NICC to Build New Beef Education Facility

The number of beef science students at Northeast Iowa Community College has seen a dramatic increase in last 5 years with close to 30 students enrolled in the fall beef science class. In response to this demand NICC will be building a new Beef Education Facility. The facility is being built to the same high standards of the Dairy Facility keeping to the theme of a "Center of Excellence for Value Added Agriculture." With this new facility NICC will continue to be a leader in developing our next generation of agriculture leaders.

NICC Agriscience Program is adding Drones to their Curriculum

In order to keep up to date with latest technologies in agriculture we will be adding five Drones to our curriculum. Four of the drones will be small hobby drones that will be used to train students how to operate and fly a drone. The fifth drone will include GPS and a High Tech Camera and will be used for aerial observations and videos. NICC has applied for a section 333 exemption to allow them to fly the drone outside.

The drones will be available in mid September for practicing indoors. When the Section 333 exemption is approved we will be using the drone in an outdoor environment.