Iowa 4H Students Visit Agronomy

Dr. Amber Anderson provides an agronomy demonstration to visiting 4H students.
Jamie O'Rourke, back right, provides a hands-on experiment opportunity for visiting students.
Jamie O’Rourke, back right, provides a hands-on experiment opportunity for visiting students.

Agronomy recently hosted 36 high school 4H students from Adair and Cass Counties. Faculty: Amber Anderson, Jamie O’Rourke, Arti Singh, Mindy DeVries and Brian Hornbuckle, along with several graduate students, provided a variety of hands-on demonstrations and activities for the visiting students. 

Dr. Arti Singh and graduate students from the Singh lab provide an overview on how drones are used in farming.
Dr. Arti Singh and graduate students from the Singh lab provide an overview on how drones are used in farming.

 

In photo at top: Dr. Amber Anderson provides an agronomy demonstration to visiting 4H students. Photos by David Patch.

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