New Castle Agriculture Institute NCAI

05/25/2026

Love seeing all of the planning and hard work from our partners and students paying off! Thankful for hands on lessons, as well! 🫜

05/01/2026

🎉Last but certainly not least, our final partner for the 2025-2026 school year is Kokomo Grain! Our partners there - Tomi White and Andrew Lefforge - have created a dynamic curriculum with some amazing field experiences this rotation. We’re excited and thankful for partners who plan hands on experiences our students will remember for years to come! 🌾

02/21/2026

So proud of two of our students who demonstrated their commitment to leadership and passion for agriculture by showing our incoming 8th graders what NCAI is all about! Shout out to Channing Lefforge and Macie Morehouse for leading the way! 💚🤍

02/09/2026

🐣Meet our current classroom partner and advisory board member: Priest Family Farm! They are a family-run vegetable and poultry farm in Henry County, Indiana, committed to growing fresh, nutrient-dense food and giving back to their community. Through their partnership with New Castle Agriculture Institute, they help inspire and mentor students, showing the next generation that farming is accessible, meaningful, and essential to the future of agriculture.🍅

01/16/2026

🎉 Happy Friday! Let’s wrap up the week by introducing our second partner organization and one of our advisory board members, Caleb Smith with Keystone Cooperative! Caleb is a proud NCHS alum who has made his way in the ag world and currently serves as a Sustainability Business Development Lead. We’re grateful for Caleb and Keystone, who just wrapped up their time in the classroom with our NCAI students! Check out their bio below! 👇

12/18/2025

🎉With our first semester of NCAI programming winding down, it’s the perfect time to finally introduce our first NCAI partners: Lisa Deck and Purdue IN-MaC! Lisa brings years of experience building revolutionary learning opportunities and corporate partnerships that challenge students to grow and that improve community connections with future generations of workers. We appreciate her guidance and look forward our continued partnership!🎉

11/21/2025

🐖 A few weeks ago, NCAI had a fantastic visit to Keystone Cooperative’s Legacy Feed Facility! From harvest to processing to loading, we followed the full feed-production journey and got an inside look at Keystone’s four divisions—grain, swine & animal nutrition, energy, and agronomy. Many thanks to Sarah Morehouse, Kaitlyn Lacey, and C**t Rudolph for an engaging and informative tour! 🌾

11/06/2025

The SEED program is an amazing opportunity for students wanting to enter the agriculture sector after high school!

Know a high school senior in FFA? Is college not for them? 🌱
Join us next Tuesday, November 11 at our New Castle location to learn more about SEED (Securing Experience + Employee Development).
A one-year career-launching program where recent high school graduates are hired full-time at Keystone Cooperative to explore the diversity of our business resulting in a rewarding and fulfilling career in agriculture and energy!

No pressure. No presentations. Just real conversations about real careers.

🧑‍🏫 FFA Advisors, teachers, and parents are welcome too!
⏰12–6 PM | Come and go as you please

👉RSVP & learn more about this program and other open houses here: https://www.keystonecoop.com/careers/seed

11/04/2025

🌽 Last week we had the chance to visit our partners at their Mt. Summit Agronomy Facility! We were grateful to have Caleb Smith, Keystone’s Sustainability Business Development Lead and proud NCHS alum, as our tour guide.

Students got a front row seat to see Keystone’s new dry fertilizer system, toured the liquid management facility, and learned all about N-P-K numbers and how different fertilizers are imported from around the world or are extracted right here in North America!

Stay tuned for updates on our trip to Keystone’s Legacy Feed Facility tomorrow! 🚜

09/18/2025

College Go! Week begins next Monday!

09/15/2025

If you’re interested in supporting New Castle FFA, check out our gear fundraiser! Orders and money are due THIS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH BY 3:30. Cash and check can be dropped off at the school or given to Harley Walls or Noah Brown. Send us a direct message on here for CashApp/Venmo information, or if you have questions!

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