Plan I have had past experiences which led me to participate in a hog load out and soybean harvest. I really became interested in helping with a hog load out after learning that the ag450 farm had hogs. I say this because I have grown up around cattle only and have only handled pigs once where we were required to practice moving them at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids. I also wanted to help with harvest because I have never have gotten a lot of experience with helping at harvest since my family farm is a small acreage. Some of my goals for my experience were to get a better understanding of how pigs are moved compared to cattle and the importance of keeping them calm when trying to get them to go somewhere. I also wanted to gain experience with hauling grain to an elevator since that is the only way for a grain farm can get paid for hard work throughout the year.
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There were several key things I did during both of my experiences. During the hog load out Jacob Coyne and I sorted five pigs to be taken to the semi by other student helpers. For the soybean harvest I loaded gravity wagons and hauled …show more content…
Learning how to move hogs is a crucial skill if wanting to have livestock on a farm in the future. I also can now apply what I learned from hauling grain to help out with the 450 farm in the future. I can utilize what I learned from my experiential learning activity to help with corn harvest this fall. I now can say I know how the process works with hauling grain to the elevator and what to do at the elevator once I get there. I also believe I can help out with hog sorting now that I understand how easy it is to do with some patience and attention to detail. I feel like after doing my learning activity’s I have picked up vital skills that are very important to have with managing a farm like the 450
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There were several key things I did during both of my experiences. During the hog load out Jacob Coyne and I sorted five pigs to be taken to the semi by other student helpers. For the soybean harvest I loaded gravity wagons and hauled …show more content…
Learning how to move hogs is a crucial skill if wanting to have livestock on a farm in the future. I also can now apply what I learned from hauling grain to help out with the 450 farm in the future. I can utilize what I learned from my experiential learning activity to help with corn harvest this fall. I now can say I know how the process works with hauling grain to the elevator and what to do at the elevator once I get there. I also believe I can help out with hog sorting now that I understand how easy it is to do with some patience and attention to detail. I feel like after doing my learning activity’s I have picked up vital skills that are very important to have with managing a farm like the 450