b'There When You Need Us!Polk Equine provides large animal veterinary services within Polk County in Florida. Polk Equine works with horses, goats, sheep and pet pigs.Our primary task is to solve our clients animal medical problems by maintaining the highest standards in veterinarymedicine.Polk Equine is a mobile unit that provides services in:General Medicine & After Hours Care Lameness Digital X-Rays Dr. Katie Hennessy, DVMOphthalmology polkequine@gmail.comRaising More Dentistry Call Us Today! We Come to You!Polk Equine services 24 hour emergency calls for clients. Normal business hours are: Mon-Fri 8am to Than Chickens 5pm. We look forward to hearing from you!www.polkequine.com[863] 287-8413Fort Meade FFA Students Learn, Serve, and Give Back and supplementing it with dry goods from the food bank, [it provides] six to eight sustaining meals to last a family a week.by REBEKAH PIERCE Wheeler and her students raised a total of 25 Cornish Cross chickens, photos provided by ASHLEY WHEELER finishing the project with 20 birds. Despite the breeds well-publicized high mortality rate thats often as high as 30%, Wheelers class only lost fivea testament to the quality of care they provided.Because it was such a high success rate, we are going to continue the pro-ject [in the future] and do at least two rounds per year so we can feed more families in the community, Wheeler says. Polk County & The Historic City of Fort Meade PresentsHands-On ExperienceWheelers students were responsible for rearing the birds from start to finish. My foundations and agrow-tech classes were responsible for building the CONTINUED ON PAGE 17Come Explore Our Village! T HE2025/2026 S HOWS EASON38th Annual Antique Engine & Tractor Swap MeetJanuary 14-15-16-17, 2026 33rd Annual Antique Engine & Tractor ShowFebruary 25-26-27-28, 2026Featuring International, Ford and New HollandSpectator Admission - $10.00FloridaAgNews.com CFAN | 13'