place to sit. The building was humming with noise. There were voices of many excited students, the mooing of a cow and …
Pork Mentor Learns About the Show Pig Industry
By Jess Barncastle, 2010 Pork Mentor
I’ve had many unique and educational experiences in the pork industry. However, I am not done learning yet! Searching on the Internet, I came across an ad for “Gerlach Show Pigs, Brokerage and …
Pork Mentor: Hands-on learning ‘fulfills educational objectives’
By Lacey Schardt, 2010 Pork Mentor
On Thursday, February 3, I shadowed Kyla and Mallory on an Animal Agriculture Promotion school visit. This program is fairly new, and it is in response to the recent attacks on and misconceptions about …
Pork Mentor Learns the ‘Ins and Outs’ of Farmland Foods
By Jessica Barncastle, 2010 Pork Mentor
The 2010 Pork Mentoring Class took a tour of the Farmland Foods plant in Crete, Nebraska and I became extremely interested in the inner workings of the hog processing plant. Once the tour was …