Kids' Field Day

Kid's Field Day is an annual event held at the North Agronomy Farm at 2200 Kimball Avenue in Manhattan that provides 4th Grade students in the local school districts the opportunity to learn about a lot of really cool things in Agronomy, Animal Science, Entomology, Plant Pathology, Horticulture, Grain Science, and Biological and Agricultural Engineering.

Students who attend the field day will learn about topics in the following areas:

  • Chicken Digestive Tract
  • Crops Garden
  • Engineering Custom Tractor
  • Grain Milling
  • Insects and Crops
  • Living Soil
  • Ornamental Horticulture
  • Plant Diseases
  • Rainfall Simulator
  • Soil as a Filter
  • Soil Phosphorous and Water Quality
  • Soil Pit
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Weed Garden