Club Activities- Fall 2003

Fall Callout-September 2003

Field and Furrow Club members and advisors at the South Farms for Fall Callout 2003

Putt Putt Golf-September 2003

Field and Furrow Club members take an evening from studying to display their talents on the "links"
Emily Krohe, Branden Gillen, and Yale Epler each have unique putting styles

Indian Corn Harvest-September 2003

Club members have fun on a great fall day harvesting Indian corn and Indian "fingers" for sale
Jason Allard takes time from
harvest to look up and smile
Nic Roth dumps a load of harvested
corn on the wagon
Matt Murray, however, is too dedicated to his task to stop for a picture
Kyle McClelland husks an ear
TJ Ruyle loads more corn on the wagon

 
The end result is rows Indian corn hanging to dry
 
Nathan Schnettgoecke and Tyler Reichmann sell the fruits of the labor
Jesse Edlefson hopes his winning smile will bring in customers for the Indian corn and pumpkin sale, held in front of the Morrow Plots
Nathan and a satisfied customer

Salute to Ag Day-September 2003

The Field and Furrow Club set up a display to sell pumpkins and Indian corn at the Illinois vs Wisconsin Salute to Ag Day Festivities
The display also included information about the club and its activities
The pumpkins and corn were the results of hard field work by club members
The weather would not quite cooperate. Kyle McClelland and Kent Leesman get the club display ready to withstand a slight wind and rainstorm

Through wind, rain, sun, and sparse crowds, Kyle McClelland, Kent Leesman, and Magen Starr represented the club with a smile

Club Meeting-October 2003

On October 14, club members gathered for pizza, a business meeting, and a guest speaker
Brad Dixon, a University of Illinois alumnus, gave a presentation about his job at Monsanto as well as about the company in general

National Meetings,
Student Activities Sudivison of the
American Society of Agronomy,
Denver, CO-November, 2003

Club members gather at the Bloomington airport ready to head to Denver
Anna Ferguson breaks out a purse for the special occasion
Shaun Schmidt answers questions from the judges about the club poster
On Sunday morning, club speech contest representative Brett Ochs works to prepare
Club advisor Bob Dunker spends some time getting Brett connected to the Internet
Now that its speech time, Brett is all ready to go
As Brett reviews his speech, other club members prepare for the Quiz Bowl
Shaun Schmidt loves Agronomy!
The Quiz Bowl team answers a tough question
Anna Ferguson, Nic Roth, Shaun Schmidt, and Latrice Wysinger represented the club in the Quiz Bowl competition
Anna Ferguson moderates a workshop on CCA certification
Brett Ochs talks to judges about his research poster
Ian Meyer presents a research poster on his work in corn
Shaun Schmidt shows off her excellent research poster
Nic Roth waits to go home in the St Louis airport lounge

The Denver Crew:

Latrice Wysinger, Anna Ferguson, Shaun Schmidt, Nic Roth, Ian Meyer, and Brett Ochs.

GREAT JOB!!!

   

 

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