{"id":3382,"date":"2023-10-16T15:21:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T15:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=3382"},"modified":"2024-12-09T21:51:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T21:51:20","slug":"siu-snp-planting-the-seeds-of-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=3382","title":{"rendered":"SIU &#038; SNP: Planting the seeds of success"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>John Deere dealership partners with CALPS to provide equipment<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LYjIPpl7Uw0?si=gwKJaDtwHpfRiP3O\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Jeff Wilson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the past few years, SIU\u2019s University Farms have gotten even greener, John Deere green.<\/p>\n<p>The farms are a living laboratory that connect man and machine to cultivate land and immerse students in a unique experiential learning environment. Most of the machines used on the farms are provided through a lease agreement with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snpartners.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sydenstricker Nobbe Partners (SNP) John Deere dealership<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3384\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3384\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3384\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-03-ChancellorAgVisit-CV-15-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-03-ChancellorAgVisit-CV-15-web.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-03-ChancellorAgVisit-CV-15-web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-03-ChancellorAgVisit-CV-15-web-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-03-ChancellorAgVisit-CV-15-web-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3384\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photos of the Chancellor and Faculty visiting the SIU Farms on October 10th, 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Students in SIU\u2019s College of Agricultural, Life, and Physical Sciences (CALPS) spend hours working the hundreds of acres, and many of those hours are spent working with tractors, combines, sprayers, etc. provided by SNP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis partnership has been huge for us, both when recruiting and retaining students, and it fuels our push toward becoming an R1 research institution,\u201d said CALPS Dean Eric Brevik.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3383\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3383\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3383 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-03-ChancellorAgVisit-CV-8-web-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-03-ChancellorAgVisit-CV-8-web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-03-ChancellorAgVisit-CV-8-web-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-03-ChancellorAgVisit-CV-8-web-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-03-ChancellorAgVisit-CV-8-web.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3383\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photos of the Chancellor and Faculty visiting the SIU Farms on October 10th, 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Each year, SNP provides state-of-the-art equipment that enhances the learning experiences of CALPS students and puts the college at the forefront of agricultural education. Recently, Chancellor Austin Lane was able to get behind the wheel of a combine provided through the partnership. After a quick tutorial from a CALPS student, Chancellor Lane harvested a row of corn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is truly a gamechanger,\u201d Chancellor Lane said. \u201cThis is where these students need to be. These fields are their classroom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The equipment provided by SNP is equipped with state-of-the-art technology that records valuable data about farming in Southern Illinois.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3385\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3385\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3385 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-03-SIUFarms-CV-3-web-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-03-SIUFarms-CV-3-web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-03-SIUFarms-CV-3-web-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-03-SIUFarms-CV-3-web-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-03-SIUFarms-CV-3-web.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3385\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photos of the SIU Farms on October 10th, 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHaving this localized data showcases this partnership, and that\u2019s important for us,\u201d said Jared Nobbe, vice president of centralized services at SNP.<\/p>\n<p>SIU also displays the equipment when it brings thousands of prospective students to campus for numerous ag-related events on campus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was in FFA throughout high school, and I can tell you this is huge for those students,\u201d said USG President Phillip Hartke.<\/p>\n<p>To support students in CALPs, visit calps.siu.edu\/give.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Deere dealership partners with CALPS to provide equipment By Jeff Wilson In the past few years, SIU\u2019s University Farms have gotten even greener, John Deere green. The farms are a living laboratory that connect man and machine to cultivate land and immerse students in a unique experiential learning environment. Most of the machines used &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=3382\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SIU &#038; SNP: Planting the seeds of success<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-higher-education","category-illinois-higher-education","category-siu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3382"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4167,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3382\/revisions\/4167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}