Farm Horizons
Drones
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on and improved, and those advancements will require further learning throughout the years.
Nevertheless, Sawatzke remains optimistic, recognizing that “agriculture has always been a quick
adapter,” acknowledging agronomy in particular.
DCHS recently purchased a drone for district use,
with Sawatzke representing the school’s agricultural
department and the benefits of using this technology
in the classroom.
“We are training the next group of workers,” he
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stated, continuing to say the students taking agriculture classes will be among the first people entering
the world with drone-agricultural technology and
will be taking jobs that have not been created yet.
Rather than waiting for them to learn how to use
this technology in college or after, the DCHS ag department is creating the opportunity for students to
learn now, to be ahead of the trend, and to perhaps
become leaders in its ongoing development. n
Local farms honored as Century Farms
The Minnesota State Fair and the Minnesota Farm Bureau State Fair, which runs Thursday, Aug. 25 through Labor Day,
recently recognized 134 Minnesota farms as 2016 Century Monday, Sept. 5.
Farms. Qualifying farms have been in continuous family own- Wright County
ership for at least 100 years, and are 50 acres or more.
Buffalo – Mosher Family, 1875
Look for profiles on some of these farms in future issues of
Maple Lake – Original Smith Homestead, 1913
Farm Horizons.
Waverly – Borrell Family Farm, 1908
Century Farm families are listed by county, then by the
Waverly – Hohag Family Farm, 1916
farm’s city, family names, and year of original purchase:
Century Farm families receive a commemorative sign, as Meeker County
well as a certificate signed by state fair and Minnesota Farm
Dassel – John Juusola Farm, 1916
Bureau presidents, and Governor Mark Dayton.
Grove City – Drange Partnership, 1874 n
Since the program began in 1976, more than 10,000 Minnesota farms have been recognized as Century Farms.
Information on all Century Farms will be available at the
Minnesota Farm Bureau exhibit during the 2016 Minnesota
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