<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0MYHqz_1GyvAPpu00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0MYHqz_1GyvAPpu00" width="1089" height="572" >INWOOD—Laney Montag has a passion for agriculture.The 22-year-old began the school year as West Lyon High School’s FFA adviser and agriculture teacher, and she has already made fun memories with students and hopes to grow a love of agriculture at the school near Inwood.“That’s mostly why I became an ag teacher. I grew up with agriculture my whole life and I really, really love the agriculture industry,” she said. “I just am super excited to teach the next generation and show them my passion, get them just as excited as I am for agriculture and FFA.”Even though she has only been at West Lyon for two months, she had fun bringing the FFA students to the National FFA Convention Oct. 21-24 in Indianapolis.“I went to convention twice in high school, so it was fun to see convention from an adviser’s point of view rather than a student,” Montag said. “When I was at National Convention, I didn’t realize how as a student, you just get taken to convention, and you get handed your pass, and then you just go and have fun.”As adviser, she needed to find parking, get the students registered and make sure the students got where they needed to be.“Just a lot more processing and making sure that everything’s going smoothly. But then also I’m planning multiple different things multiple different times. So it’s just a lot going on, but in a good way,” Montag said.The group went on tours, watched a rodeo and went go-karting while in Indiana.“It was fun to get to know the kids a lot more and take them somewhere that I have already been before and let them know what it’s like,” she said.She also enjoyed the Farm Safety Day, where fifth-grade students learn from FFA members.“Being in the high school, I don’t really see many of the elementary kids,” Montag said. “So it’s fun getting to meet a new group of kids and see how they interact with the high school kids and seeing the high school kids teach what we have talked about in class.”She is eager to set ambitious goals for the West Lyon FFA and her agriculture classes, wanting to get some students to compete at state convention in January.“Contests are something I really enjoyed about FFA, and it gave me a lot of valuable life skills like public speaking and teamwork and self-discipline,” Montag said, calling state convention one of her favorite aspects of FFA as a high school student. “I’m really excited to coach the kids and see their success and seeing them do well and get excited when they do well. It’s one of the best parts of the job.”She also wants to grow the size of the FFA chapter with the possibility of adding new classes to get more students excited about agriculture.Montag teaches six agriculture classes: an eighth-grade exploratory, principles of agriculture, plant science, agriculture business and sales, animal science and pre-biology.<h2>Community connections</h2>Montag grew up on a farm outside of Mallard, showing cattle and pigs, and she attended Emmetsburg High School, where she was involved in FFA throughout all four years.“That’s what started my love for teaching ag and FFA,” she said.Montag graduated from Iowa State University in Ames in May with a bachelor’s degree in agriculture education.Montag’s professors directed her toward this position, telling her that it would be a great fit for her “community-wise,” she said.“It was close to where I’m from, but far enough away I could meet some new people and have some new experiences,” she said.The West Lyon School District is about a 120-mile drive from Mallard, and Rock Rapids, where Montag resides, is just a little over 100 miles on the road. She also has family connections in Rock Rapids.“There’s a lot of connections between the people here at West Lyon and then back where I’m from,” Montag said. “It felt really comforting and like I was at home a little bit, which I really liked.”She was also drawn to the community’s strong agricultural presence.“Those are probably the main reasons I came to West Lyon,” she said.</div></body>

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INWOOD—Laney Montag has a passion for agriculture. The 22-year-old began the school year as West Lyon High School’s FFA adviser and agriculture teacher, and she has already made fun memories with students and hopes to grow a love of agriculture at the school near Inwood. “That’s mostly why...

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