Along with feeding the U.S. and the world, National Ag Day March 22 celebrates what farmers bring to the table, and teaches consumers where their food comes from.
Brock Elsen, a rancher in Buffalo County, Nebraska reads to an elementary classroom in his local community.
The 2021-2022 Agriculture Reading Hour book is “Barn at Night” by Michelle Houts.
People are also reading…
Students use the Tour SD program materials remotely. Here, a student at the Boys & Girls Club of the Sioux Empire uses the online learning; taking learning out of the typical in-person classroom.
The second grade class of Tasha Taliaferro, 2022 Excellence in Teaching Agriculture award winner, sponsored by the Kansas Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture. She teaches math, English language arts, science, social studies, and social-emotional learning at Heller Elementary School in Independence, Kan.
A student in the second grade class of Tasha Taliaferro in Independence, Kan.
Reporter Amy Hadachek is a two-time Emmy Award winning meteorologist and a storm chaser who earned her NWA and AMS Broadcast Meteorology Seals of Approval. She and her husband live on a diversified farm in Kansas. Reach her at amy.hadachek@midwestmessenger.com.
