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MJC Agricultural & Environmental Sciences E-News

March 6, 2019

In this Edition:

Featured Major - Agriculture BusinessPoultry ConferenceYF&R Discussion Meet ContestMJC Career and Technical EducationExpoField DayScholarshipsFebruary Young Farmer MeetingCal Contest

UPCOMING EVENTS:

March8th- CaliforniaCollegiate LivestockShow15th- Central RegionFFA Speech Finals23rd- MJC Field Day29th- YF Oakland A'sGame

April6th- Annual Plant Sale

Featured MajorAgriculture Business

This week we would like to highlight one ofour more popular majors, AgricultureBusiness! Agriculture business careers areabundant in the agricultural world. Learn whatcareers are available and which courses totake to launch you on your way. MJC AgClubs and scholarships are available to helpyou along the way. Events are happeningthroughout the year to get involved. If yourhave more questions, please contact one ofthe faculty advisers. Explore what MJC hasto offer to those interested in a career inAgriculture Business.

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Poultry Conferences

From February 12th through the 14th, theModesto Junior College Poultry ScienceProgram visited Atlanta, Georgia for theInternational Production and Processing Expo.The Expo is the largest of its kind in the world.Companies from all aspects of the PoultryIndustry exhibit their products, software andequipment at this show. It was held at theMercedes-Benz Convention Center - thesame venue as the Superbowl! The trip wasmade possible through a grant from U.S.Poultry Association which hosts the studentportion of the event.

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YF&RDiscussion Meet Contest

The Modesto Junior College

Discussion Meet team competed in

the 2019 Farm Bureau competition.

They showed excellence in their

competition. Competitors included

Josephine Booth, Corie Lee Falaschi,

Edwin Madrid, Elizabeth Enke and

Jonathan Moules. At the discussion

meet, there are five questions that

Career Expo

Career & Technical EducationExpo

MJC had a great turn out at the CTEExpo! With over 700 students inattendance, we were able to providea large variety of booths with 55vendors, not to mention the tours ofthe campus. Overall, a huge successand we cannot wait for next year!

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address a problem or a topic within

the Farm Bureau. There is a panel of

contests to discuss the topic and then

try to come up with solutions

regarding the topic. Each round is

different topic for the panel to

discuss. The judges see who controls

the conversation and who addresses

the topic the best.

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Field Day

The time has come! MJC Field day is rightaround the corner, coming up on March23rd! This is one of MJC's ag departmentslargest events hosting a total of over 2,200high school students. Make sure to getinvolved with one of our many contest asyour agriculture instructor is offering extracredit! You can get in contact with anyagriculture staff member and they will getyou signed up for a contest. Not to mention,field day chairs make sure to attend the nexttwo mandatory meetings! The overall fieldday chairs are in need of all data andinformation for your contest, so be preparedfor March 12th and the 22nd.

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Scholarships

We are very proud of the supportthat the community provides for ouragricultural students. We currentlyhave over 20 scholarshipopportunities posted for transfer

students, information for scholarshipopportunities for all students,including incoming freshman. Pleasecheck often for opportunities as theybecome available!

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February Young Farmer Meeting

MJC’s Young Farmers club had their first

meeting of the year on Friday night,

February 22nd. It was an amazing turn out

with multiple clubs coming together for a

fun basketball tournament with great

people and good food! Congratulations to

the Dairy Science for taking home the win.

MJC’s Irrigation placed second and West

Campus Interns placed third. Congrats to

all the teams and thank you everyone who

came for the evening. Mark your

calendars, the next Young Farmer meeting

will be Friday, March 29th. We will be

traveling to an Oakland A’s game against

the LA Angels on opening weekend!

Tickets are $20 and you can sign up with

Mrs. Boyd or Mr. Amador. See you there!

CAL Contest

On Thursday, February 28th, 2019, Mrs.Marchy took 12 students to the CAL(California Agriculture Leaders) Contest atthe Shasta College. We left MJC at 10AM and endured a long bus ride, untilfinally ending up in Redding, CA. After

dropping our bags off at the hotel andstretching our legs, we jumped right backon the bus to go to the Shasta Dam!

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We would like to thank Stanislaus CountyFarm Bureau for sponsoring and helping ourdepartment develop and further our outreach

to our community and our students.

Stanislaus County Farm Bureau1201 L Street

Modesto, CA 95354

farmnews@stanfarmbureau.org

http://www.stanfarmbureau.com

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