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Fairmont High School students harvest farmland
19 Oct 2024
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With harvesting season here, students in Fairmont High School’s Ag program got to ride along in a combine as the corn planted in their field was harvested.
The school owns nine acres of Hunt Farm, a property donated to them in 1990. The original donation was 125 acres of land, of which 116 acres were sold for $1.29 million in Dec. 2023. The money was put into the Hunt Farm Trust Fund for scholarships and educational opportunities.
FFA Advisor and Ag Teacher Nick Pease said working with this section of land started last year with a class in precision farming.
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