•March 30, 2016•

By Tyler Harvey
Douglas-Moultrie Farm Bureau Manager

With spring right around the corner, it has been a busy time for both the Moultrie and Douglas County Farm Bureaus. The Moultrie County Farm Bureau attended their District 11 meeting Thursday, March 3 in Decatur.

For this district meeting, we were able to tour the Caterpillar plant in Decatur. The tour was well attended by all the counties that comprise District 11 which include Moultrie, Macon, Piatt, Dewitt, Christian, and Shelby counties.

The Moultrie County Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom recently visited the fifth graders at Sullivan Elementary School and gave a presentation on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV’s) also known as drones.

Clint Robinson, MCFB board director, presented to the classroom and showed the students the very drone he uses on his farm. This technology is rapidly becoming very common in agriculture and has many uses including many uses in the field. The AITC program will be going to other schools to present to other students. The annual Farm Tour will also be coming up for the Moultrie County Farm Bureau at Mike and Joel Reedy’s farm. Please look in next month’s article for an update on this event.      Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.