The annual Niobrara Cattlewomen’s Ag Expo Day was held on May 2 with 44 third and fourth graders.
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LUSK – The annual Niobrara Cattlewomen’s Ag Expo Day was held on May 2 with 44 third and fourth graders. Every year the Cattlewomen sponsor a day of fun and learning working with several community individual and organizations to help education students in Niobrara county and the surrounding area about “The Facts of Ag”.
Students started their day with a milk cow workshop and the chance to see what it feels like to milk a cow using a demonstration udder. Students were then split into groups and rotated through stations. Members of the Rawhide FFA chapter helped supervise and get the students where they needed to be.
Brenna Brimer and LeAnn Dixon helped students create their own decorated cow tag key chains with brands or initials and talked about the importance and origin of branding animals. Kellie Chichester with the UW extension office and in conjunction with the UW lab brought in a fistulated cow with a cannula and plug to help the students understand bovine digestion and GI systems.