PHOTOS: Lula Elementary students participate in annual Ag Day

Lula Elementary School students had the opportunity Friday to learn more about local agriculture as part of the Hall County Extension Service's annual Ag Day.

Local vendors including Jaemor Farms, the Hall County Cattlemans Association, the University of Georgia and the Georgia Mobile Dairy Classroom, among others, made appearances to educate children on the importance of agriculture and how it impacts their community.

Classes went around to 11 different stations and learned about the poultry, dairy and cattle industries, native Georgia animals, local plants and farming, farm equipment and manufacturing, as well as interacting with animals like chickens, ponies, donkeys, goats, a dairy cow and a bull.

Check out photos from the event in the gallery above.

A cattleman with the Hall County Cattleman's Association shows kids how to properly throw a lasso.

A class learns about cattle at one of the 11 stations on the Lula Elementary baseball field.

A cattleman with the Hall County Cattleman's Association wrangles a hay bull while demonstrating proper lasso technique.

Now, it's the kids get to try their hand at lassoing.

Kids got the hang of it pretty quickly - this student lassoed the hay bull on the first try.

Kids meet a real dairy cow at the Georgia Mobile Dairy Classroom and learn about how dairy farms operate.

Jaemor Farms teaches kids about fruit trees and other plants, featuring a trivia wheel.

After learning about the life cycle of the bean plant, kids got a floral hand stamp and were allowed to take a bean plant home.

Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Management Division brought animal pelts of animals native to Georgia.

No Ag Day would be complete without a petting zoo! At this station students were able to meet several different types of animals and groom them with brushes.

Students meet two chickens in the petting zoo, which also featured ponies, donkeys, goats and even a bull.

Kids were also allowed to feed the donkeys, goats, ponies and bull hay.

Kids loved getting to meet and play with the baby chicks.

A class lines up for a sweet treat - dirt cake, complete with gummy worms.

Students enjoyed getting to meet different animals

The bull and donkey got a lot of attention. The donkey was extra friendly when students had hay to share with him.

Students even got to take home their own bean plant in a cup

Georgia Poultry Labs brought chicks and chickens for kids to interact with while learning about the poultry industry.

The poultry lab focuses on chicken and egg health in the industry.

The Georgia Mobile Dairy Classroom explained the modern milking process

Kids learning about farm equipment, including tractors and equipment safety.

Kids learning about farm equipment, including tractors and equipment safety.

Kids learning about farm equipment, including tractors and equipment safety.

The kids got to guess the animal the hides belonged to. The hides the DNR brought along were either donated or found.

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