THE AGEXPLORER CAREER TOOL IS BETTER THAN EVER, HELPING STUDENTS EXPLORE CAREERS IN AG

May 04, 2023

The AgExplorer website, an informative tool made to help students explore agricultural careers, is more useful than ever thanks to extensive updates. Made available through the FFA, AgExplorer assists students and educators with features such as career quizzes, information about career focus areas, virtual field trips and classroom tools.

With increased focus on personal interests and professional preferences, the website seeks to get to know students and match them with a career they will thrive in. Megan McGrady, Senior education consultant at the FFA, has explained that the goal is to have website that is easy to navigate and engages users.

“The agricultural industry goes far beyond the farm, and that is something that not all kids realize,” says AEM Director of Agricultural Services, Austin Gellings, “and that goes for both farm kids as well as those who are just interested in where their food comes from.” AgExplorer aims to educate students on all of the jobs that exist throughout the agricultural supply chain, while also pairing them up with jobs that would fit their future interests.

As the labor gap continues to go unfilled, tools like the AgExplorer website could be the key to engaging, attracting and retaining the workforce of the future.

Source : AEM

Video: A Farm Song (Busy) | Parody of A Bar Song (Tipsy) by Shaboozey

Lyrics:

My days begin with workin’, Alarm’s at 5 o’clock,
I Fill 5 gallon buckets, The feeders and the troughs,
This five to nine ain’t workin’, why the heck do I work so hard?,
I can’t worry ‘bout health problems, I can sleep in when I’m gone,

One, here comes the two to the three to the four,
Tell em’ ‘buy another cow, we need plenty more’,
Blue jeans are gettin’ dirty, what else could I ask for,
Oh my, more chores

Someone pour me up another shot of sweet tea,
They know me and working hard’s got a history,
There’s another flock of sheep that still needs feed,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,

Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,

I’ve been working pretty stressed but,
I ain’t changing for some cash,
Lord knows that I’m very blessed (More chores),
But I gotta say it’s hard,
Workin’ outside gettin’ charred,
Living out here on the farm, (more chores)

One, here comes the two to the three to the four,
Tell em’ ‘buy another cow, we need plenty more’,
Blue jeans are gettin’ dirty, what else could I ask for,
Oh my, more chores

Someone pour me up another shot of sweet tea,
They know me and working hard’s got a history
There’s another 20 chickens that still need feed,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,

Everybody on the farm getting’ busy,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,

Fun, here on ranch that’s what you can’t ignore,
Might be pretty hard but I love it to its core,
Flannel’s gettin’ dirty, what else could I ask for,
Oh my, more chores (Tell ‘em sing with me)

Someone pour me up another shot of sweet tea,
They know me and working hard’s got a history,
There’s another flock of sheep that still needs feed,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
Someone pour me up another shot of sweet tea,
They know me and working hard’s got a history,
Watching cattle in the dark, don’t miss me,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
(Yeeeeeehaw)
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
It’s the best bro, go get yourself a farm