[Vicki
Huelskoetter, a local pig farmer, talks to her audience about
raising pigs.]
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[After
viewing a video about pig farming, students got to touch two
different kinds of pig feed, one for weaned pigs and one for adults.
Huelskoetter grows her own feed.]
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[This
presentation board tells students about a pig’s growth, nutrition
and eventual products.]
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[Another
local pig farmer, Kent Paulus, is holding a 4-week-old, 20-pound
piglet. He described
how farmers care for piglets at birth by clipping their teeth and
tails. Farmers also
notch their pig’s ears to distinguish between liters.]
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[At
this station of the soybean session, Marty Ahrends and Sharon Jones
assisted students
constructing a bracelet to remind them what the beans need to grow:
soil, water, night, sun, oxygen and more.
Each colored bead represented a different ingredient.]
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