Once students experience these projects along with several others throughout the one year program, they take away fundamental knowledge and can further explore opportunities within the industry. Careers that are pursued following this program include jobs in agriculture education/communication, production, nutrition, veterinary service, soil conservation, food safety, sustainable practices and more.
“Since we are partnered with Big Dutchman, it has allowed me to bring our curriculum and program to the next level with teaching a little bit about commercial production,” said Tony McCaul. McCaul continued, “The equipment that we have received from Big Dutchman allows students the chance to use equipment that’s utilized in the industry and also learn the new systems that help for animal welfare. Besides teaching our students about the new swine and poultry equipment, it also allows us to teach the general public. The public doesn’t typically get to see animal industry in production, so this allows us to be the educator. Plus, when people see our systems, they are very impressed by the professional appearance and how flexibly we can use them to teach.”
Sally Reinink, Vice President of Poultry Customer Solutions for Big Dutchman North America, added, “Big Dutchman appreciates the opportunity to partner with Mr. McCaul and the CTC. We are excited to share with the students all the opportunities associated with the Ag industry and hope they use the skills they learn in and out of the classroom to help educate others.”