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Pine Grove Elementary School students Montana Lewis, left, and Keyonn Robinson check out the suction created by a milking machine during a presentation on milk by Nicole Roberts, right, at the 10th Annual Exploring Agriculture exhibit held on Stalvey Farm in Lowndes County Thursday.


Pine Grove Elementary School students reach out and touch the ribs of a heifer during a demonstration by retired University of Florida animal science professor Roger West. West did a presentation on how beef is graded by the use of an ultrasound machine at the 10th Annual Exploring Agriculture exhibit at Stalvey Farm Thursday.
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Life on the farm

Students get taste of farm life at annual event

By Johnna Pinholster

But the students learned that a dairy cow is usually milked twice a day and produces up to six gallons of milk a day.

Hahira Middle School students Ian and Sam Bennett showed the students their prize winning milking ewes and how they are judged during competition.



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