Success StoryTeen Leadership Washington County Agriculture Industry Day



Teen Leadership Washington County Agriculture Industry Day

Author: Melissa Schenck

Planning Unit: Washington County CES

Major Program: Agriculture

Plan of Work: Increasing Agricultural Systems In Washington County

Outcome: Long-Term Outcome

The Washington County Extension Office worked in partnership with the Washington County High School Gifted and Talented program to facilitated Teen Leadership Washington County Agriculture Industry day. Seventeen selected high school juniors were selected to participate in the program. In Agriculture Industry Day youth toured a state-of-the-art high-tunnel confinement cow-calf operation and a Kentucky Proud apiary. Speakers included a representatives from agriculture lending and the niche hemp market. A major topic of conversation  throughout the day surrounded the covid-19 pandemic and how current events impact supply and demand and market prices. One youth reported "I was able to relate things I’ve learned in my Econ class and animal science class to these speakers." As a result of the Agriculture Industry Day thirteen of the seventeen youth participants reported a better understanding of the economic concept of supply and demand. 






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