Local Case IH Dealer Titan Machinery, along with other North Dakota Case IH dealers, is now partnering with the North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton, N.D., to educate, train and provide hands-on internships to students in a two-year diesel technology program. Case IH dealers are sponsoring students and the degree program.

Classroom lessons will be put to the test through real world application when students from the North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton make their way west to West Plains Inc. in Dickinson this fall to learn the ins and outs of Case IH agricultural equipment and technology.

Urban Agriculture students at Milwaukee Public Schools' Harold S. Vincent High School will soon be able to turn acres of their campus into an open-air classroom thanks to a generous donation from Racine-based Case IH announced Thursday.

As farm equipment dealers look to create or expand precision ag departments, specialists are in demand. Terry Brase knows first-hand that there are positions to be filled: Brase instructs some of the best and brightest ag electronic experts as associate professor of the Agricultural Geospatial Program.

Craig Greenwood, service manager for the Hoopeston, Ill., store, believes Birkey’s commitment to education also sets it apart from its competition.

2010 High School Graduate and FFA member, Daren Schneider is the recipient of the 2010 SouthWestern – Agriculture Future of America (AFA) Scholarship.

In a continued effort to invest in quality training of dealer-sponsored students in the Oklahoma State University-IT (OSU) Technician Training and the Precision Ag Programs, SouthWestern Association has granted unlimited access to the SWA Online Campus for faculty and students involved in these programs.