10/05/2026
🌱🐖🐓🍇 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚-𝐎𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐔𝐒𝐘! 🌾
The past couple of weeks have been filled with hands-on learning, animal projects, horticulture, and community outreach. Our students are gaining real-world agricultural experience while developing skills they can use in future careers.
🐖 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 – 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐠𝐬
Our Agriscience students have begun raising eight market hogs! Through this project, students are learning about:
• Selecting appropriate feed
• Monitoring animal health
• Evaluating conformation
• Practicing showmanship
• Daily animal care
• Marketing and record keeping
Students will prepare the hogs for participation in the Green and White Show at Michigan State University at the end of January. Following the show, the hogs will be marketed for meat in early February.
🍇 𝐓𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝 & 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭
Our students have also been busy constructing a Top Wire Cordon trellis system for our table grape vineyard.
Through this hands-on project, students are learning about vineyard design, trellising systems, construction, plant growth, and vineyard management. They are also developing valuable problem-solving and teamwork skills along the way.
🐓 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭
Beginning September 30, students will raise 50 broiler chickens as part of our poultry production activities.
Students will gain experience with poultry nutrition, animal health, housing, daily care, growth, and meat quality. The broilers will be marketed for meat in early November.
🚜 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐑𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐲 – 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐑𝐄𝐃
Our Agriscience students also had the opportunity to participate in Project Rural Education Day (Project RED), sponsored by the Osceola County Farm Bureau, MSU Extension, and Gingrich Meadow.
More than 250 fourth-grade students from schools throughout Osceola County participated!
Our Agriscience students served as instructors, teaching the fourth graders about tractor safety and silo safety through hands-on demonstrations.
The younger students learned about potential hazards found on farms and the importance of practicing safe behaviors around agricultural equipment and facilities. At the same time, our Agriscience students strengthened their own leadership, public speaking, communication, and teaching skills.
Agriculture is more than a classroom—it’s hands-on learning, leadership, responsibility, and real-world experience. 🌱🐖🐓🍇🚜
