Agriculture & Equine at Isothermal Community College

05/28/2026

If anyone is interested in learning to breed cows, this is a great opportunity!

05/02/2026

We are so grateful for our partnership with NC A&T because of our great friendship with Dr Alston! “Aggie Pride”!

💙💛 CAES Spotlight 💙💛
Antoine Alston, Ph.D., associate dean for academic studies in N.C. A&T’s College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, is featured in the spring issue of the NC Pork Report — highlighting leadership and impact in agricultural education. 👏🏾🐖
Read the feature here:
🔗 https://www.ncporkreport-digital.com/ncpq/library/item/0126_spring_2026/4338378/

02/06/2026

11/01/2024

Proud to host Rutherford County Soil and Water’s Farmland Preservation Workshop today!

07/16/2024

We had the privilege of partnering with Rutherford County Cattlemen’s Association and Rutherford County Cooperative Extension to host area middle and high school students for a 2 day Beef Camp. Students were able to gain hands on husbandry skills and obtain their Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Certification.

06/11/2024

The agribusiness folks are busy this summer helping revitalize a local cemetery. They had to call in reinforcements!

02/08/2024

A wonderful day at Isothermal!! It brings joy to see our “Equine Horse Science II students” working as a team grooming and cleaning April by shedding her old winter coat. Followed by adding a warm bath. April is close to 30 years of age. In this course we learn about taking care of the young and the geriatric horses.

11/17/2023

The special bonus in being an Isothermal graduate is that you can bring your horse back to have help from experts in the field. A student graduate of the Equine Business and the Agribusiness programs brought her horse with x-rays last week to our EQU 111 Horse Science I class to have corrective shoeing.

We posted the films from her veterinarian on the big screens above and made a class out of how to help the horse that is a rescue. Thank you Jack Causby, farrier on-site to help!

11/16/2023

NC A&T University visited the Agribusiness Center and was impressed with what is offered! 2+2 transfer agreements are underway for graduates in AAS Agribusiness and AAS Equine Business. This full transfer allows graduates to earn a four year Bachelors degree in two years!! If you don’t know yet you should…. Agriculture is the largest industry in our beautiful state, North Carolina and in the USA🇱🇷!!

From left to right is Lisa Higgins, Agriculture Instructor, Dr. Alston with NC A&T, Kim Wawzysko, Equine Business Instructor, and Tramell Forney. Conservation Specialist.

Stay tuned more exciting news to come….