Vining recalls Dutch farming during six months abroad
Becky Vining recounts six months in Holland with four diverse agricultural placements. She notes flat land, dense population, compact farms, modern hog operations, cheese production in Gouda, and imported feed made into pellets. She describes two-story linked buildings, poultry projects, and stringent disease controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diane Yeamans
Holland
Kansas
Becky Vining
Richmond Rfd 1
Six Area K Staters In Booklet At K State Manhattan
Six Ottawa area students at Kansas State University are spotlighted in the 1983 Agricultural Senior Placement Annual. The 92 page publication notes those receiving bachelor’s degrees in December 1982 or May or August 1983. Names include Glen Edwards Kay Hunter Alan Maxwell Michael Scott Pamela Van Horm and Jeffrey Woods all from Ottawa. A milkers school will be held January 4 and 5 at KSU for dairy people with topics on mammary anatomy milk letdown and milking equipment operation. Registration is 20 a person. Contact the extension office or the extension dairy specialist at KSU for a form. Pre registration deadline is December 29. A soybean profit seminar will be at 9 a.m. January 11 at the Sunflower Expo fairgrounds Topeka. The program will cover producing harvesting and marketing soybeans and belts under for teaching purposes. Between other items a Holland travel note describes meals breads and baked goods with foreign culture observations and experiences including Sinterklaas and Black Peter. The piece also notes FFA abroad program participation and host family needs.
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Vining
France
Lo Ag School
Manhattan
Ottawa
Kansas State University
Agriculture Student Council
K-State
Glen Edwards
Richmond
Kay Hunter
Alan Maxwell
Michael Scott
Pamela van Horm
KSU
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FFA Club
America
FFA
Central Heights High School
Lo Ag
Gouda
United States
Wining
Cees van Hal
Zeeland
North Brabant
Jeffrey Woods
Topeka
Finland
J.R. Ewing
Interlochen
Switzerland
Young Farmers Congress
Munich
East Berlin
Sinterklaas
Black Peter
Santa Claus
Hunt Club
Adidas
Jupiter
Parfour Slack
Coats
Orig. Sale
Oxford
Smurf
Jcpenney
S. Main
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