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Ag Career Days for 7th and 8th Grade Students a Success!

Ben Nelson, Executive Director, Kewaunee The students that attended came from
County Economic Development Corporation Algoma, Kewaunee, Luxemburg-Casco,
Ag Career Days, created by the Kewaunee Denmark, and Southern Door school districts
County Economic Development Corporation, as well as area parochial and home-schooled
offers a farm career-exploration experience students.
for all seventh and eighth grade students that The students received an overall tour of
took place in late April at the Ebert Enterprises the large dairy and cropping farm that milks
dairy farm in Algoma. around 6,000 cows three times a day on an
A fleet of eleven school buses pulled into 80-stall rotary parlor and harvests around
the large paved farmyard at the farm along 12,000 acres.
with a small army of volunteers welcoming The seventh- and eighth-grade students
450 students eager to participate in Ag Career divided up into small groups and visited
Days. eight stations featuring agronomy, cropping,
horticulture, animals, animal nutrition, milk

testing, cheese-making, agriculture-support career in the agriculture industry.
services and technology. Established as a biennial event, it was
They received hands-on opportunities help in 2014, 2016 and 2018, and after a pause
to learn more about the various aspects of during the pandemic the event made a success-
agriculture, allowing them to tailor their high- ful return in 2023.
school coursework towards a planned career It is becoming recognized as one of
path. Wisconsin’s largest farm career-exploration
The Kewaunee County Economic Devel- gathering in Wisconsin.
opment Corporation launched Ag Career Days For more information contact: Ben
in 2012 as a way for students to identify how Nelson, Executive Director at ben.nelson@
their interests could transfer to a potential kcedc.org

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