Farm Safety is important to ensure the safety of everyone around farm animals and machinery. Roughly 33 children are injured in farm-related accidents daily, according to the CDC. Each year, the Atlantic FFA hosts a Farm Safety Day to help ensure the safety of children around agricultural items. 20 FFA students visited Washington Elementary School on May 8 to help educate younger children about farm safety. This year, the FFA has ten stations, including chickens, a cow, a goat, a horse, llamas, pigs, a sheep, tractor/PTO, ATV/UTV facts and safety and beef byproduct bingo. FFA students get to educate the younger students about their chosen station for ten minutes, then students rotate. The elementary students always enjoy this day because they get to see the animals and have fun with high school students, this day sheds light on the FFA and helps keep kids safe around agriculture.
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Farm Safety Day Educates Elementary Students
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May 22, 2026
Elementary students look at an ATV during Farm Safety Day.
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Addalyn Sonntag, Staff Writer
Addalyn Sonntag, a junior, is a sixteen year old staff member for journalism. She first joined journalism because she always had an interest in the photography aspect of it. After she joined though, she found an interest in writing stories for journalism. Sonntag loves to write stories and her favorite one she wrote was the one about why you should join FFA.
Sonntag’s hobbies are dance and showing livestock. She is a part of FFA at school and took an interest in the livestock. She loves to show livestock at the fair because of the competition.
Sonntag is the daughter of Adam and Lisa Sonntag. She has three siblings in her life, their names being, Mckenna, Chloe, and Easton Sonntag.
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