A Career in Agriculture?

We host a lot of tours at Bremer Farms. We host day cares, school groups, dietitians- even international groups. But today was one of my favorites. 

These students are enrolled in the Trades and Agriculture class at Dakota County Technical College (DCTC). One of the goals of this course is to expose the students to different occupations in hopes of finding what interests them for their future vocations. 

It was obvious they were here to learn as they had some very insightful questions- What are the drawbacks to dairy farming? Why do you farm and what motivates you to continue? What are the challenges to dairy farmers right now? If you are paid by pound for your milk, how many pounds does a gallon of milk weigh?  

This group also received a bonus on their visit, as we are currently laying a new cement pad for one of our grain bins. The students were given a brief presentation by our cement contractor on what he does in his job. FYI- This bin will store 10,700 bushel of corn. Each bushel of corn weighs 56 pounds. That equals 599,200 pounds of weight on the concrete pad and that's just the corn, not including the weight of the bin!

Thank you to the DCTC students for your great conversations, your respect for our farm, and your desire to learn about the job we love.

If you have more questions, please post them on my Facebook Page- My Barnyard View or email me at Bremerfarms@hotmail.com.