Category Archives: Prompts

Are You an AgVocate?

Posted on September 11, 2015 by

Read this article.   Check out this initiative. Do some research, are there any restaurant chains who include some misleading statements in their advertisements as it relates to agriculture? Tell me about it on your blog. Conversely, are their restaurants … Continue reading →

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2015-16 Expectations

Posted on September 9, 2015 by

2015-16 Ag Leadership Expectations 1st Semester Maintain your blog and respond to prompts as assigned and by the due date. SAE records up to date using AET.  We’ll be working together to get our records punched in and up to … Continue reading →

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Are You A Risk Taker?

Posted on September 4, 2015 by

We’ll be participating in the BIG Idea Competition again this year.  A West Central FFA member, participating through the Ag Leadership class has won the competition two of the last three years.  Last year, WCFFA members represented two of the … Continue reading →

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Pride in Accomplishments

Posted on September 2, 2015 by

I’m working on the semester expectations and hope to have those ready for you soon. Expect pretty much the same as prior years.  I’m just trying to pull together a couple of different opportunities for you. When blogging: Remember to … Continue reading →

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First and Last Words

Posted on August 31, 2015 by

For many of you, this will be your first blog post, for others, this will be the first of the year! For the sake of getting our feet wet and getting a post completed, react to the following: What would … Continue reading →

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Getting Started

Posted on August 31, 2015 by

Notes about blog posts – Please – do not include correct names of people (friends) in your posts.  This is to protect you and them.  If your story that you’re writing about needs names, give them fake names rather than … Continue reading →

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How To’s of Blogging

Posted on August 31, 2015 by

Here are a few rules that we’ll need to follow: 1.  For student blogs we will be using WordPress. WordPress is very user friendly and as you get more comfortable you can change and edit things so the design and style … Continue reading →

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Final 2014-15 post and instructions

Posted on May 15, 2015 by

Today spend some time updating AET.  Remember – you were supposed to upload 4 pictures of you working in your SAE by the end of the year?  The end of the year is here! Make sure that all of your … Continue reading →

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Food Inc. 4

Posted on May 13, 2015 by

From Seed to Super Market: • From Monsanto’s perspective, it is expensive to develop new seeds like these, and the seeds save farmers time and enable them to produce more soybeans. What might be the consequences—both positive and negative—of the … Continue reading →

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Food Inc. 3

Posted on May 11, 2015 by

In The Grass: • What alternative might the companies have if they can’t find local people todo the work? • If you think it is okay for companies to recruit foreign workers this way, what might be the repercussions of … Continue reading →

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