LIMA, OH (WLIO) - It's a state-of-the-art mobile laboratory and Rhodes State College brought it to Elida High School on Friday.
The Future Farmers of America students all get the chance to go inside the "Rhodes in Motion" lab. Instructors from Rhodes showed them the ins and outs of flying drones and working with 3D technology. The United States Department of Agriculture just released the Ag census for 2022 which showed an increase of producers across the nation under the age of 35 which is a good sign.
"We've also seen an increase in a lot of the precision technology usage on our farms and so exposing our young people to these sort of technologies early on helps them recognize there are a lot of jobs as we get more technology into agriculture throughout northwest Ohio," said Adam Wehrman, instructor of Ag Technology at Rhodes State College.
"As a farmer, it can help with telling where you need to apply your nitrogen or where you need to plant more seeds due to groundhog damage without actually going into the field," stated Daron Peters, president of the Elida FFA.
They got to see an actual drone in action as it hovered near the school. 55 students had the opportunity to try out the "Rhodes in Motion" mobile laboratory this morning.
