Publications

Farming is more than food! Products you use every day come from plant and animal by-products produced by farmers and ranchers, such as pharmaceuticals, latex gloves, heart valves, baseball bats, uniforms, paper, shampoo, fingernail polish, tires, antifreeze, detergents, film, crayons, chalk, and the list goes on and on and on!

ARTICLES

...hooked!! - PDF
My Vocational Agriculture Teacher, Jerry Burchett, stands at the front of the classroom taking roll.  The school year is only a few weeks old but we have already settled into a routine.  He finishes roll call and starts the announcements for the day; but this is sixth period and we’ve had all we can stand, so all we hear is blah, blah, blah; until he says, “the Otero County Fair will be held in September next fall, which means it’s time to start thinking about buying show steers. 

Updated November 10, 2010