- April 4, 2025
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Gene Witt Elementary School students learn about life in the 1900s.
Photo by Liz RamosJim McAlister talks to students about cow whips.
Photo by Liz RamosGene Witt Elementary School students watch carefully as Clayton Reagan with Reagan Ranch demonstrates how to use a lasso.
Photo by Liz RamosWesley Hoben, a Gene Witt Elementary School fourth grader, practices with a lasso.
Photo by Liz RamosAliyah Craig, a Gene Witt Elementary School fourth grader, learns how to use a lasso.
Photo by Liz RamosKayleen Zieschang, a Gene Witt Elementary School fourth grader, uses a lasso to try to catch a fake cow.
Photo by Liz RamosDavid Hunt talks to students about the cattle industry.
Photo by Liz RamosBrian Fielder keeps Lizzie, a horse, in place while Gene Witt Elementary School students pet her.
Photo by Liz RamosGene Witt Elementary School fourth grader Michael Kildow shows love to Lizzie, a horse.
Photo by Liz RamosBrian Fielder shows Lizzie, a horse, to Gene Witt Elementary School fourth grader Marquis Adams.
Photo by Liz RamosDean Mixon, who owns Mixon Fruit Farms, explains how citrus fruits are collected.
Photo by Liz RamosClayton Reagan with Reagan Ranch shows Gene Witt Elementary School Principal Connie Dixon how to lasso.
Photo by Liz RamosKayleen Zieschang, a Gene Witt Elementary School fourth grader, grabbed a lasso and started rotating it above her head.
She tossed the lasso toward the fake steer head and to her surprise, the lasso went around the head.
Her classmates cheered.
Zieschang said it was fun to try throwing the lasso and learning something new.
The lasso demonstration from Reagan Ranch was a part of the Florida Field and Farm Days May 18. Students were able to hear from professionals in the agriculture industry while participating in enrichment activities that brought the book "A Land Remembered" to life.
Zieschang said learning about cattle, how to lasso, what life was like in the 1900s and the agriculture industry was interesting.
"I feel like a lot has changed since the 1900s," she said.
Wes Reagan, the owner of Reagan Ranch, loved being able to teach students about the agriculture industry.
"Agriculture is so important to me and dear to my heart," he said. "It's amazing for us to be able to come in and teach students how this can be a lifestyle in agriculture."
He hopes Florida Field and Farm Days inspires students to get involved in the agriculture industry.
