FFA Field Day
Sept. 15, 2009
The Bradford Research and Extension Center hosted a successful FFA Field Day in 2008. High school agricultural education classes from the surrounding area were invited to participate in a day of learning. Speakers presented information about ongoing research and related agricultural topics. Students participated by going on three separate tours around the farm with short information stops on each tour.
Topics
Topics presented at the field day included:
| Weed Garden | Reid Smeda |
| Beef Cattle | Phillip Brooks |
| GPS Controlled Trucks | Kent Shannon |
| Water Quality Demo | Bob Broz |
| Meat Goats | Kerry Clark |
| Animal Sciences | Rod Geisert |
| Careers in National Guard | Joe Pounds |
| Biofuels/Horsepower | Bulent Koc |
| Sustainable Farming | Mary Hendrickson |
| Tomato Production | Jim Quinn |
| Computers on the Farm | John Travlos/Greg Rotert |
| Careers at MDC | Betsy Blake/Elaine Callaway |
| Forage Quality | Ryan Lock |
| Pests in Ornamentals | Chris Starbuck |
| Careers in Food Science | Andrew Clark |
| Highway Patrol | Bruce McLaughlin |
| Entomology/Ticks | Richard Houseman |
| Bat Habitat | Sybill Amelon |
| Wood Biomass | Hank Stelzer |
| Planning for College | CeCe Leslie |
| Biofuels | Don Day |
| Evolution of Corn | Sherry Flint-Garcia |
| Soybean Gene Zoo | Dedra Boardman |
| Careers in Industry | Monsanto Reps |
| Rainfall Runoff Demo | Aaron Beshears |
| Forestry | Forrest Keeling |
| Bird Habitat | Andrew Forbis |
| Careers in Plant Science | Maryann Gowdy |
| Turfgrass Management | Brad Fresenburg |
| IPM | Steven Kirk |
| Fistulated Cow | Barry Steevens |
| Giant Pumpkins | Sabrina Brown |
| Bee Keeping | Jann Amos |
| Horses | Marci Crosby |
| Aquaculture | Bob Pierce |
| Corn Maze | Eric Lawman |
| Wildlife | Ray Wright |
| Weather Topics | Pat Guinan |
Attending Schools
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Schools attending the field day included:
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