Agriculture, Technology and Natural Resources
PROGRAM UPDATE
SPRING 2018
2018
SUMMER INTERNS The 2018 Summer Internship season is here! This summer, 30 Agriculture, Technology and Industry and Agriculture Business students will be heading out to the field. Of those, 8 students will be interning at an Agronomy Incentive Partner location. The students look forward to enhancing their education through hands on work. The many hours spent in class and studying will now be applied to real life, good luck interns! The faculty also looks forward to the on-site visits with the interns and their managers.
Spring Ag Academy This year, we decided to try something new. Instead of holding a Summer Ag Academy, the BSC ATNR program hosted a Spring Ag Academy. The spring session was targeted towards FFA students and their advisors. Prior to the event, a survey was sent to all N.D. FFA advisors to gauge the best time to invite them to campus. The first week of May was the most frequent given date, and therefore was held on Tuesday, May 1st. A total of 68 FFA students from Wing, Glen Ullin and Berthold attended the event. The goal was to create an experience similar to the day in the life of an agriculture student. Five different courses were offered in the areas of plants, animals, soils and careers in agriculture. The students chose 3 out of the 5, giving them the ability to tailor the experience to their interests. These courses were taught by the ATNR faculty. While the students were in session, their advisors attended a training in precision agriculture given by Carmel. Lunch was held in the student union followed by a campus tour given by admissions. The end of the day concluded with awarding a $500 BSC scholarship to a participating Senior. Thank you to the Agronomy Incentive Partners for your support of this event and scholarship. It went over very well and received many positive comments from both the FFA students and advisors. A detailed report from the event will be given during the Annual Meeting this fall.
BSC NATIONAL
AG DAY MARCH 20
2018 ATNR Students of the Year Every year, faculty from the Agriculture, Technology and Natural Resources program are asked to choose a student of the year from each of the three program areas. The criteria for selection is based upon superior grade point average and participation in extracurricular activities. This year the faculty have selected the following: PRESTON PETERSON Agriculture, Industry and Technology HALLEY BURGARD Agriculture, Technology and Natural Resources Transfer CARTER HONEYMAN Farm and Ranch Management
National Ag Day
Congratulations from everyone in the ATNR program!
National Ag Day occurred on March 20, 2018. This year, the BSC Agriculture Program and Club celebrated by hosting an event at the BSC Student Union. Also invited to participate was the N.D. Department of Agriculture and Northern Great Plains USDA Research Center. The goal of the event was to bring awareness of N.D. agriculture and the ATNR program to students and faculty. You would be surprised how many do not realize we have an agriculture program at BSC. The Ag Club brought together humanities and science with an activity titled Art with Ag. Participants created seed mosaics using products grown in N.D. This activity allowed for conversations with other students on campus while gluing seeds into cool designs. Art with Ag will take the show on the road and incorporate it into other off campus student events. The N.D. Department of Agriculture brought their display showcasing crops and livestock from N.D. and the products that are made from them. The Northern Great Plains USDA Research Center booth had activities focused on soil health and conservation. BSC National Ag Day was broadcasted live by the campus radio station, The MYX and local television new story by KX News, both featured interviews with students about local agriculture. This event was funded with a grant provided by the North Dakota FFA Foundation through funds generated by the Star Partner Program. The purpose of this grant is to provide supplemental funding for learning and leadership activities for students who are members of an agriculture based, post-secondary student organization, club, or society affiliated with a North Dakota institution of higher education.
PRESTON PETERSON
Hometown: Fullerton ND
Family Background:
I was born and raised in Fullerton ND where my dad farms and mom is secretary for NRCS in Ellendale ND. My brother is a senior in High School and my sister is a Freshman in High School.
Favorite Subject: Math/ or any AG class Extracurricular Activity/Community Involvement: Snowmobiling, hunting, camping, pickup pulling, Fullerton Fire department
Plans for the Future:
I plan on working in Ellendale ND at Agrimax as a crop scout. I have a quarter of land I am going to farm. Also I am going to help a farmer I have helped for the past 6 years and I will help my dad with his operation also.
HALLIE BURGHART
CARTER HONEYMAN
Hometown:
Hometown:
Family Background:
Family background:
Mandan, ND
My family background includes ranching. My mom grew up ranching with her parents north of Halliday, ND. My dad grew up ranching and working on our ranch west of Mandan. My favorite subject area throughout all of school was anything agriculture.
Favorite Subject:
Learning more about livestock productions was a favorite but learning about the crop productions helped me to understand more of the importance in our farming. Learning what the cattle like and need more of was very interesting to me.
Extracurricular Activity/Community Involvement:
Ag Club and Mandan FFA. I’ve been working towards my American Degree.
Plans for the Future:
Continue working on the family ranch and to also become an Agriculture Loan Officer. I will be working on my bachelor’s degree in Business Administrations through Dickinson State University.
Congratulations Carter Honeyman Carter has also been chosen to provide the student speech during the 2018 BSC Commencement Ceremony. Carter will be reflecting on his personal experiences in life and as an Agriculture Technology and Natural Resources student. This is a great honor!
Regent ND
I am a 4th generation farmer here north of Regent. My great-great grandfather moved up from Iowa and homesteaded 18 miles south of Regent in 1910 and had 4 boys. My great grandpa then moved off that place and homesteaded north of Regent in 1937. Then my grandpa started farming in 1958 and then my dad also started farming in 1981. And now me who started in 2016. Currently my grandpa, dad, and I are all actively farming. Today we operate a 14,000-acre farm by Regent with the main crops grown are HRSW, Durum, Canola and Sunflowers.
Favorite Subject:
My favorite subject area would be the marketing and finance side of things on the farm. I always liked numbers and being a farmer, you will always need to buy and sell certain products, so I like to figure out prices and analyze situations that will allow me to keep the operation running. A local from my hometown told me once “You can hire someone to your crop, spray it, check it for disease, combine it and even haul it to the elevator for you, but you can’t hire anybody to make you money.
Extracurricular Activity/Community Involvement:
I am involved in activities at our local catholic church. I am a Knights of Columbus member at the church. I coach junior high girls’ basketball in the spring of the year at my local school. And I try to attend the sporting events and help with practices that occur at our local school whenever I am able too.
Future Plans:
My plan includes going back home to continue to farm with my dad and grandpa. A goal of mine is to add some diversity to our operation, whether it is as simple as adding a different cash crop to the farm or do something a little more complex like selling certified seed. With technology in agriculture improving every day, we can do things that we couldn’t do ten years ago. I would like to keep that trend going and to continue to find new ways to do things and find ways to keep improving our operation.
Bismarck State College AG CLUB
AG CLUB TRIP
The BSC Ag Club students visited Montana Agri-Trade Exposition – MATE (Billings, MT) Ag Show and Midland Bull Test facility (Columbus, MT) last February in a three day educational trip. The BSC Ag Club tour was enlightening and exciting as students had an opportunity to tour renowned bull trait evaluating facility and visit with over 600 exhibits at the largest agricultural trade show event of the year in Montana. At the MATE Ag Show students benefited from educational sessions (such as crop insect and weeds control), networked with various Ag companies, and got exposed to diverse crop and livestock management practices and products. Midland Bull Test Facility visit demonstrated one of the most advance bull testing facilities in the country, examples of their data collection and evaluation processes. Students had a chance to observe complete, comprehensive data that included in-herd and across-herds information with EPD’s, ratios and actual individual comparisons on test, measuring performance from birth through yearling, see bulls from the top of their weaning group and from top producing cows in this part of the nation. In addition to receiving a valuable learning experience, students had an opportunity to socialize and spend time together on this educational and entertaining tour.
Ag Club and Soil Conservation Meeting On November 21st, 2017 the BSC Ag Club assisted in organizing the annual Soil and Water Conservation Society (ND Chapter) soil health conference titled “Back to the Roots – Farming for Sustainability”. In addition to club’s assistance with event organization, ATNR’s Prof. Davinic held a presentation on novel soil health aspects titled “Microbial Renaissance”, and BSC Ag Club students and two faculty members (Prof. Novak and Prof. Davinic) were featured at the conference as a student/faculty panel that discussed current Ag education topics and Ag student perspective on important soil health issues. This was the first Soil and Water Conservation Society conference at the Bismarck State College campus, and conference organizing committee, attendees and BSC participating students and faculty valued the experience of being a part of this event.
FARMING AG CLUB
for the bottom line BSC Ag Club members helped with organizations of the 4 th annual “Farming and Ranching for the Bottom Line” conference that was held February 27th 2018 at Bismarck State College. After focusing successfully on crop production for the past three years, the 2018 edition of “Farming and Ranching for the Bottom Line” placed more attention on weather outlook, grazing strategies, economics in a dry year and the economics of improved soil quality. The event also featured an Ag finance
panel and a keynote address by nationally recognized farm broadcaster Al Gustin. Dean of BSC CET Carla Hixson started off the one day conference by welcoming all in attendance, while BSC Ag Club student members introduced conference presenters and a keynote speaker.
This unique event is a joint effort of the Area 4 Soil Conservation Districts, USDA’s ARS and NRCS, NDSU’s Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station, and BSC. Starting 2019 this event will extend into a two day conference that will feature evening breakout sessions and classroom type lectures and workshops. How exciting!
The BSC student poster presentations featuring students precision Ag and soil testing work and data were part of the conference exhibit.
Carmel showcases PROJECT BASED CURRICULUM at precision ag workshop Colorado State University (CSU) and the USDA are hosting a Precision Agriculture Curriculum Workshop on May 15-17 on the CSU campus. Carmel Miller will be presenting “Advanced Mapping Student Projects” which will familiarize participants with a project-based curriculum utilized in the Precision Agriculture Advanced Mapping class at BSC. Students in the Advanced Mapping class work with farmer advisors to analyze data, such as yield maps and remote imagery, to create management zones and then corn seed prescriptions.
Project based learners begin with the end in mind. In this project, the “end” is a corn seed prescription. Students use an inquiry based process and will likely use several software packages and numerous resources to complete the project. The project, designed to bring content learned in several classes together in the one assignment, is representative of what students will encounter on the job.
BSC Ag Students as MYSTICS Lemmon, SD
Cooperstown, ND
Farm and Ranch Management Agribusiness
Agriculture, Industry and Technology
Mystic Women’s Basketball: Forward
Mystic Men’s Baseball: Pitcher
TYLER GRAVSETH
BALLIE BEER
Scranton, ND
Scranton, ND
ATNR Transfer
Farm and Ranch Management
Mystic Men’s Baseball: Outfield
BRANDON PIERCE
Mystic Men’s Baseball: Outfield
HUDSON PIERCE
CHS Grant for Cooperative Education The CHS Foundation’s cooperative education program awards funds for projects that use fresh and innovative ways to educate the next generation about cooperative education, and is funded by charitable gifts from CHS Inc., the nation’s leading farmer-owned cooperative and a global energy, grains and foods company. With these grants, the CHS Foundation is developing a new generation of agriculture leaders and promotes innovation in cooperative education through university partnerships. Following a global trend, which claims improved efficiency of online learning when compared to traditional chalk and board method of teaching, this
spring semester the BSC Ag Department has received $6000 grant to develop five online learning modules on cooperatives. These modules will make learning of cooperatives more entertaining, easier, and effective, and will cover following areas: History and Cooperative Principals; Cooperatives in a Community; Benefits of Cooperatives; Classification of Cooperatives and Business Organization. Students in the Agriculture, Industry and Technology program, as well as students in the Agribusiness Option of Farm and Ranch Management will use these modules in AGEC 141 (Agribusiness Management) course.
THANK YOU TO OUR AGRONOMY INCENTIVE PARTNERS
For more information, contact one of our advisors.
LINDSEY NOVAK
TYLER SCHAU
Agriculture, Industry and Technology
Agribusiness and Farm and Ranch
224-2628
224-2542
bismarckstate.edu CRT-009-0518