Notes from last year:
Ag day was hosted on Tuesday, May 6th, 2025!
Mark your calendars
Reserve your busses
Organize your chaperones/ paraprofessionals
Explore Nellie Holsteins under "Resources for Elementary Attendees".
Ag Station Layout (What You Need For Your Station/Planning) - Share with Mrs. O'Neill and Annie Ploszay When Finished
Please have students wear sticker name tags. It helps our students be able to interact with your students and call them by name. If you do not have access to name tags, please email onejam@holmen.k12.wi.us by May 1st and she will send you some blanks.
Objective:
Holmen FFA AG DAY! is an educational program focusing on agricultural literacy in elementary schools and communities. It is a program developed to assist FFA members and all agricultural education students in leadership skill development as they reach out to youth, peers and their entire communities by sharing the world of agriculture.
Holmen AgriScience students and FFA members teach 4th grade students from our and neighboring districts about agriculture through a day long educational field trip to several farms and agribusinesses. Species might include but are not limited to: cattle, horse, swine, sheep, goats, llamas, dogs, cats, wildlife, ect.
Topics to expect:
Average day in the life of that animal
Purpose and uses of that animal and its by products
Wisconsin economy influences
Career connections
Animal health practices
Resources for Elementary Attendees 2023
Scroll to "Nellie Holsteins" and give your students exposure to what they will find on a Wisconsin dairy farm. Premade lessons and photos.
Resources for high school students
UPDATED
Permission Slip- Presenters- Due May 4th
UDPATED
Presenter Expectations- Due May 4th
Scan QR Code (2nd one) or use this Link to complete the "Driving yourself" form.
Students Driving themselves to farms (due to having materials) Must get prior approval from O'Neill or Hovell
FFA Member Ag Day Schedule
Stations Outlines for FFA Members 2023
Stations at the DAIRY FARM Farm Student Manager Duties:
Stations at the HORSE RANCH Farm Student Manager Duties: