AGCO Sponsors Georgia Ag Experience
14 Gennaio 2021 - 11:08PM
AGCO Corporation (NYSE: AGCO), a global leader in the design,
manufacture and distribution of agricultural machinery and
solutions, announced today its sponsorship of the Georgia
Foundation for Agriculture’s Georgia Ag Experience mobile
classroom. Beginning this month, the Georgia Ag Experience will
travel to elementary schools and ag events across Georgia to
provide a virtual field trip to the farm.
The Georgia Foundation for Agriculture (GFA)
created the mobile classroom, which is housed in a 36-foot trailer,
to give third through fifth-grade students and the public a chance
to visit a poultry house, cattle pasture, stand of timber,
horticulture nursery, a produce stand full of fresh Georgia fruit,
vegetables and pecans, cotton and peanut fields.
“AGCO is thrilled to help the Georgia Foundation
for Agriculture communicate the importance of farming and the
agriculture industry to Georgia’s students in such a vibrant and
interesting manner,” said Ash Alt, AGCO field execution manager.
“The mobile classroom’s message is especially timely these days, as
agriculture enters a much more technology-enabled era and needs
today’s students focusing on tomorrow’s farming and engineering
careers.”
Educational information regarding Georgia
agriculture and farming careers is conveyed via colorful and
interactive displays, including a simulated cockpit of the AGCO’s
Fendt® 1050, one of agriculture’s most powerful standard tractors.
Students will learn how farmers plant and harvest their crops, take
care of their animals and preserve the natural resources on their
farms. All exhibits and lessons that are part of the Georgia Ag
Experience have been professionally designed to meet science,
technology, engineering and math (STEM) standards.
“The majority of Georgia’s residents are more
than three generations removed from living on a farm and have
little to no first-hand knowledge of how farmers grow their food,
cotton for clothes, or timber for paper and lumber. This mobile
classroom provides students and adults who have never visited a
farm a chance to experience Georgia agriculture,” said Lily Baucom,
GFA executive director. “This was an enormous undertaking for our
foundation, and we are so grateful to the many sponsors who have
partnered with us to make the Georgia Ag Experience a reality.”
The Georgia Foundation for Agriculture is
partnering with county Farm Bureau offices across the state to
arrange local mobile classroom visits. County Farm Bureau staff,
teachers or school representatives interested in booking the
Georgia Ag Experience for a school or community event, may visit
gfb.ag/experienceplanavisit to access instructions for scheduling a
visit and a list of dates the mobile classroom will be available
across the state in 2021.
Teachers or school representatives interested in
working with their county Farm Bureaus to bring the Georgia Ag
Experience to their school should first contact their local Farm
Bureau office. Visit gfb.ag/contact to access your local Farm
Bureau’s contact information.
For more information about the Georgia Ag
Experience and a list of the ag organizations, agribusinesses and
Georgia commodity commissions that are generously supporting the
mobile ag classroom visit georgiaagexperience.org.
Visit gfb.ag/GAEclassroomvirtualtour to tour the classroom.
MEDIA CONTACTS:Bob Blakely, AGCO |
Bob.Blakely@AGCOCorp.com | 770.232.8018Lily Baucom, GFA |
info@gafoundation.org | 478.405.3461
©2020, AGCO Corporation. Fendt is a registered
trademark of AGCO.
About The Georgia Foundation for
AgricultureThe Georgia Foundation for Agriculture is a
non-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to preparing the next
generation of leaders for success in Georgia agriculture. The GFA
works with Georgia Farm Bureau and other Georgia agricultural and
educational organizations to achieve its mission. The foundation
offers scholarships to students pursuing agricultural careers,
funds leadership development programs and projects that increase
the public’s understanding of agriculture. To make a tax-deductible
donation, learn more about the foundation or the scholarships,
visit www.gafoundationag.org or contact Lily Baucom at
info@gafoundation.org or 478-405-3461.
About AGCOAGCO (NYSE:AGCO) is a global leader
in the design, manufacture and distribution of agricultural
solutions and delivers high-tech solutions for farmers feeding the
world through its full line of equipment and related services. AGCO
products are sold through five core brands, Challenger®, Fendt®,
GSI®, Massey Ferguson® and Valtra®, supported by Fuse® smart
farming solutions. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Duluth,
Georgia, USA, AGCO had net sales of $9.0 billion in 2019. For more
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