On Friday May 1st, the FFA held Ag Day at Middletown High School, a day that displayed different components of agriculture in our community.
MHS has held an Ag Day for the past 20 years, and it keeps getting bigger and bigger. More than 50 members of the FFA participated and put the day together this year.
Sophomore Aubrey Wishner said Ag Day is a day for students to “learn about the different aspects of agriculture and why it’s important.”
Sam McCutcheon, senior, said “it’s a day to show the interworking of ag through the community.”
There was plenty to do and a lot to learn at Ag Day. Agriculture classes like horticulture, mechanics, pre-vet and forestry and wildlife had activities for students to partake in.
“The seed babies are radish seeds in cotton that germinate around your neck. It works with the heat from your body and the water from the cotton,” said senior David Smith describing the station where students could make “seed babies.”
“Seed babies are life,” he added.
Members of FFA also showed off their animals at Ag Day. Students enjoyed getting to see goats, rabbits, ducks, a cow, a pig and many other animals.
Solena Rodriguez, freshman, said “I like the animals because it exciting to see the animals that my classmates raised.”
Ellie Grossnickle got her cow when the cow was just three weeks old. “She’s a year and a half now and she’ll be having a baby in January.” Grossnickle said about her cow.
Mechanics students taught others about horsepower using tractors and engines.
Chase Ganely, freshman, stressed the significance of this section of Ag. “I’ve been doing this my whole life, it’s very important to me.”
Career and technology teacher Mrs. Shriner worked hard to organize Ag Day with her students and the teachers in her department. “All the different actives are linked to the different agriculture classes. We’ve been planning for a while but it’s been fun. Definitely worth all the work”
Students from all different grades had a positive response to the day.
Junior Ava Brenengen said, “Ag Day is great way to see the different things in this community. It’s cool to see Middletown’s big agricultural community come here to school for the day.”
Junior Islambek Ashyraliev is an exchange student from Kyrgyzstan. “Ag Day is making my American experience much better,” he said.
FFA members wanted everybody who took part in Ag Day to remember the importance of Agriculture.
MHS FFA chapter president, Josh Moore said the day “promotes agriculture literacy. It shows people where their food is coming from; it really shows the positive side of agriculture.”
Sam McCutcheon added, “it’s how we get food. It’s a way of life for some people”
