Lincoln Land Community College Agriculture

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Dr. Rhykerd, Professor of Soil Science from Illinois State University, spoke with both of our soils classes yesterday via zoom. He discussed the benefits of cover crops and their impact on the environment. Thank you to Dr. Rhykerd for taking the time to meet with our students!

Students in ag mechanics built and customized their own bags game! This set of boards is available for purchase of $50. If interested, please email Liz Stamberger.
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Join the University of Illinois Extension for the 2025 Agronomy Summit! The event will take place in the Kreher Ag Center on January 21st from 8:30-2:30. Presenters will include Dr. Rob Rhykerd, professor of soil science at Illinois State University, who will share his latest research on the integration of cover crops in row crop production and the benefits to local agricultural ecosystems.

Register here:

Springfield Agronomy Summit Explore how technology is driving the agriculture industry. Technology, data, and local resources are the themes for the Agronomy Summit stop on Jan. 21 at Lincoln

The Ag Ambassador team has been on the move the last several weeks of the semester! From college fairs and classroom visits to FFA events like BUILD conference and the State Ag Sales CDE, they have been busy! They are looking forward to another semester of recruiting for LLCC ag!

Interested in having an Ag Ambassador talk to your FFA chapter or ag class? Reach out to Liz Stamberger ([email protected]) to schedule a visit for Spring 2025.

Members of Ag Club voted to participate in the angel tree as their fall semester service project. Five club members: Avery Pope, Leedah Scheer, Maggie White, Malena Kirgan, and Taylor Armstrong, took on this project and were able to purchase gifts for three children for Christmas!

Our BRANDT scholarship recipients: Jake Cooper, Will Robinson, Peyton Bergschneider, Mae Bandelow, Avery Pope, Kylie Neisler, and Bailey Shields, recently visited the BRANDT headquarters in Springfield. Students were able to spend some time listening to Evelyn Thomas share her words of wisdom while they also shared their future plans with her. Mr. Rod Riech, LLCC ag alumni, took the students on a tour of the facility as well. Thank you to BRANDT for your continued support of our students and agricultural programs here at LLCC!

There is still time to register! Don't miss out on this opportunity to hear from industry professionals and receive hands-on field training!
Go to www.llcc.edu/agronomy-conference for details on the event and to sign up today!

On November 20th , we hosted the 2024 LLCC Agronomy Contest and Dairy Foods Workout. With fourteen teams competing in agronomy and over fifty students participating in the dairy foods workout, it was an outstanding night! Congratulations to everyone who competed and a huge thank you to all of our students who volunteered to help put on the event.

Agronomy CDE:
1st place team: Olney
2nd place team: Mt. Pulaski
1st place individual: Kylie Kocher, Olney

From floral design to carpentry, our ag classes have been busy this semester! At LLCC, we make hands-on learning a priority. Check out what some of our students have been up to for the past sixteen weeks!

We were happy to host the 2024 FFA Middle School Conference in November! Over 130 middle schoolers joined the major state officer team and FFA staff for a full day of activities on campus. The students took a tour of Kreher in the afternoon to learn about careers in agriculture and to try out the simulators in the lab! Our Ag Ambassadors did a great job showing them how to use the simulators and giving the tour.