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Program and Curriculum Guide for Vocational Agriculture/Agribusiness in South Dakota

Farm Science by William Jasper Spillman

IN-SERVICE TRIP TO THE TWIN CITIES

The supply of vocational agriculture instructors has been a problem since 1917. During the mid to late 1970’s the problem continued in spite of the initiation of a Limited Teaching Certificate Program. In an effort to stem the tide of teachers leaving the profession, Mr. Larry Venner, former instructor at Wessington Springs and Pierre, secured a grant from the South Dakota Dept. of Agriculture intending to express appreciation for teachers’ professional efforts and encourage them to remain in the teaching profession. . Following the 1979 Vocational Education Conference, vocational agriculture instructors and spouses boarded two chartered buses for a four-day all-expense paid trip to study agri-business in the Twin Cities. Mr. Venner arranged study tours of the Minneapolis Grain Exchange, Grain Belt Brewery, Cargill Research Farm and other agri-business companies.  

Source: Article, Curriculum in the 1970's