Franklin County Ag in the Classroom

08/13/2026

Bring Dairy to Your Classroom!

Teachers, as you get ready for a new school year, don't forget to check out these moo-velous dairy education opportunities!

🐮 Adopt a Cow with Discover Dairy
https://www.discoverdairy.com/adopt-a-cow/

🐄 Adopt-A-Calf with STLDairyCouncil
https://stldairycouncil.org/dairy-education-programs-st-louis/adopt-a-calf/

🍦 Awesome Agriculture: Dairy with Illinois Ag in the Classroom
https://www.agintheclassroom.org/awesome-agriculture/dairy/
Pair your Adopt-A-Cow or Adopt-A-Calf experience with our dairy lesson and activities to help students learn about dairy farming, milk and the many ways dairy connects to agriculture.

07/23/2026

Today we visited the Sesser Public Library where we read "The cow in Patrick O'Shanahans Kitchen" followed by making ice cream in a bag. The kids loved! Thanks for having us!

07/15/2026

We were happy to sponsor the Peewee Showmanship classes at the Franklin County 4-H fair this year. There were three classes, each winner received a prize bag and all contestants received a bag of ATIC materials. We love sponsoring this event and look forward to it next year.

Pictured is Rey Phelps, winner of the first class!

07/06/2026

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Come join us!!!

06/30/2026

❌This giveaway is now CLOSED❌

🎉Giveaway Time! 🎉

We're giving away some of our favorite resources! 👀

Whether you're a teacher or just love fun and engaging materials... this is for you! These books will get you through every season! 🍂❄️🌷🌞

How to enter: 👇
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Your tagged friend must also follow us. If you win, your tagged friend will win the same prize too! 🎉
Comment by 3:00 PM Thursday to be eligible to win!

06/18/2026

***This giveaway is now closed***
Illinois History Trivia Time!
Our last giveaway was such a hit, we're continuing the momentum with a fun challenge!

Let's test your knowledge of Illinois history 👇

Question:
What county is home to Illinois' very first state capital?

Like this post, follow our page, and comment your answer by *Monday, 6/22, at Noon* to be entered in the giveaway!

06/16/2026

We are less than 200 followers from reaching 10,000 followers on Facebook!

To celebrate this milestone, we are giving away some of our favorite items to grow ag literacy for our lucky 10,000th follower.

Items included are:
- 11 Ag-Accurate books
- 5 Ag Mags (Corn, Soybeans, Beef, Wheat, and Soil)
- Sourdough Starter Kit
- Sourdough Farm Bites and Instructions
- Spatula
- Coloring Book with Crayons
- 24oz Tumbler
- IAITC Cup
- IAITC Pens and Pencils
- Stress Ball
- Multi-Charger
- Magnifying Glass
- Post-it Notes

Help us reach 10,000 followers! Follow our page, share our page, and invite your friends to join us in growing agricultural literacy.

06/04/2026

This week was our Annual Summer Ag Institute. We had 8 teachers attend. Day 1 we toured Cusumano and Sons (where I was so interested I forgot to take any pictures) , learned about their history and what it takes to delivery fresh produce to our area. We then heard from Illinois Illinois Pork Producers Association and the IDNR taught about native bees.

Day 2, Kevin presented all the cool new things with AITC and we took a trip the HR H&R Agri-Power to learn how the equipment works and the amount of technology in it.

Day 3 we visited Violet Soaps Apothecary where we learned how to make soap! Cheyanne Bristol and Josh Valier from Southern FS visited in the afternoon and taught about the technology used in the field and the use of Drones in agriculture.

We had a great time and are looking forward to next year!

06/02/2026

Thanks H&R!

05/11/2026

SV 4th graders had the opportunity to meet Spot the Boer goat kid last Friday. He may have enjoyed it as much as they did!