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Feeding and Fueling the World Workshop in ND This Week

Published June 20, 2025

The North Dakota Soybean Council and the North Dakota Corn Council are sponsoring a two-day workshop, Feeding and Fueling the World, that will focus on bringing agriculture into the classroom. EducationProjects.org Director of Education Jane Hunt says there is a…

National Ag in the Classroom Conference Underway in Minneapolis

Published June 20, 2025

Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom (MAITC) is hosting the annual national Agriculture in the Classroom Conference in Minneapolis this week. "Regardless of what state you're in, we really work to train educators how to fold agriculture into their work in…

Scholarships Help Fill Teacher Gap

Published November 13, 2024

The Minnesota Agricultural Education Leadership Council has scholarships available for university students who have shown commitment to teaching agriculture's next generation. These scholarships are aimed to ease the financial burden and encourage more to pursue the path of agriculture education.…

A Focus on Ag Education

Published September 17, 2024

The demand for ag teachers continues to grow. University of Minnesota Associate Professor Amy Smith believes lawmakers can help solve the ag teacher shortage. "Opportunities and resources like teacher loan forgiveness, additional scholarships, and grants can help offset some of…

Poultry Hatching Ban Could Limit Student Opportunities

Published March 11, 2024

Introduced last week, Minnesota Senate File 4702 would ban poultry hatching in classrooms for public and charter schools. Candace Fisher hatches chicks in her zoology class each year at Bemidji High School and says banning this practice would be a…

A Hot Commodity

Published October 30, 2022

North Dakota State University Assistant Professor of Agricultural Education Brook Thiel was at National FFA Convention, hoping to spur students to continue in ag education after their time in high school ends. "There is a teacher shortage across the country…

Do What You Love in Life

Published February 27, 2020

Former North Dakota FFA member Bailey Hawbaker is now an agriculture educator and FFA adviser in her home town of Stanley. The FFA helped prepare Hawbaker to teach agriculture in several ways. "I often think about when I traveling to…

NFU and FFA Solidify Efforts to Boost Ag Education

Published June 13, 2019

National Farmers Union and the National FFA Organization have signed a memorandum of understanding. The organizations are working together to share resources that boost agricultural education and leadership. "We desperately need younger, beginning farmers that are trained in how to…

EPA Gets Firsthand Look at ND Agriculture

Published June 29, 2018

North Dakota Grain Growers Association E-Tour participant Nancy Beck works at EPA headquarters in Washington D.C. As Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Chemical and Pesticide Division, Beck says seeing how products are applied helps determine what regulations are workable. "You…

A Night Dedicated to Agriculture at LRSC

Published June 29, 2018

Thursday evening, the Dakota Precision Ag Center at Lake Region State College hosted an event dedicated to agriculture. Guests heard from Myriad Mobile co-founder Ryan Raguse on the future of technology in agriculture. In addition, students hosted an indoor plot…

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Feeding and Fueling the World Workshop in ND This Week

National Ag in the Classroom Conference Underway in Minneapolis

Scholarships Help Fill Teacher Gap

A Focus on Ag Education

Poultry Hatching Ban Could Limit Student Opportunities

A Hot Commodity

Do What You Love in Life

NFU and FFA Solidify Efforts to Boost Ag Education

EPA Gets Firsthand Look at ND Agriculture

A Night Dedicated to Agriculture at LRSC

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