Alpacas and Cattle on this Exciting SAE Visit - 2

Alpacas and Cattle on this Exciting SAE Visit

Reflective Blog Post on the Implementation of SAE Visits Part Two

Visit Two: Dairy Placement

For this visit we got to visit one of my students at her family Dairy Farm.  This visit I got the chance to see a student hard at work on her families dairy.

This student showed me every aspect of her family's dairy operation and explained to me how at each aspect she plays a role in that side of the operation.

We went in the milking parlor, walked around the calf hutches, went to where they keep the heifers and young bulls, to where they keep the cows nice and happy.  I got to see how she operates all aspects of the farm.

Probably the best part of this observation with this student was seeing how she is thinking about what can she do to improve her farm after she graduates high school.  When asked about different ways this SAE has helped her she told me it made her see value in gaining additional experience to improve the agricultural community she works in.

I enjoyed this visit as well because I got to see the fun side of capturing placement pictures. It was fun seeing how this student could get as much as she could from her SAE experience and to then help capture that enjoyment of the SAE as well.

To Be Continued . . . 

Comments

  1. Tiffany MoreyApril 3, 2018 at 1:00 PM

    George, its great that you get to see your students practicing their love of agriculture outside of school! Its also good experience for you to see both placement (this visit) and entrepreneurship (last visit) SAEs in action!

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