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Fifth-generation farmer to implement new agribusiness degree

By Julie Schooley
December 22, 2019
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WISCONSIN RAPIDS – As a high school student, Matthew Tyler, of Granton, received the American FFA Degree, the highest attainable in the organization. It was just one of the reasons people assumed he would attend a four-year university away from home. But, Tyler had other plans.

“I didn’t want to move away from the home farm,” Tyler said. “I’m a fifth-generation farmer… I wanted to live at home, come to school at Mid-State, and bring home the things I would learn every day to my work on the farm.”

Tyler’s father had graduated from Mid-State with an agricultural degree many years before, and he liked that he would be following in his father’s footsteps. He also knew that the agribusiness program was new and that his class was the first to go through it.

Now a recent graduate of Mid-State’s Agribusiness and Science Technology program, he looks back on his decision with no regrets.

“Not only am I more marketable with an associate degree, but they work around farming schedules so people can do both,” Tyler said.

Coming to Mid-State, Tyler knew that he’d learn a lot about agriculture, and at the start wasn’t as interested in taking general education classes. Much to his surprise, he had fun taking those courses, even if that meant studying a bit harder, since farming classes came more easily.

“Learning and talking about something other than farming was a bit of a relief,” Tyler said. “Finding those connections with students and staff on things other than farming was great.”

After walking in Mid-State’s commencement ceremony on Dec. 15, Tyler looks forward to focusing on the family dairy farm and the 130 cows and 600 acres depending on him. He says that he is excited to implement the skills and information he has learned to try new things, improve the farm’s products, and take a bit of the burden of work off of his dad.

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