MJC Agricultural & Environmental Sciences E-News March 6, 2019 In this Edition: Featured Major - Agriculture Business Poultry Conference YF&R Discussion Meet Contest MJC Career and Technical Education Expo Field Day Scholarships February Young Farmer Meeting Cal Contest UPCOMING EVENTS: March 8th- California Collegiate Livestock Show 15th- Central Region FFA Speech Finals 23rd- MJC Field Day 29th- YF Oakland A's Game April 6th- Annual Plant Sale Featured Major Agriculture Business This week we would like to highlight one of our more popular majors, Agriculture Business! Agriculture business careers are abundant in the agricultural world. Learn what careers are available and which courses to take to launch you on your way. MJC Ag Clubs and scholarships are available to help you along the way. Events are happening throughout the year to get involved. If your have more questions, please contact one of the faculty advisers. Explore what MJC has to offer to those interested in a career in Agriculture Business. Read More
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MJC Agricultural & Environmental Sciences E-News
March 6, 2019
In this Edition:
Featured Major - Agriculture BusinessPoultry ConferenceYF&R Discussion Meet ContestMJC Career and Technical EducationExpoField DayScholarshipsFebruary Young Farmer MeetingCal Contest
UPCOMING EVENTS:
March8th- CaliforniaCollegiate LivestockShow15th- Central RegionFFA Speech Finals23rd- MJC Field Day29th- YF Oakland A'sGame
April6th- Annual Plant Sale
Featured MajorAgriculture Business
This week we would like to highlight one ofour more popular majors, AgricultureBusiness! Agriculture business careers areabundant in the agricultural world. Learn whatcareers are available and which courses totake to launch you on your way. MJC AgClubs and scholarships are available to helpyou along the way. Events are happeningthroughout the year to get involved. If yourhave more questions, please contact one ofthe faculty advisers. Explore what MJC hasto offer to those interested in a career inAgriculture Business.
From February 12th through the 14th, theModesto Junior College Poultry ScienceProgram visited Atlanta, Georgia for theInternational Production and Processing Expo.The Expo is the largest of its kind in the world.Companies from all aspects of the PoultryIndustry exhibit their products, software andequipment at this show. It was held at theMercedes-Benz Convention Center - thesame venue as the Superbowl! The trip wasmade possible through a grant from U.S.Poultry Association which hosts the studentportion of the event.
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YF&RDiscussion Meet Contest
The Modesto Junior College
Discussion Meet team competed in
the 2019 Farm Bureau competition.
They showed excellence in their
competition. Competitors included
Josephine Booth, Corie Lee Falaschi,
Edwin Madrid, Elizabeth Enke and
Jonathan Moules. At the discussion
meet, there are five questions that
Career Expo
Career & Technical EducationExpo
MJC had a great turn out at the CTEExpo! With over 700 students inattendance, we were able to providea large variety of booths with 55vendors, not to mention the tours ofthe campus. Overall, a huge successand we cannot wait for next year!
The time has come! MJC Field day is rightaround the corner, coming up on March23rd! This is one of MJC's ag departmentslargest events hosting a total of over 2,200high school students. Make sure to getinvolved with one of our many contest asyour agriculture instructor is offering extracredit! You can get in contact with anyagriculture staff member and they will getyou signed up for a contest. Not to mention,field day chairs make sure to attend the nexttwo mandatory meetings! The overall fieldday chairs are in need of all data andinformation for your contest, so be preparedfor March 12th and the 22nd.
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Scholarships
We are very proud of the supportthat the community provides for ouragricultural students. We currentlyhave over 20 scholarshipopportunities posted for transfer
students, information for scholarshipopportunities for all students,including incoming freshman. Pleasecheck often for opportunities as theybecome available!
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February Young Farmer Meeting
MJC’s Young Farmers club had their first
meeting of the year on Friday night,
February 22nd. It was an amazing turn out
with multiple clubs coming together for a
fun basketball tournament with great
people and good food! Congratulations to
the Dairy Science for taking home the win.
MJC’s Irrigation placed second and West
Campus Interns placed third. Congrats to
all the teams and thank you everyone who
came for the evening. Mark your
calendars, the next Young Farmer meeting
will be Friday, March 29th. We will be
traveling to an Oakland A’s game against
the LA Angels on opening weekend!
Tickets are $20 and you can sign up with
Mrs. Boyd or Mr. Amador. See you there!
CAL Contest
On Thursday, February 28th, 2019, Mrs.Marchy took 12 students to the CAL(California Agriculture Leaders) Contest atthe Shasta College. We left MJC at 10AM and endured a long bus ride, untilfinally ending up in Redding, CA. After