Abby's post about Ag Literacy

On May 23rd the Youth Leadership Academy went to hooper and meet with different farmers. The first farmer grew crops and the told us about the new technology that is coming for the tractors. They bought a GPS that can remeber were they sprayed or planted and it also can drive it self.The GPS cost more than what most GPS's would cost but it was wourth every pennie.The second farmer was a farmer of a dairy farm he showed you how a cow gets milked with a machine instead of hand milking. He showed us the baby cows that was old enough to wean from it's mother. We saw how the mix the food and what they mix together. We got to go into a barn that had a cow in it the just got born. i never seen a newborn cow before that was the first time that I seen that. For the last farm that we went to was in dogde. That farm was a person that bought cattle from actions and other places and then the kept them until they were able to get killed for its meat.

By: Abby Tunender

Final Note From the Director of Programs

What a way to end the session, the Youth had a great experience on their Ag Literacy tour!


We would like to thank the Dodge County Farm Bureau for sponsoring the lunch!
Bernie & Sandy at Hilltop Lanes in Dodge did an amazing job with the catering!!  YUM!

Tracy from UNL Extension in Dodge County  did a fabulous job arranging the session and we value her expertise!


Below are several links to the many programs who presented information to the students about their organizations.

Become A-FAN of Sustainable Agriculture in Nebraska

Nebraska Corn Board


Nebraska Soybean Board


J & S Feedlot, Inc.


Common Ground Nebraska




Finally, the Fremont Chamber of Commerce and the Leadership Fremont Alumni Association would like to thank the YLA Curriculum Committee members for donating their time to organizing such wonderful sessions for the youth for the 2011-2012 year.

Co-Chairs:
Jessica Heineman, Anytime Fitness
Shawn Shanahan, Fremont Area United Way

Lindsey Adams, Midland University - Education Day
Tracy J. Behnken, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension in Dodge County - Ag Literacy Day
Eric Bremers, Metropolitan Community College - Fremont Area Center - Business & Economic Development Day
Jeff Hoffman, John C. Fremont Days, Inc. - History & Cultural Heritage Day
Valerie Prenzlow, Fremont Family YMCA/Sidner Ice Arena - Health, Wellness & Quality of Life Day
John Schmitz, City of Fremont - City & County Government Day
Sheila Sookram, Eakes Office Plus -  Community Social Services Day
Ron Tillery, Fremont Chamber of Commerce - State & Federal Government Day
Bill Vobejda, Fremont Tribune - Business & Economic Development Day
Maggie Zarate, Nebraska Department of Labor - History & Cultural Heritage Day

And again, a special thank you to the Fremont Tribune for their Title Sponsorship for the 2011-2012 YLA session!

Alexis's post about Ag. Literacy

May 23, 2012

Today has been pretty interesting.  We went to a farm where they talked to us about agriculture and how much wil be needed in the near future.  It really surprised me how the population of the earth right now is about 7billion and I think we will eventually reach 9billion within a few years. If that's the case we will need more farmers to grow crops and raise live stock to feed the growing population.

Abby's Experience on the Business & Economic Development Day

I didn't know that a lot of brownies was out of her kitchen and then moved to the space that she is now. She told us about how she started little and became bigger and has more orders than what she make in one day. When we went to the tribune I was surprise that they were going to ship the printer to another state after they just bought it not very long ago. I didn't know that the tribune helped different companies to help them get their business out in the web world.