Agriculture Field Trip
Our Butler County Farm Bureau representative, Tiya Oppold has been coming into our third grade classroom each month to present lessons on agriculture. We have learned about many topics from where our food comes from, to technology in farming, to safety. Last month she even brought baby chicks in to visit us.
On April 19th, Miss Tiya arranged an agricultural field trip for us. Our first stop of our trip was Griggs Bros. Farm near Douglass. We toured the greenhouses full of tomato plants and a few other vegetables. We saw several different stages of greenhouses being built. We learned about the different steps involved in growing tomatoes, how he waters them, hydroponics, and much more.
Next we headed to Keriel Dairy near Whitewater. When we first arrived we were fed lunch provided by Farm Bureau. Then we toured the dairy. We were able to see the building and machinery used in milking. We could put our finger in the milking device and feel the suction. They brought in one of their cows to demonstrate the process. Then we went outside to watch a calf get bottle fed. We ended our tour with a sample of the raw milk and a yummy cookie!
Thank you Miss Tiya for the fun and educational trip!