The Agriculture Division
at Eastern takes advantage of every opportunity to incorporate “hands-on” activities
to enhance student learning by incorporating agriculture facilities
and resources as Agricultural Teaching Laboratories.
The remainder of this page provides a
brief outline of the outdoor learning activities Eastern agriculture
students and area FFA & 4H
members are involved in.
Agronomy
- Soil Sampling
- Fertility Plots
- Soil Formation and Evaluation
- Animal Waste Management
- Riparian Area Management
- Crop and Seed Identification
Animal Science
- Nutrition
- Palpation
- Artificial Insemination
- Heat Detection
- Farrowing and Swine Management
- Vaccinating and Castration
- Ear Notching
- Ultrasound
- Freeze Branding
- Sheep Management
- Poultry
- Yield and Quality Grading
Environmental Science
- Water Quality Monitoring
- Soil Hydrology
- Wildlife Habitat Analysis
- Stream Analysis
- Riparian Management
Forestry
- Timber Inventory
- Timber Marking
- Timber Sale Preparation
- Regeneration Studies
- Thinning
- Timber Stand Improvement
- Prescribed Burning
- Tree Identification
- Riparian Area Management
Horticulture
- Greenhouse Management
- Plant Propagation
- Plant Production and Marketing
- Fertilization
- Irrigation
- Soil Mediums
Meat Processing / Food Safety
- Yield and Quality Grading
- Harvest and Processing Meat Animals
- Poultry
(Left to Right) Zack Cooper, Rattan, OK,
Leah Bean, Broken Bow,
OK, Cody Woods,
Wilburton, OK and D.J. Fields, Tahlequah, OK
identifying plant samples in their Crops
Production Class.
Leah Bean, Broken Bow, OK and Eric Shaw,
Antlers, OK providing a Land Judging
Workshop for 4H and FFA members in
Pittsburg County.
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Crowder FFA members and Troy Walker, Agriculture
Operations Manager -
Vaccinating and Castration – Animal
Science Class |
