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Farm Management and Technology Program

  • Macdonald arena ice hockey

    Many FMT students play intramural ice hockey at Macdonald campus arena. (P.Enright)

  • Planting Poinsettia

    In their Agricultural Botany class, students plant poinsettias, which they will sell in December to raise funds for their graduation night.

  • Contest: who is going to harvest the heaviest corn crop (as per dry matter weight) by using fertilizers of their choice? In the Soil Fertilization class. (C.Begg)

  • Soil Preparation McRae's farm visit

    First year FMT students, in Soil Preparation class, visit many farms including Mr. McRae's farm in Ontario. (P.Enright)

  • MCSS BBQ

    FMT students Mathieu Rouleau & Sarah Hagen enjoy the Macdonald Campus Student Society annual BBQ with Meredith Closs a graduate FMT student and current undergrad student at Mac. (A.Lemire)

  • Trip at Summitholm Farms

    Entrepreneurship 2 class, annual field trip: Third year FMT students are provided management details at Summitholm Farms. (A.Lemire)

  • South West Ontario trip in the bus

    Third year FMT students are on the road to see various agricultural businesses in South West Ontario, as part of their Entrepreneurship 2 class. (A.Lemire)

  • Active Learning Classroom

    FMT students have some of their classes taught in the "Active Learning Classroom". (A.Lemire)

  • Woodmen teams

    The woodsmen teams from Macdonald campus are ready to compete!

  • Drainage

    Third year FMT students are looking at drainage during their class of Soil and Water Conservation. (P.Enright)

  • Beef field trip

    FMT students regularly take part in field trips to agricultural enterprises, as part of their courses. (A.Lemire)

  • SSDuncan Family

    Macdonald Campus has been attended by many generations including the Duncan family, Gerald (photo, grad 1951), his son Michael (grad 1977) and his grandchildren Melissa (photo) and Malcolm. (C.Begg)

  • Harvest parsley

    Greenhouse Crops class: students harvest hydroponic parsley. They will be selling the flowers, herbs and vegetables that they grew for the course at the end of the semester.

  • Soccer sport

    FMT year 1 students play soccer at the Watson field. (A.Lemire)

  • Beverly Greenhouse

    Third year FMT students visit Beverly Greenhouse Limited. (A.Lemire)

  • Tutoring service

    Tutors are available to help FMT students during the semester for which Ms. Deborah Hollenbeck (English teacher, above) takes part in one of them. (A.Lemire)

  • Apple Harvest

    Apple harvest by second year FMT students for their ''Fruit and Vegetable crop'' class. (A.Lemire)

The Farm Management and Technology Program is a 3-year academic and practical program offered on the Macdonald Campus and taught by the staff of the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences of McGill University. The program is funded by the Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation du Québec and authorized by the Ministère de l'Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport du Québec. Director: Peter Enright

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