A what? That’s right – a modern-day herdsman. Here in Monroe County, it’s not quite like the cattle drive of City Slickers’ fame. Our herdspeople monitor the cows’ health and behavior. To do that they need skills in computer technology, biology, chemistry, nutrition. And MCC – and our students – can feed the job demand.
That’s just a tidbit of the vast amount of information that a group of MCC faculty and staff heard during a farm tour Tuesday. Compliments of the Agriculture and Life Sciences Institute at MCC, the tour visited four diverse agriculture operations and included commentary from Institute Director Bob King during the travel around the county.
“Many of the jobs in demand... FOR THE FULL ARTICLE, open the attached document.
Shown here, Francois LaChance from Star of the West flour mill in Churchville shows wheat as it goes through the production process to John Streibech, Business Administration (middle) and Matthew Fox, Transitional Studies (left). For more images from the day, visit M / Offices / Shared / =images / farm tour.
Our thanks and appreciation go to Bob King at our Agriculture and Life Sciences Institute for herding us so well. Participants were Valarie Avalone, Stuart Blacklaw, Bob Cunningham, Dick Degus, Matthew Fox, Yenal Kucuker, Frank Rinehart, Dan Robertson, Ray Shea, John Striebech, Timothy Tatakis, Terri Tugel and Tish Williams.
Dianne E McConkey
Public Affairs
06/14/2007
Attachments:
 farm tour.doc
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