Farm life during school hours
West Fork Ag teacher Kaitlyn Bonzer discusses winterizing the barn with students. ZACH CLEMENS PHOTOS
The West Fork FFA gets hands-on experience at the Animal Learning Center
West Fork agricultural students are getting hands-on experience with raising livestock and learning about agriculture at the Animal Learning Center in Sheffield.
The school is renting an old barn to educate students on different aspects of farm life. The barn once was the home of horses, and is owned by the Sukups. The family has been letting the FFA rent the barn since 2014, and the group has performed a number of upgrades to the property.
“We did all the interior work, you could see through the walls,” said Christian Ames, a West Fork senior and member of FFA. “We stuffed it with insulation, put up plywood on the walls, put up gates, heaters and reinforcedthe ceiling.”
Read the full article in the October 20 edition of the papers.
