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Ceres students prepare animals for the fair

BY DALE BUTLER Ceres Courier

Madison Zamaroni has developed a strong bond with Bella over the past five months.

Bella, a 1,300-pound cow, will be shown and auctioned off at the Stanislaus County Fair in July.

“It was really scary the first time I walked her,” said Zamaroni, who will be a senior at Ceres High School this fall. “My adrenaline was pumping.

She was dragging me everywhere.”

Zamaroni and 19 other Future Farmers of America (FFA) students from CHS will continue to spend a considerable amount of time caring for their animals leading up to the fair competition and sale.

The school farm is located off Blaker Road in Ceres.

“It’s a really valuable experience,” said Mardel Runnels, an agriculture teacher for animal science at Ceres High. “It teaches them the value of hard work. Our kids are really dedicated. I meet with them once a week.

I push them to do a good job. My students take a lot of pride in showing

their animals. Winning is contagious.”

Zamaroni purchased her one-year replacement heifer in January.

She raised and sold pigs the previous three years.

“I want to have experience in dairy when I go to college,” said Zamaroni, who plans to become a livestock veterinarian. “Going from a pig to a heifer, I’ve learned so much more responsibilities. I’ve spent a large part of my days the last four years working with animals. I take my projects really serious.”

Ceres High sophomore-to-be Adam Rantz fed his pig, Jabba, marshmallows while trying to coax him into posing for a picture just after 6 p.m. on June 9. Jabba along with 11 other market swine were weighed soonafter.

“I like being around animals in general and taking care of them,” Rantz said. “It’s a big responsibility. I get to learn new things. The hard part is at the fair when we have to say goodbye to them.”

Adam took third in showmanship and fourth in market at the Stanislaus County Fair last year.

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Ceres High’s Madison Zamaroni will be showing her 1,300-pound cow, Bella, at the Stanislaus County Fair.

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“I was surprised at how high I placed,” he said. “I put in a lot of time. When it came to fair time, I knew what to do. I also had a lot of help from my friends in 4-H.” Ceres High FFA members will show and sell one replacement heifer, one steer, 12 swine, two market sheep and two market goats at the Stanislaus County Fair on July 16.

They’ll deposit a portion of their earnings into their college savings accounts.

They must also cover operating expenses for their projects.

“My students make anywhere from $1,000-2000 each on average,” Runnels said.

Bella will be sold for milk production.

Zamaroni plans to reunite with her in the future.

“She’s six months pregnant,” Madison said. “I want to see what her baby looks like.”

“My students love their animals,” Runnels said. “They’re part of their families for the duration of their projects. They all have names. Some of my students get emotional. At the end of the day, they know these animals are serving a purpose; to feed families.”

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2016

Hilmar High FFA: County fair to county fair

BY RYAN MCLAUGHLIN Turlock Journal

The Central Valley is known for two things, hot summer temperatures and lots of agriculture. Nearly everyone from around the 209 either knows someone who is involved with an agriculturally based business or is part of one themselves.

Many local area high schools have extremely active and enthusiastic participants of the Future Farmers of American organization, or FFA for short. FFA is an intercultural student organization for those interested in agriculture and leadership.

These students involved with FFA put in countless hours of work learning about the importance of proper agriculture techniques in terms of raising livestock and growing specific cash crops.

When it comes time for FFA students to show off all their hard work and determination, few greater opportunities come along than the gauntlet of county fairs put on across the state. As summer fast approaches, so does the season of funnel cakes, carnival rides and animal shows that only state and county fairs can offer.

Hilmar High school is one of many local area schools preparing their students for blue ribbon hunting season.

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“It’s important to keep them [the animals] well fed and groomed and on the same regular daily program,” said Hilmar FFA member Donovan Miguel. “Their program usually consists of regular feedings and training so they’re ready to go into the ring.”

Miguel went on to describe the importance of maintaining a regiment for each animal as it allows them to stay familiar with the showing process and keep them calm when at these kinds of events.

“These animals go fair to fair most of the time so it’s important they enjoy being here as much as we do,” Miguel said.

At times the preparation for each new fair can vary from time to time, as some fairs include much more competition both in the quantity and quality of participants.

“From Merced County Fair to say the Stanislaus County Fair, Merced isn’t as big for our FFA program,” said Mitchell Coleman, another Hilmar FFA member.

“There are a lot more people showing at the Stanislaus fair so it’s even more important to properly train the animals, just so nothing new comes up for the animals.”

Through all the early mornings, shovels full of manure and sweltering summer heat, these FFA students persevere. Their level of commitment to their animals comes from years of involvement with the agricultural community of the valley.

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Mitchell Coleman and Donovan Miguel sit with their dairy cattle at the Merced County Fair.

“With my dad being the ag teacher at Hilmar and my brother also doing 4-H as well, I’ve been doing this my entire life,” said Coleman.

“With my brother and sister also showing and being involved, I also followed in their footsteps,” Miguel added. “So glad I made that decision to join them.”

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2016

Delhi ag program finding first year success

BY RYAN MCLAUGHLIN Turlock Journal

The phrase “beginner’s luck” can be applied to countless activities in our day-to-day lives. However, in the case of Delhi High School’s new Agriculture Department, luck had nothing to do with it.

Across the Central Valley and around the 209, high school ag programs are as common a site as the acres of pastures and almond orchards that surround them.

Last year marked the beginning of a new chapter in the Delhi Hawks' story as a new ag department was introduced to the school and its students.

“The community wanted this agriculture program for a very long time,” said William Snyder, Delhi Agriculture Department chair. “Since I have been at Delhi, the staff, community and students have been very aggressive in their pursuit of success.”

Since the program’s start, Delhi students have hit the ground running with raising their animals; more importantly, they have already been hitting local fairs to show their animals.

“We started with winning first, second, third and fifth in Dairy Showmanship then we countered with second place in both Swine and Dairy,” said Snyder, discussing their success at the Merced County Fair.

Blue ribbons aside, the emergence of this new ag program is much more important for the Delhi community. Sure it doesn’t hurt to win a few awards here and there, but according to Snyder their recent victories aren’t what he considers the program’s proudest moments.

“The best accomplishment was a student who was very afraid of her own project and overcame that fear,” said Snyder. “The second biggest accomplishment was that of Steve Gomes, Sheriff Vern Warnke, Congressman Cardozo and Congressman Acosta coming to Delhi FFA end of the year banquet which was such a success because of Mark Brineda and Nikki Nightingale, the students who work so hard to make this program happen.”

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2016

Turlock Unified ag farm to add beef, dairy housing

BY RYAN MCLAUGHLIN Turlock Journal

Three years ago Turlock Unified School District purchased a 10-acre plot of land off East Taylor Road to build an ag farm for both Turlock and Pitman high school students.

After years of hard work from both students and school officials, construction will soon begin on the property’s first permanent structure, the beef and dairy unit.

TUSD Board of Directors made the announcement at their June 7 meeting, awarding Royce Construction’s bid to begin construction on the ag farm project.

Royce’s base bid of $238,600 will include the canopy and other base elements of the beef and dairy unit, a structure which will come out to approximately 60 feet wide by 100 feet long. ”We feel like the community is ripe to see something being built for this project,” said Mike Trainor, assistant superintendent of Business Services. “We started this project from day one hoping we’d be able to include the community in some way, shape or form.”

When TUSD began the planning for the farm they had one goal — to provide a place for students who don’t have the same opportunity as others to raise larger animals and work on their farming skills.

“We want to try and house and take care of as many animals as we can, we just really want to help out,” said Trainor.

As it stands now, the property houses a temporary hoop barn filled with swine, as well as several rows of almond trees with plenty more enclosures soon to come. The finished plans for the farm include the previously mentioned beef and dairy structure for cattle, a multispecies building, flower gardens and enclosures for sheep, goats and chickens.

The entire farm is managed as a collaborative effort between students from Turlock and Pitman FFA, along with the aid of Damon Coelho, farm manager and two ag department teachers, Joe DiGrazia (THS) and Krista Vannest (PHS).

“This project is very well put together bringing these two schools together is something really special,” said Pitman senior Evan Willson.

Each of the students who help to maintain the farm are learning lessons in agricultural management, team building and other leadership qualities that will be valuable to them in the work world.

“It’s a really great learning experience for us to be out here,” said Turlock senior Madison Wallace. “If we didn’t have this farm, we wouldn’t be able to show our animals.”

Part of the ag farm also includes a summer work program for two students from each high school. The students will be working roughly four hours per day, four days per week over summer vacation helping maintain and upgrade the farm.

“I’m excited to get the students out there,” said Coelho.

“We’ll be working with the trees, doing some summer pruning, getting the suckers off, irrigation projects and maybe even a little flower garden. We’ll see what happens.”

While this means these students will be enjoying less of their summer vacation, it also provides a unique opportunity for them to continue learning priceless farming lessons.

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Artist’s rendering of the TUSD Farm final vision; Turlock High School senior Madison Wallace crouches down to take care of her pig; Pitman senior Evan Willson cleans out one of the pig enclosures; Pitman High School senior Mackayla Brady practices handling her pig, Sir Oinks-a-lot.

“They’re giving us jobs to teach us things like leadership and proper farm management,” said Turlock sophomore McClain Wallace. “It’s a great asset for us since not many of us live out in the country where we would have access to this kind of farm.”

With construction of the beef and dairy unit set to begin sometime towards the end of June and estimated to take approximately 75 days to complete, the TUSD Farm is well on its way to serving Turlock’s high school students for years to come.

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Tristan Haile receives ag accolades STAFF REPORTS Turlock Journal

Tristan Haile, a Denair High graduate, was recently selected to be presented the school’s highest agricultural honor, the DEKALB Agricultural Accomplishment Award, sponsored by Monsanto.

Haile, the daughter of Randy and Debbie, received the award for excellence in academics, leadership and agricultural work experience. Haile’s significant experiences and accomplishments included raising market and breeding hogs for the Stanislaus County Fair, owning, breeding, showing and selling lambs from her own flock of Suffolk Hampshire Cross Sheep, holding a Chapter FFA officer position for two years, actively participating on FFA leadership committees and receiving her California FFA

State Degree.

This year the DEKALB Agricultural Accomplishment Award celebrates its 69th anniversary. Over these 69 years more than 168,000 high school seniors from across the country have received the award, which has become a symbol for excellence and the school’s highest agricultural honor.

As the winner of the 2016 award, Haile’s name will be recorded on a permanent plaque and displayed at Denair High School.

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2016

Ceres FFA students get involved in Pumpkin Enterprise

BY DALE BUTLER Ceres Courier

Ceres High’s Kendall Neilson, and Central Valley’s Wilber Arellano, Beatriz Campos, Maria Campos, Emanuel Alvarez, Andy Jacinto, Emily Mendoza, Alyza Montes, Stephanie Navarrete and Cristina Valtierra gathered at the Ceres Agriculture Center just after 8 a.m. on June 9 for a special meeting.

“The success of this lies on you guys,” said Ken Moncrief, Central Valley ag teacher.

A total of 14 students from Central Valley and one from Ceres High were selected to operate Ceres Unified School District’s Pumpkin Enterprise, which was founded in 2015.

Moncrief received 35 applications.

Questionnaires were filled out.

“Those students more actively involved in the FFA chapter were the ones that were picked,” Moncrief said. “We also selected new students. It was very successful last year. They made anywhere between $150-200 each. We had a net profit of over $2,000.”

“It’s pretty amazing looking at your hard work and seeing the end results,”

Neilson said. “We have so many students involved in FFA. You get money and experience from your projects. I think it’s awesome. I recommend it for any student.”

Neilson and Co. literally broke ground for this year’s Pumpkin Enterprise project on June 9.

They took turns operating John Deere utility tractors.

They used rototillers to prep an acre of land at the Ceres Ag Center.

More than 2,000 pumpkin and gourd seeds were planted on June 14.

“We’re working hard to make sure students can find careers in agriculture,” Moncrief said. “This is one of the steps.

They’re going to manage the whole thing.

They selected the types of pumpkins they’ll grow. They’re in charge of planting, watering, weeding and harvesting.

They’ll create a marketing plan. It’s their project. They’ll do 100 percent of it.”

Sixteen different varieties of pumpkins and gourds will be harvested and sold at the Ceres Ag Center, located behind Hidahl Elementary School on Redwood Road, in October. Last year’s event was held at Central Valley’s parking lot.

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Central Valley ag teacher Ken Moncrief talks with the 15 students from Central Valley and Ceres high schools selected to operate Ceres Unified School District’s Pumpkin Enterprise for 2016.

“There will be family activities,” Moncrief said. “They’ll be able to pick their own pumpkins. We might have a petting zoo and hayride.”

Added Arellano: “It’s going to be like a carnival. We’ll also get to teach the kids about agriculture. I really like helping my community.”

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CHAMBER AG SCHOLARSHIPS The Turlock Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee awarded $25,300 in scholarships in March to 22 local students during its 16th annual luncheon at the Turlock Turf Club.

Scholarship winners included: Abigail Elle Dirkse and Tristan Haile of Denair High; Alexis Smith of Turlock Christian; Daryl Dais, Grant Doerksen, Tyler Harcksen, Tylerr Metcalf and Alexia Nunes of Turlock High; Brandon Almeida, Jason Edwards, Maximino Morales and Ryan Vieira of Hilmar High; Mark Borges, Keona Marie Estevam, Garrett Hartman, Valeria Mendoza and Madelyn Vaca of Hughson High; Austin Randall, Liliana Soloria and Elias Williams of Livingston High; and Austin Blagg and Arynn Finneman of Waterford High.

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2016

4-H club wins distinguished judging award

BY ANGELINA MARTIN Turlock Journal

The Turlock Hoof-n-Horns 4-H Club recently received third place in the 86th Annual Hoard’s Dairyman Cow Judging Contest, in competition with 16,600 contestants from 48 states and 13 other countries.

The contest features five classes of dairy cattle for each club to evaluate and two divisions, juniors and seniors. Judging is done online, with each team or individual submitting their scores through an interactive, online portal.

The club competes in the national judging competition annually, giving the members a chance to learn how to not only judge different breeds of cows, but also the opportunity to win some cash. Hoof-n-Horns received a $50 prize for bringing home the bronze and was the only California team to participate in the competition.

In recognition of their success, the club also received a third place plaque from Hoard’s Dairyman Magazine, as well as a feature in the

publication’s May 10 issue.

“I was excited and happy when I found out that we took third,” said Hoof-n-Horns member Taylor Lopes.

To prepare for the competition, the 4-H club went over breed characteristics, attended meetings on the farm with different breeds of cows, practiced how they would place each cow and learned what aspects of a cow make it likely to place higher on the judging scale. Their hard work paid off, landing the club a third place finish.

“I thought they were lying when they told us,” said Hoof-n-Horns Dairy Leader Jeff Lopes. “I was really proud of the kids.”

The Turlock Hoof-n-Horns 4-H Club has been together for five years and has 11 members, ages nine through 14. Now, the club is looking ahead to the Stanislaus County Fair where they will begin showing their animals on July 5.

“The kids have to be really dedicated,” said Jeff Lopes. “It helps that our club is so much like a family.”

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