Depends on what you re talking recent. I just graduated from high school 10 years ago, and even since that time we ve incorporated a lot more science, environmental science and natural resources, and a lot more business and math applications. All of that has really changed. Ag education is still the basis of hands-on learning and that has always been a key seller in our program. It s the love of land and animal and people, and providing for the world.
Agriculture is the basis of everything in the world.
You can tie just about any career back to agriculture. You feel like you make a difference. We see many of our young people leaving the state after completing college. I am so grateful for the six years I have spent away from Iowa. Michigan is one extreme and Georgia is the other, so I have seen a lot of different ways that things operate.