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Innisfree Minburn 4-H Beef Club January Report
Rylan Jackson Club Reporter On January 12 we had our first meeting of the New Year virtually. We all submitted photos virtually of our record books to make sure we are keeping it up to date. Our leaders will be doing tours in February to check in on our projects. Communications will look different this year due to the COVID restrictions. All members will still be required to do a club level communication activity. They will be recorded by the members and then submitted to be judged virtually. They will be due February 12, with judging to take place a week later. Members will still get feedback that way from the judges. Some of our members are working on getting our 4-H signs ready if they don’t have them done already.
Lakeland Launches Bachelor of Agriculture Technology Degree Lakeland College Submitted Lakeland College is offering Canada’s first degree in agriculture technology this fall. Developed to enable students to keep ahead of the curve in the rapidly evolving world of agricultural technology, Lakeland’s bachelor of agriculture technology program offers real-world experience with the latest agricultural equipment, software, hardware and digital devices. Starting in September 2021, the two-year, post-credential program consists of full-time studies at the Vermilion campus and experiential learning practicums off campus, all designed to bridge the gap between emerging technologies and agricultural management and production systems. “There’s a lot of technology already available and in use in the agricultural industry. However, few people have an in-depth understanding of how to use it and the information it collects, or how to integrate that information into their commercial farm operations and agriculture businesses. Our new degree program will produce graduates who can effectively use emerging technologies and the data they produce in commercial agriculture to provide important answers on return on investment,” says Michael Crowe, Lakeland’s vice president of academic and research. Students will delve into crop and livestock farming and smart agriculture as a management system, including data collection and analysis as well as the use of interpretative tools and programs such as robotics, geospatial tools, artifi-
cial intelligence and others. They’ll also learn how to analyze and troubleshoot industry-leading hardware, software
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