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TH E V I L LA G E R EP O R TER TH E W A U S EO N R EP O R TER

National Ag Week is a time to recognize and celebrate the

abundance provided by agriculture. Every year, producers,

agricultural associations, corporations, universities,

government agencies, and countless other across America join

together to recognize the contributions of agriculture.

March 17th - 23rd, 2013


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OVERLAND PARK,KANSAS - In responseto growing attentionon the global avail-ability of food, andin recognition of the40th Anniversary ofNational AgricultureDay, March 19, 2013,the Agriculture Coun-cil of America has an-nounced a full two-daylineup of high-proleevents in the nationsCapitol.

This is undoubt-edly the most important Ag Day program in our histo-ry, said Jenny Pickett, President, Agriculture Coun-cil of America. Our goal is to ensure the eyes of thenation are on the contributions American agriculturemakes not just here in the United States, but alsoaround the world. Thats the message were taking tothe Hill, and the message that will be carried through

communities across America.

2013 EVENTS INCLUDE:

MARCH 18, 2013

Farm to Fork Politics: An insiders look at the yearahead for food and agricultureA panel discussion

moderated by Sara Wyant of Agri-Pulse and featuringJ.B. Penn, Chief Economist, John Deere; Dr. KeithCollins, former Chief Economist, USDA; and B. Hud-son Riehle, Senior Vice President of the Research andInformation Services Division, National RestaurantAssociation. Hart Senate Ofce Building Room 902,

3:30-5:00 p.m.Agri-Pulse Reception follows in the same room. No

charge to attend reception.

MARCH 19, 2013USFRA Food Dialogues: The Next Generation of

Food & FarmingA special event featuring young in-uencers exploring food trends and advancements in

modern agriculture. Location TBA, 9:3011:00 a.m.Mix-and-Mingle LuncheonA luncheon emceed

by legendary agricultural broadcaster Orion Samu-elson and featuring the Outstanding Young Farmer

honorees and members of Congress. Cannon CaucusRoom, 11:30 a.m.1:30 p.m. FREE OF CHARGE

Celebration of Ag DinnerThis event will featurethe U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and Teresa Scan-lan, Miss America 2011, and honor the winners of theAg Day essay, video essay and poster contests. USDAWhitten Patio, 5:00 p.m. TICKETS: $150 PER PER-SON, OR $1,500 FOR A RESERVED TABLE OF 10

Complete details and registration information can

be found at www.agday.org.National Ag Day is made possible by a number of

partnering organizations and sponsors. 2013 Part-ners include John Deere, Successful Farming, DTN/

The Progressive Farmer, Farm Progress, AgHub, CHS,U.S. Custom Harvesters, Inc., National CattlemensBeef Association and the National Pork ProducersCouncil. A complete listing can be found at www.ag-day.org.

National Ag Day is organized by the AgricultureCouncil of America and celebrated in classrooms andcommunities across the country. ACA is a nonprot

organization composed of leaders in the agricultural,food and ber community, dedicating its efforts to in-creasing the publics awareness of agricultures rolein modern society.

Founded in 1973, National Ag Day encourages ev-ery American to:

Understand how food and ber products are pro-duced.

Appreciate the role agriculture plays in providing

safe, abundant and affordable products.

Value the essential role of agriculture in main-taining a strong economy. Acknowledge and consider career opportunities

in the agriculture, food and ber industry.

Learn more and register for events at www.agday.

org.

National Ag Day ExpandsCelebration For 40th Anniversary


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What Is Ag Day?

Its a day to recognize and celebrate the abundanceprovided by agriculture. Every year, producers, agri-cultural associations, corporations, universities, gov-ernment agencies and countless others across America

join together to recognize the contributions of agricul-ture.

When Is Ag Day?

Ag Day is celebrated on March 19, 2013. NationalAg Day falls during National Ag Week, March 17-23,2013.

Who Hosts Ag Day?

The Agriculture Council of America hosts the cam-paign on a national level. However, the awareness ef-forts in communities across America are as inuential- if not more - than the broad-scale effort. Again this

year, the Ag Day Planning Guide has been created tohelp communities and organizations more effectivelyhost Ag Day events.

What Is Ag Day All About?

Ag Day is about recognizing - and celebrating - thecontribution of agriculture in our everyday lives. TheNational Ag Day program encourages every Americanto:

Understand how food and ber products are pro-

duced.Value the essential role of agriculture in maintain-

ing a strong economy.Appreciate the role agriculture plays in providing

safe, abundant and affordable products.

Why Celebrate Agriculture?

Agriculture provides almost everything we eat, useand wear on a daily basis. But too few people trulyunderstand this contribution. This is particularly thecase in our schools, where students may only be ex-posed to agriculture if they enroll in related vocationaltraining.

By building awareness, the Agriculture Council of

America is encouraging young people to consider ca-reer opportunities in agriculture.

Each American farmer feeds more than 144 people... a dramatic increase from 25 people in the 1960s.Quite simply, American agriculture is doing more - anddoing it better. As the world population soars, thereis an even greater demand for the food and ber pro -duced in the United States.

What Can I Do to Help?

Put simply, get involved! Your participation in AgDay is critical in helping us spread this positive mes-sage about agriculture. If you are interested in plan-ning an event, download your Planning Guide today.Of course, there are other ways you can lend yoursupport, including sending a letter to your local news-paper, calling your Congressional representatives orsimply sharing information about agriculture with

youngsters in your community.

Where Can I Find More Information?

Contact the Agriculture Council of America at (913)

491-1895.

National Ag Day Frequently Asked Questions

The most obvious ca-reers are directly relatedto the farm or ranch. Butdid you know that only10 percent of Americansare involved in tradition-al farming? If that is the

case, then what other ca-reers comprise the agri-cultural eld? There are

approximately 22 millionpeople who work in ag-riculture related elds.

Unlike agriculture of ourgrandparents day, todaysagriculture offers over 200rewarding and challeng-ing careers.

CAREER CATEGORIESAgricultural careers

may be divided into vari-ous categories. These in-clude: Agribusiness Man-agement, Agriculturaland Natural Resources

Communications, Build-ing Construction Man-agement, Agriscience, Re-source Development andManagement, Parks, Rec-reations, and Tourism Re-sources, Packaging, Hor-ticulture, Forestry, FoodScience, and Fisheries/Wildlife.

GROWTH JOB MARKETAccording to the Feb-

ruary 7, 2000 Issue ofFarm Bureau News, pub-lished semimonthly by theAmerican Farm BureauFederation, Food Scien-

tists and engineers willbe in the greatest demandin the agriculutural jobmarket over the next four

years, according to a newPurdue University study.Annual job openings forU.S. food and agricultur-al sciences graduates areprojected to be around58,000, while the numberof graduates for those jobs

will be slightly more than57,000.

JOB DESCRIPTIONSAgribusiness Man-

agement - focuses on

the managerial functionsperformed by organiza-

tions throughout the foodsystem. Sample job titles:Commodity Trader, Agri-cultural Production Spe-cialist, Purchasing Man-ager, Financial Manager,Farm Owner and Man-

ager, and Wholesale/Re-tail Buyer ManufacturingManager. Companies thathire for these positions:Seneca Food Corpora-tion, Ralston Purina Co.,Farm Bureau Mutual In-surance, Archer-Daniels-Midland Co., and DowElanco.

Agricultural and Nat-

ural Resources Commu-

nications - focuses on ca-reers in journalism, publicrelations, and advertis-ing/marketing. Sample

job titles: Marketing Com-munications Manager,

District Sales Representa-tives, Advertising Manag-er, Reporter, Editor, andAccount Manager. Com-panies that hire for thesepositions: Upjohn Co.,USDA, Michigan Milk Pro-ducers Association, Na-tional Dairy Council, andMichigan Farm Bureau.

Building Construc-

tion Management - fo-cuses on land develop-ment and structuralbuildings. Sample jobtitles: Project Manager,Estimator, Construction

Scheduler, Controller,Purchasing Agent, SiteManager, Field Engineer,Land Developer, and RealEstate Appraiser. Com-panies that hire for thesepositions: Turner Con-struction Company, PulteHomes, Perini BuildingCo., and General MotorsCorporation.

Agriscience - providesa foundation for careersin agricultural and natu-ral resources industries.Sample job titles: Agri-science Educator, Exten-sion Educator, Farmer,

and Human Resource Di-rector. Companies that

hire for these positions:Crop Production Services,

John Deere, and GerberCo.

Resource Develop-

ment and Management

- focuses on policy analy-sis, planning, evaluation,budgeting, and programmanagement. Sample

job titles: EnvironmentalAnalyst, EnvironmentalPlanner, Solid Waste Co-ordinator, Water ResourceSpecialist, and EconomicDevelopment Specialist.Companies that hire forthese positions: Coopera-tive Extension Service,

The Clinton River Water-shed, The National ParkService, Enviroscope,Senate and House PolicyOfces, Lobbying Orga-nizations, Banking Orga-

nizations, City and Stategovernments, and Hospi-tals.

Parks, Recreation

and Tourism Resources- focuses on planning andmanaging programs, ar-eas, and facilities that aredesigned to meet peoplesleisure needs and en-hance quality of life. Sam-ple job titles: Park Ranger,Interpreter/Naturalist,Environmental Educator,

Travel and ConventionPlanner, Youth ProgramDirector, Camp Counsel-

or, Park and RecreationDirector, and TourismConsultant. Companiesthat hire for these posi-tions: Hilton and MarriottResorts, Hospitals, YMCA,Golf Courses, Six FlagsGreat Adventure, and theWalt Disney Company.

Packaging - focusing

on food packaging, healthcare and pharmaceuticalpackaging, and industrialpackaging. Sample job ti-tles: Packaging Engineer,Quality Control Coordina-tor, Laboratory Manager,and Package Designer.

Companies that hire forthese positions: Coca-Co-

la Co., Hershey ChocolateUSA, Johnson and John-son, 3M, IBM Corp., andAmway Corp.

Horticulture - focuseson the science and art

concerned with culture,marketing, and utilizationof high value, intensivelycultivated fruits, ow-ers, vegetables, and or-namental plants. Sample

job titles: Retail Manager,Landscape Designer, En-trepreneur, Florist, Con-tractor, Nursery Grower,and Nursery Stock Buyer.Companies that hire forthese positions: Gerber,Mawby Fruit Farms, BallCorporation, and PanAmerican Seed.

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(Continued) Careers In Agr icultureForestry - focuses on the science and art of man-

aging natural resources that occur on forest lands.

Sample job titles: Forester, Forest Ranger, Consulting

Forester, District Ranger, Arborist, Naturalist, Timber

Buyer, and Forest Nursery Manager. Companies that

hire for these positions: The Mead Corporation, John

Hancock Financial Services, City Governments, and

USDA Forest Service.

Food Science - focuses on the development of new

foods, investigation of new production and processing

methods, and research ways to insure a safe, nutri-

tious and economical food supply. Sample job titles:

Food Technician, Laboratory Technician, Food Chem-

ist, and Quality Control Manager. Companies that hire

for these positions: Pepsicola, Kraft/General Foods,

Hygrade Food Products, Kellogg Company, General

Mills, Pillsbury, and Heinz USA.

Fisheries and Wildlife - focuses on environmental

management, conservation, and wildlife ecology and

management. Sample job titles: Land Management

Specialist, Water Quality Specialist, Habitat Special-

ist, and Fish Hatchery Manager. Companies that hire

for these positions: US Forest Service, Bureau of Land

Management, State and local divisions of surface water

quality, land and water management, and US Fish and

Wildlife Services.

ITS THE BEES KNEES A hive of bees ies

over 55,000 miles to bring

you one pound of honey. A

honey bee can y 15 milesper hour.

Honey bees musttap two million owers tomake one pound of honey.

Each worker honey bee

makes 1/12th teaspoon ofhoney in its lifetime.

Honey bees visit 50-100 owers during one honey collecting trip.

Bees have been producing honey from oweringplants for at least 10 million years! And maybe even aslong as 20 million years!

Flowers and other blossoming plants have nec-tarines that produce sugary nectar. Worker bees suck

up the nectar and water and store it in a special honey

stomach. When the stomach is full the bee returns to

the hive and puts the nectar in an empty honeycomb.

Natural chemicals from the bees head glands and the

evaporation of the water from the nectar change the

nectar into honey.

In one day a honey bee can y 12 miles and pol-

linate up to 10,000 owers. Honeybee workers must visit 2 million owers to

make one pound of honey.

FABULOUS FORESTS An acre of trees can remove about 13 tons of dust

and gases every year from the surrounding environ-

ment.

Almost a third of the worlds total land area iscovered by forests.

Some tissue-making machines can produce asmany as 6000 feet of toilet tissue every minute.

About 1.5 million tons of ground cocoa beans fromthe tropical tree are used each year to make chocolate

and cocoa products. Thats greater than the weight of

more than 300,000 elephants! Every year in the United States each person uses

the equivalent of one tree, 100 feet tall and 16 inchesin diameter, to fulll their wood and paper needs.

Thirty to 40 gallons of sugar maple sap must beboiled down to make just one gallon of maple syrup.

Many farmers grow more than just grains, veg-etable and livestock. Some farmers grow trees. This is

called a woodlot. A woodlot is not an original forest,

because the timber has been cut down before. Some-

times the trees in a woodlot have been cut down four,

ve, ore even six times. After the trees have been cutdown, the farmer lets them grow up again, until they

are big enough to be harvested once more.

Not only is the wood on woodlots good to sell to

timber companies to make paper, etc., but the timber

can also be useful on the farm. The farmer can cut

down the timber and use it to build fences, barns, or

other buildings. Some farmers grow specialized wood-

lots that are used for a specic purpose. A woodlot maybe used to harvest maple syrup or as a Christmas tree

farm.

UDDERLY AMAZING In a years time a dairy cow produces 1,500 gal-

lons or 6,000 quarts of milk. A Jersey cow will give as

much as 3 to 4 gallons or around 16 quarts of milkeach day.

Dairy cows provide us with milk and milk by-products like cheese, butter, and ice cream. In addi-

tion, milk is also used to manufacture glue, paint, and

plastics.

Straight from the cow, the temperature of cowsmilk is about 97 degrees Fahrenheit.

The average U.S. dairy cow produces 22.5 quartsof milk each day. Thats about 16,000 glasses of milkper year enough for about 40 people. One cow cangive 200,000 glasses of milk in a lifetime.

It takes approximately 1.4 gallons of milk to make1 gallon of ice cream.

Cheese was rst made over 4,000 years ago in

Asia. A cow has 4 stomachs. They are: the rumen,

where the food is rst stored, the reticulum where foodthat has been more thoroughly chewed is stored once

the cow has chewed the cud and has swallowed it; the

omasum where extra water is squeezed out, and nallythe food goes to the abomasum. Some of the digested

food is then stored in the cows udder where it is made

into milk.

Cows are ruminants or cud-chewing animals eat-ing hay, corn, soybeans, grass, wheat, and ensilage.

Each cow eats 20 to 25 pounds of grain, 40 to 60pounds of ensilage, 30 pounds of hay and drinks about15 to 25 gallons of water a day.

Cows are sedentary animals spending up to 8hours a day chewing the cud while standing still or

lying down to rest after grazing. When going to be

milked, a certain cow in an established herd always

leads the others with the weaker and older cattle trail-

ing behind the group.

A typical, full grown Holstein cow weighs about1,400 pounds and produces 60 pounds of milk perday.

One days production is 2.6 pounds of butter or 7gallons of milk or 6 pounds of cheese.

A dairy cow consumes 35 gallons of water, 20pounds of grain and concentrated feed and 35 poundsof hay or silage (a mixture of corn and grass) in justone day.

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It usually takes about 20 minutes for a cow to bemilked. On average a cow is milked 2 to 3 times a day.

Hamburger meat from a single steer will makeabout 720 quarter pound hamburger patties. Thatsenough for a family of 4 to enjoy hamburgers each dayfor nearly 6 months.

NEW WAYS TO HELP THE PLANET Farmers and ranchers provide food and habitat

for 75% of the nations wildlife. Plant and animal biotechnology have resulted in

new antibodies for immunizations. Agriculture hasalso contributed to research that has helped developsurgical techniques and pharmaceuticals that helpsave lives.

Ethanol and new bio-diesel fuels made from corn,soybeans and other grains are benecial to the envi-ronment and helps contribute to energy independencefor the U.S.

AGRICULTURE IS PART OF YOUR LIFE Products we use in

our everyday lives comefrom plant and animalbyproducts produced by

Americas farmers andranchers: - Health care:Pharmaceuticals, surgicalsutures, ointments, latexgloves, x-ray lm, gelatin for capsules and heart valves.

Construction: Lumber, paints, brushes, tar paper,dry wall and tool handles.

Transportation: Fuel, lubricants, antifreeze, tiresand upholstery.

Manufacturing: Adhesives, solvents and deter-gents. Printing: Paper, ink and lm.

Personal Care Products: Shampoo, cosmetics, lo-tions, nger nail polish and toothpaste. Education:Crayons, textbooks, chalk, desks, pencils and paper.

Sports: Uniforms, baseball bats, leather equip-ment and shoes.

5 SERVINGS OF FRUITS & VEGETABLES A DAY

Onions contain amild antibiotic that ghtsinfections, soothes burns,tames bee stings and re-lieves the itch of athletesfoot.

Archeologists havefound evidence that hu-

mans have enjoyed eating apples since 6500 B.C. Eachof us eats more than 19 pounds of apples annually.

Grapes are one of the oldest cultivated fruits. Theyhave been around for more than 8,000 years.

Americans eat about 125 pounds of potatoes ayear, about half from fresh potatoes and half in pro-cessed foods.

DONT BE SHEEPISH There are 914 different breeds of sheep in the

world. There are 35 breeds in the U.S.

Wool is a natural ber grown from sheep. The steps to making some of your favorite clothes:

Sheep are sheared in the spring, their wool is removedin one piece called a eece.

Next, the eece iswashed in big tubs to re-move dirt, grease andgrass, this process iscalled scouring.

The clean, dry woolis then carded. Cardingmeans to comb the wool to straighten the bers.

The next process is called spinning. This is whenthe wool will be spun into yarn.

Finally, the yarn is knitted or woven into fabric.

SNACK TIME It takes a combine 9 seconds to harvest enough

wheat to make 70 loaves of bread. Americans consume 1.12 billion pounds of pop-corn a year.

Soybean oil is the most widely used edible oil inthe United States; you can nd it in mayonnaise, saladdressing, process cheese products, dessert frostingsand much more.

Peanuts are notactually nuts. Peanuts,like soybeans, are mem-bers of the legume fam-ily.

There are 340 mil-

lion M&Ms produceddaily.

YOU MAY FIND THIS CORNY One bushel of corn

will sweeten more than400 cans of pop.

There are about 600kernels on each ear ofcorn.

Farmers grow cornon every continent exceptAntarctica.

Each tassel on a cornplant releases as many as5 million grains of pollen.

AMERICAS BREAD BASKET

Each American consumers, on average, 53 pounds

of bread per year. Assuming a sandwich was eaten for breakfast,

lunch and dinner, it would take 168 days to eat theamount of bread producedfrom one bushel of wheat.

A family of four couldlive for 10 years off thebread produced by oneacre of wheat.

One bushel of wheatwill produce 73 one-pound loaves of bread.

In 1997, Kansasswheat farmers producedenough wheat to make36.5 billion loaves of

bread, or enough to provide each person on earth with6 loaves of bread.

Farmers receive approximately 5 cents (or less)from each loaf of bread sold.

PIGGY, PIGGY Pigs cant sweat. Pigs

have no sweat glands, thatis why they roll around inmud to cool off.

Heart valves fromhogs are used to replacedamaged or diseased hu-man heart valves.

A pig can run a 7-minute mile. A baby pig, or piglet, weighs about 3 1/2 pounds

at birth and will double its weight in just 7 days.

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The rst ice creamcone was made, served,and eaten in New YorkCity on September 22,1886. The maker, ItaloMarchiony, was granted apatent on his cone mold in1903.

Abe Lincolns motherdied when the family dairycow ate poisonous mush-rooms and Mrs. Lincolndrank the milk.

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Farmers use com-puters designed and builtin cities to track marketinformation, maintainbalance spreadsheets,

and monitor weathersatellites.

The environmentand everyone in it bene-ts from research on bio-degradable plant prod-ucts that break downeasily in landlls.

Agriculture landprovides food and habi-

tat for 75% of the nations wildlife. Deer, moose, fowland other species have shown signicant popula-tion increases in the past several years.

Genetic engineering with plants and animalshas resulted in new antibodies for immunizations.Other research has developed surgical techniquesand pharmaceuticals from agriculture that helpsave lives.

Ethanol and new bio-diesel fuels made fromcorn and other grains are benecial to the environ-ment and promote energy security.

SOYBEANS

Soy crayons havebeen created to replacetoxic petroleum-waxcrayons, soy crayons aresager to use, brighter incolor, and less expensiveto produce.

One acre (43,560square feet) of soybeans can produce 82,368 cray-ons.

Soybean oil is the most widely used vegetableoil. It is found in margarines, salad dressings,

canned foods, sauces, bakery goods, and processedfried foods.

CRAZY ABOUT COTTON

U.S. textile mills presently convert over half otthe cotton they use into clothing.

The majority of cotton is used for mens andboys clothing, with jeans, underwear, and shirtstopping the list.

If all of the cotton produced annually in the U.S.were used to make one product, such as blue jeans,it would make 5 Billion pair.

One bale of cotton can produce 1,217 menst-shirts or 313,600 one-hundred dollar ($100) bills.

Cottons home uses range from bedspreads to

window shades. It is byfar the dominant ber intowels and washcloths.Cotton is also popular insheets and pillowcases.

Industrial prod-

ucts containing cottoninclude wall coverings,book bindings, and zip-per tapes. The biggestcotton users in the thiscategory are manufac-turers of medical sup-plies, industrial thread,and tarpaulins.

Cotton is a foodcrop. Almost 200 million gallons of cottonseed oilare used in food products such as margarine andsalad dressing. Cottonseed and cottonseed mealare used in feed for livestock and poultry. And evenproducts such as toothpaste, ice cream, and the pa-per money used to buy them contain by-products ofthe cotton seed.

The Cotton Belt covers the southern half of theUnited States, reaching from Virginia to California.Texas is the top cotton-producing state, harvestingabout one-third of the crop each year.

THE FOOD WE EAT In 1996, each Amer-

ican consumed an aver-age of 77 pounds more ofcommercially grown veg-etables than in 1970, 63pounds more grain prod-ucts, 54 pounds morefruits, 32 pounds morepoultry, 10 gallons moremilk lower in fat thanwhole milk, 20.5 poundsless red meat, 73 fewer

eggs, and 17 gallons lesswhole milk.

It takes just 40 daysfor most Americans toearn enough money to pay for their food supply forthe entire year. In comparison with the 129 days ittakes the average American to earn enough moneyto pay federal, state and local taxes for the year.

More than 96 billion pounds of edible surplusfood is thrown away in the U.S. Each year. It is esti-mated that almost 27% of our food supply is wasted.

Americans are eating about 14 pounds of tur-key a piece each year, more than double the rate 20years ago.

A career inagriculture canprove richly re-warding. Whileits common toenvision over-alls and trac-tors when imag-ining careersin agriculture,the opportu-nities to workin the agricul-ture industrystretch beyondthe farm and

into the corpo-rate world. Thefollowing are afew of the pathsmen and wom-

en with a passion for agriculture can pursue.* Business: Agriculture is big business, and the

industry has many opportunities for those whowant to pursue a career in business. Farmers andproducers of agricultural products need someone todraft contracts for their agreements with the largecorporations who distribute those products. In ad-dition, purchasing agents and agricultural nan-ciers are just two of the many career opportunitiesthat enable men and women to work on the busi-ness side of agriculture.

* Social service: The agricultural industry alsohas positions of social service. In addition to foodinspector, who ensures agricultural products aresafe for human consumption, social service posi-tions within the agricultural industry include envi-ronmental consultant and conservation ofcer. Menand women can also work to develop programs thatencourage youngsters to pursue careers in the agri-cultural industry.

* Production: Of course, the agricultural industryhas a host of careers for those who want to get theirhands dirty. Farms need to be plowed, seeds mustbe planted and fertilized and farms need to be well-maintained to continue operating efciently and ef-fectively. Though technology has taken the place ofmany agricultural production positions, there are

still many opportunities out there for those whowant to work under the sun.

* Education: Those who want to share their loveof agriculture with others can put their skills towork in the classroom. Agricultural instructors cantrain the next generation of agriculture profession-als at the university or high school level, ensuringtodays farms are left in good hands tomorrow.

Agricultural Career Oppor tunities Abound

TOM MARSHALL

517-320-4481

DEKALB ASGROW BRODBECKS WELLMANS

06331 County Rd. M-50 Montpelier, OHOfce 419-485-5605

TRENT THOMAS

419-553-6478

2013 National Ag Week

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