June
Celebrate National Dairy Month in June with Ice Cream in a Bag
Featured Teacher: Dusti McCartney, Willard 5th and 6th Grade Center, Ada
Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom (AITC) has many outstanding teachers using AITC lessons in their classrooms. We are pleased and proud to spotlight some of them monthly.
- National Dairy Month (June 18 is National Cheesemakers Day)
- Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Month (June 17 is Eat Your Vegetables Day)
- June 18 is International Picnic Day
- June 19 is Juneteenth
- June 20 is Summer Solstice
- Oklahoma Vegetable of the Month: Okra
- Oklahoma Fruit of the Month: Blackberries
- Agriculture in Art
- Haymaking in Brittany, 1888 by Paul Gaugin, whose birthday is June 7
- Agriculture in Poetry
- Blackberry Picking by Seamus Heaney
Oklahoma Crop Calendar
- Winter wheat and alfalfa hay are harvested in June in Oklahoma
- Sorghum, soybeans, peanuts and cotton are planted in June in Oklahoma