/fmt/taxonomy/term/1697/all en /fmt/article/fmt-internships/cows-cant-feed-themselves Justin Lauzon spent his summer working full-time at Ferme Val-Bisson in Saint-Polycarpe, QC in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges area. The owners are Jean Bissonnette and Elyse Gendron. They milk between 65 and 70 Holsteins with a milking robot in a tie-stall barn, with 100 kg of quota, and have some cash crop production. Wed, 02 Sep 2020 18:48:38 +0000 Caitlin MacDougall 327574 at /fmt /fmt/article/fmt-internships/grazing-ranch-women <p>In Black Diamond (AB), Annakah Drew and fellow FMT student Mariel Lamarche interned at Grazed Right Ranch, owned by Ben and Stephanie Campbell. The Campbells raise 220 grass-fed yearlings, 300 laying hens and 16 pigs on 1500 acres, offering consumers a variety of locally-raised eggs, beef and pork products.</p> Mon, 11 Nov 2019 21:27:02 +0000 Caitlin MacDougall 286190 at /fmt /fmt/article/fmt-internships/internship-rotary-parlour <p>Historically, many FMT students choose to do their first summer stage (13 weeks duration) further afield – with six working in Alberta and Saskatchewan for the summer. Four of the six are young women. This article will describe some of their experiences working away from home and how they have personally developed over the past few months. The goal of the internship is to gain a better understanding of the management of an agribusiness and develop hard and soft skills through work experience.</p> <p><b>Sara Bohemen – Vermeer’s Dairy Ltd</b></p> Mon, 11 Nov 2019 21:07:23 +0000 Caitlin MacDougall 286185 at /fmt /fmt/article/fmt-internships/value-added-confidence <p><figure class=" "><img alt="Stacey Godin, a year 2 FMT student, stands in an empty milking parlour " title="Stacey Godin internship 2019" height="427" width="320" style="float: left;" class="file-large lt" src="/fmt/files/fmt/styles/wysiwyg_large/public/img_2286_ed.jpg?itok=JrsvJMoF" /></figure></p> Fri, 01 Nov 2019 20:06:00 +0000 Caitlin MacDougall 284303 at /fmt /fmt/article/fmt-internships/learning-from-best-managers <p>Internships are an integral part of the Farm Management and Technology (FMT) program curriculum. During the three-year-long program, student complete four internships or <i>stages</i>, two of which are one week each in duration and two summer internships lasting 13 weeks, for a total of 28 weeks spent in learning in the workplace.<br /> <br /></p> Tue, 29 Oct 2019 14:08:00 +0000 Caitlin MacDougall 283886 at /fmt /fmt/article/fmt-internships/its-all-dutch-me-interning-holland <p></p><div class="image-caption-container lt"><figure class=" "><img alt="Lynne Klein-Boonschate, FMT student intern in Holland" title="Lynne Klein-Boonschate, FMT student intern in Holland" height="502" width="320" style="float: left; width: 320px; height: 502px;" class="file-large lt" src="/fmt/files/fmt/styles/wysiwyg_large/public/f8f3ecd2-e775-43e8-8869-a06efc6f10fc.jpg?itok=JKeZO0r1" /></figure></div> Mon, 15 Oct 2018 19:32:14 +0000 Caitlin MacDougall 173794 at /fmt /fmt/article/fmt-internships/go-west-young-man-internship-experiences-alberta Devin Keenan got to experience life on an Alberta dairy farm as he completed his summer stage at Mars Dairy Ltd in Stettler, AB. Fri, 05 Oct 2018 12:00:00 +0000 Caitlin MacDougall 167621 at /fmt /fmt/article/fmt-internships/hands-learning-market-gardener Grégory Dupont, an FMT student from Saint-Alexandre, describes his experience working on an organic market garden farm for the summer as part of his 13-week Agricultural Internship completed for the program. Mon, 01 Oct 2018 18:41:28 +0000 Caitlin MacDougall 167606 at /fmt