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Devils Lake\u00a0 (FUI)\u00a0 \u00a0\u2013 Lake Region State College (LRSC) in Devils Lake announced Wednesday its receipt of a lead gift from Farmers Union Insurance (FUI) for construction of a new Precision Ag Center that will house the college\u2019s precision agriculture program.<\/p>\n
LRSC President, Doug Darling says, \u201cThe opportunity to build a state-of-the-art center for ag education is beyond exciting. We appreciate Farmers Union Insurance\u2019s commitment and investment in our program, in our students, and in the future of farming.\u201d<\/p>\n
The new ag education building will provide enhanced space and a shop more suited for working with today\u2019s precision ag components and large equipment. With LRSC\u2019s own test field right outside the new building location, students will gain real world experiences and graduate with knowledge from both the classroom and field, said Darling.<\/p>\n
Construction of the $3 million facility on campus grounds was authorized by the 2019 state legislature, but requires LRSC to raise half the amount before appropriated dollars and matching funds can be accessed.<\/p>\n
Farmers Union Insurance Chief Executive Officcer, Mark Anderson says, \u201cLRSC was recognized by PrecisionAg magazine as one of the Top 10 Best Colleges in the country for precision ag education. That level of excellence and contribution to our state\u2019s bread and butter industry is something we\u2019re very proud to support.\u201d<\/p>\n
Darling adds, LRSC\u2019s program is delivered with a \u201chands on\u201d approach. Students learn about concepts in the classroom, see and experience it in the lab, and then apply what they have learned on the test field.<\/p>\n
He says, \u201cGraduates of our program are successfully operating family farms and excelling in agribusiness positions now. They are emerging in the top of their field as a generation of new leaders.\u201d\u00a0 He notes that employees of implement dealerships, agronomy centers, and other agribusinesses will benefit from training and resources the new facility will provide.<\/p>\n
For more information about LRSC\u2019s precision ag program, go to lrsc.edu.<\/p>\n
Photo:\u00a0 Lake Region State College\u2019s precision agriculture program uses a \u201chands on\u201d approach to learning, where students apply classroom concepts to lab and test field experiences<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Devils Lake\u00a0 (FUI)\u00a0 \u00a0\u2013 Lake Region State College (LRSC) in Devils Lake announced Wednesday its receipt of a lead gift from Farmers Union Insurance (FUI) for construction of a new Precision Ag Center that will house the college\u2019s precision agriculture program. LRSC President, Doug Darling says, \u201cThe opportunity to build […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":185846,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=185845"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185847,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185845\/revisions\/185847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/185846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=185845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=185845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=185845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}