This study determined the impact of vocational agriculture training on the continued learning patterns of former Montana vocational agriculture students who graduated from high school between 1980 and 1985. Data for the study were gathered through the use of mailed questionnaires sent to a sample of 500 former students, with a return of 281 usable questionnaires. Information from the returned questionnaires was coded, entered on a data disk using "WordStar" and statistically analyzed with the use of "MSU STAT" (Montana State University Statistical Package). Based on the results of this study, it was concluded that vocational agriculture training did have an impact on the continued learning patterns of former Montana students. Students felt that vocational agriculture experiences influenced their decision about postsecondary education greatly or to some extent. Most students did attend a postsecondary educational institution after high school graduation, and felt that vocational agriculture influenced their selection of a major. They also indicated that vocational agriculture greatly or to some extent prepared them for college. Students who attended a postsecondary educational institution after high school graduation more frequently participated in other knowledge-gaining activities than did students who did not attend a postsecondary educational institution. (Author/KC)