The Bismarck State College Agriculture, Technology & Natural Resources program holds its statewide Ag Roundup for 4-H and Future Farmers of America members Saturday, Jan. 8.
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. CST in the main lobby of the new Bismarck Public Schools Career Academy at 1221 College Drive on the BSC campus.
High school students from throughout North Dakota will hear presentations on how to judge crops and livestock and prepare for Ag sales. Leaders in the agriculture industry will lead the sessions that include current and future careers in agriculture.
Judging events run concurrently from 9 to 11 a.m. Visiting students also will tour the Career Academy, where Agriculture, Technology & Natural Resources and three other BSC programs now operate.
BSC Ag faculty members hold the Roundup to prepare young people for upcoming judging contests that take place every weekend until March. They culminate in the state Crop and Livestock Judging Contest at the Winter Show in Valley City.
For more information, contact Carmel Miller by e-mail, Carmel.Miller@bsc.nodak.edu, or by calling 701-224-5557.