Kevin Champeau Paul Larson

Agricultural Education is a part of Career and Technical Education Freedom High School Career Technical Education Agriculture – Mr. Champeau & Mr. Larson Business Education – Mrs. Helmila & Mr. Laurent Family & Cons. Sci. – Mrs. VanderBloomen Tech. Ed. – Mr. Abitz, Mr. Rupiper, Mr. Stutz

Graduation Rate According to 2010 CTEERS (Career and Technical Education Enrollment Reporting System) Data from DPI Freedom High School Graduation rate was 89.1 % Students who took at least one CTE Class – Rate increased to 89.7% Students who were concentrators – (3 or more CTE Classes) Rate increased to 90.3%

Future and Agriculture Modern Agriculture

Freedom Agricultural Education’s Goals Provide current information on the agricultural industry and its 7 soon 8 career cluster areas Enhance academic “core standards” within the curriculum of agriculture-6 Elective Science Credits Provide top flight technology access to students Engage students in “hands on” learning – Rigorous, Relevant Engage students in community activities with FFA Enhance student learning with SAE projects

Economic Impact Study UW – Extension Study by Dave Williams and Steven Deller

Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension 33 Food Processing Sectors Flour milling and malt manufacturing Wet corn milling Soybean & other oilseed processing Fats & oils refining and blending Breakfast cereal mfg Sugar cane mills and refining Beet sugar mfg Chocolate & confectionary mfg (cacao) Confectionary mfg - from purch. choc Non-chocolate confectionary mfg. Frozen food mfg Fruit and vegetable canning, pickling, and drying Fluid milk and butter mfg Cheese mfg Dry, condensed & evaporated dairy mfg Ice cream & frozen desert mfg. Animal (exp poultry) slaughter, rendering and processing Poultry processing Seafood product preparation and packaging Bread and bakery product mfg. Cookie, cracker, and pasta mfg. Tortilla mfg Snack food mfg Coffee and tea mfg Flavoring syrup & concentrate mfg. Seasoning and dressing mfg All other food mfg Soft drink and ice mfg Breweries Wineries Distilleries

Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension 19 On-Farm Sectors Oilseed farming Grain farming Vegetable and melon farming Fruit farming Tree nut farming Greenhouse, nursery and floriculture production Tobacco farming Cotton farming Sugarcane and sugar beet farming All other crop farming Cattle ranching and farming Dairy cattle and milk production Poultry and egg production Animal production, except cattle and poultry and eggs Forestry, forest products, and timber tract production Commercial logging Commercial fishing Commercial hunting and trapping Support activities for agriculture and forestry

Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Second study: “The Contribution of Agriculture to the Wisconsin Economy”  2009 study, 2007 data $59.16 B in business sales (12.5% of total)  Every dollar of sales of agricultural sales yields an additional $.52 of industrial sales elsewhere in Wisconsin’s economy 353,991 jobs (10% of total)  Every job in agriculture supports an additional.89 jobs elsewhere in the Wisconsin economy

Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension “The Contribution of Agriculture to the Wisconsin Economy” (continued): $20.2 B total income (9.0% of total)  Every dollar of income in agriculture generates an additional $1.24 dollars of income elsewhere in the Wisconsin economy

Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension County Ag Economic Impacts - Broad Conclusions 1. In some, mostly larger, more urban counties, impacts (jobs, business sales and income) are large but as a percentage of the entire county economy, not as large as many more rural counties

Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension County Ag Economic Impacts - Broad Conclusions 2. In many, more rural counties economic impacts may or not be large, but as a percentage of the local county economy they are large

Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension 3. Food Processing is very important!  Dairy (cheese, fluid milk, butter, yogurt, dry whey, cheese packaging, etc.)  Meat (slaughtering and processing)  Bakeries  Breweries  Vegetables (beans, corn, peas, etc.)  Fruit (cranberry, cherry, apple, etc.)

Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension

Revised county agriculture economic impact brochures have been developed. We have printed you each a of Outagamie County’s Information.

Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Summary: Stability in farm & food processing employment Some subsectors are strengths for Wisconsin  Are there subsectors we could be supporting more to improve linkages between production and processing? Agriculture is very important in most WI Counties  Rural and urban  Food processing is really important!

Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Questions URL for study paper and county ag impact brochures: