One-room schoolhouses

American Agriculture History Minute: One-Room Schoolhouses Built by Farmers

Dan American Agriculture History Minute, Education, This Land of Ours

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. One-room schoolhouses are an important part of American agriculture history. Early settlers knew the importance of education since a large portion of the population lived in small rural communities or isolated rural areas. The local one-room school was the answer, often built by nearby farmers. In fact, most of the teachers …

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American Agriculture History Minute: Earliest Recorded One-Room Schoolhouse

Dan American Agriculture History Minute, Education, This Land of Ours

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. One-room schoolhouses are part of American agriculture history, the Eureka Schoolhouse in Springfield, Vermont, one of the earliest recorded one-room schools built in 1785. As settlers moved west, the one-room schoolhouse model moved with them. Abraham Lincoln attended a one-room school in 1822 in rural Illinois. One-room schools were still being …

Future Farmers of America

American Agriculture History Minute: Future Farmers of America Begins

Dan American Agriculture History Minute, Education, This Land of Ours

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Henry C. Groseclose is an important part of American agricultural history. Groseclose was an ag education teacher at Blacksburg Virginia High School. In March of 1920, he organized a club for any high school boy who was interested in making agriculture a career. Word spread across the state to other high …

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WIA Scholarship Open for Students in Ag

Dan Agri-Business, Education

(WIA/ORLANDO, FL/March 18, 2025) — Applications are now being accepted for the 2025 Women in Agribusiness (WIA) Student Scholarship Award. Chosen recipients will enjoy complimentary registration and accommodations at the 2025 WIA Summit in Orlando, Florida, September 22-24, where they will be among more than 1,000 decision-makers in the sector. The deadline to submit applications is Sunday, July 13. Thanks to generous …

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Alabama Cattlemen’s Association’s MOOseum Provides Learning Opportunities

Dan Alabama, Alabama Cattlemen’s Association (ACA), Cattle, Education

Teachers across Alabama look for learning opportunities for their younger students, and one of those places that many like to visit is the MOOseum at the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association (ACA) building in Montgomery. ACA Executive Vice President Erin Beasley says this is the time of the year they see visits from a lot of students. For the past 30 years, the MOOseum has been the …

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Peanut Promotions to Target Gen-Z

Dan Education, Peanuts

Generation Z, otherwise known as Gen Z, are those born from 1997-2012. This generation is entering the workforce and increasing their buying power, thus an important segment for the National Peanut Board to be targeting. As Tyron Spearman reports, peanut promotions will be targeting this age group in 2025. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst …

Future Farmers of America

Give FFA Day is February 20

Dan Agri-Business, Education

Thursday, February 20th will be the 10th annual Give FFA Day during National FFA Week. It is a day dedicated to making a difference in the lives of over a million FFA members across the country and growing the next generation of leaders.  The National FFA Organization is a school-based national youth leadership development organization with the mission of helping students develop their leadership skills …

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Alabama Cattlemen’s Association Working with Culinary Students

Dan Alabama, Alabama Cattlemen’s Association (ACA), Cattle, Education

The Alabama Cattlemen’s Association (ACA) works with a variety of folks across the state in getting the beef message out. And according to ACA Director of Consumer Outreach, Josie Jones, that includes culinary students. To learn more about beef checkoff promotions, contact the ACA office in Montgomery at 334-265-1867. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag …

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Updated BQA National Manual Now Available

Dan Beef, Cattle, Education, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA)

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) recently announced the release of its updated Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) National Manual, which serves as a resource for science-based cattle production information and is free to all. “BQA empowers beef producers to maximize their potential to make the most efficient and responsible use of natural resources for effectively producing the world’s most nutritious and flavorful …