New Outreach in Agriculture Education

Published: 2019
By Nikki Bailey

Carbon County MSU Extension participated in an agriculture education event at the Northern International Livestock Expo (NILE) in Billings. For the first time ever, MSU Extension in Carbon County joined the educational efforts of MSU Extension in Yellowstone County and Musselshell/Golden Valley Counties to collaboratively teach agriculture education to over 1,600 fourth graders from the region. Students learned about the area crops including sugar beets, corn, alfalfa, barley and wheat, and information about Montana’s number one industry. Learning about the sugar from sugar beets or the flour from wheat expanded their understanding of food systems and the importance of agriculture to their lives. Educational efforts such as this are critical to future support and understanding of the industry.