Striking demos speak volumes at Ag Fest

Holyoke fifth-graders participated in Ag Fest at the Phillips County Event Center last Thursday, May 4, along with students from Julesburg, Revere and Creek Valley schools. Students took turns at nine different stations led by Colorado State University Extension agents who are passionate about agriculture. Instruction and hands-on activities featured range ecology, GPS, butter, honey, power and simple tools, groundwater, microbes, embryology and plant science. Ag Fest is in its eighth year of teaching important agricultural lessons to youth so they can make informed decisions in the future, even if they don’t live on a farm.