(Le Mars) — The Le Mars Community FFA chapter is introducing agriculture to their fellow students. Inside the FFA shed, located on the northwest area of the high school campus, it may look like Old McDonald’s farm with a bucket calf, three lambs, and two pigs. Christian Koch is a senior at the Le Mars Community High School. He serves as the president of the Le Mars FFA chapter and offers an explanation as to what is happening with the local FFA chapter.
Koch says the animals will be at the school until the end of the school year.
If you passed by the high school parking lot today, you perhaps noticed several tractors that were parked. Koch says eight tractors were featured as part of the Le Mars Community FFA’s Awareness on Agriculture.
Koch says initially the plan was to bring the tractors to school during National FFA Week, which is in February, but weather forced a change of plans. The FFA members then thought about bringing the tractors to school last week in recognition of National Agriculture Week, but again, the weather with local flooding, combined with the soft country gravel roads pushed the date back until today.
Another way the FFA chapter is emphasizing agriculture is with a hydroponic garden.
Koch says next week the FFA chapter will hold its first annual “Networking Dinner.”
