Butler County students featured in Kentucky Farm Bureau's “Science in Agriculture” displays

Thu, 12/06/2012 - 5:31pm — Diane Dyer

Eighth grade student Katherine Rice (left) and seventh grader Taya Strasburger (right), who both attend Butler County Middle School, are presented with an award of recognition by Betty Farris, First Vice Chair of the Kentucky Farm Bureau Women’s Committee (center), for their participation in the 2012 Science in Agriculture program.

Two Butler County middle school students, Katherine Rice and Taya Strasburger, were among the nine students selected from across the state to display their agriculture science projects at this week’s Kentucky Farm Bureau annual meeting in Louisville.

Rice, an eighth grade student, and Strasburger, a seventh grader, both attend Butler County Middle School in Morgantown. Their project, was entitled and explored the “Most Common Horse Diseases and Their Prevention.”

Each winning project was awarded $75.00 and a certificate of recognition for their participation at the state level.

The Science in Agriculture program was developed by Kentucky Farm Bureau as a way to encourage teachers to incorporate agricultural themes into their classroom instruction. Projects are evaluated on categories such as creativity, skill, clarity and thoroughness, agricultural accuracy and scientific thought.

With nearly 500,000 member families statewide, Kentucky Farm Bureau is the state’s largest general farm organization. Approximately 1,700 members attended KFB’s 93rd annual meeting, December 5-8, to recognize this year’s individual and organizational achievements as well as adopt policy for 2013. To view all the updates released from this year’s annual meeting, visit KYFBNewsroom.com.

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