FFA students teach ag classes to youngsters

Jennings Elementary School third graders learn how nitrogen affects the environment. Above, Colfax FFA students let the youngsters get their hands dirty by letting them see how the ocean becomes polluted.

Even through snow, rain and wind, nothing could dampen the enthusiasm of Colfax High School FFA students as they taught grade school students about nitrogen.

Brian Long, FFA advisor, said this is the 10th year the group has organized an Ag Day.

Long said the FFAers lead first- through sixth-graders through activities that taught them some aspect of agriculture. This year, the FFA taught their...