On Friday, March 26th, 2010 the 2nd year Crop Technology students had their final presentation. It included a summary of what happened on the farm this past year as well the cropping plans for next year. The Student Managed Farm has acquired more land and gone from 1 quarter to 10 quarters of land. The final paperwork is still being done, but it has been good news for the farm. Because of our small land base last year, we didn't make money. However, this upcoming year looks more promising. We plan to seed canola, wheat, peas, barley silage and try some intercropping of peas and canola. We will see how it turns out.
Our class of 10 students coming from BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba have all been able to bring different opinions to the table and work together to plan for the next years class. Overall the student managed farm experience has taught us several skills including teamwork, talking to people, and researching crops and prices. Because we had to make a formal presentation to the industry and our families, we made sure we did all of the background research. It was a great experience and I would highly recommend this program.
April Stanko
2nd year Crop Technology
Mathew Stimson & Tom Dooley
April Stanko
Tania Denbraber & Brenton Scholommer
Louise Sorensen & Tobin Dirks (behind)
Nick Zilinski
Trevor Kerr & Tobin Dirks (behind)
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