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OFI 551: Selling Semen And Transferring Embryo’s In High School | FFA SAE Edition | Isaac Nelson | Sleepy Eye FFA
Category: Business
Duration: 00:20:42
Publish Date: 2019-01-09 01:30:57
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SHOW NOTES

INTRODUCING ISAAC NELSON!

I continue to have great guests come out of the Sleepy Eye FFA Chapter in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota.  Today’s guest is no exception.  Mary Hoffman recommended that I interview Isaac Nelson about what he had been doing in the dairy business that led him to become a national proficiency winner in 2018.

Isaac is now at the University of Minnesota studying animal science, with his eye on returning to his families dairy farm in the future. During his FFA career he has started his own dairy herd, and really found ways to generate revenue from what he was doing.

Isaac collects and sells semen from his bulls as well as embryo’s from his cows as part of his business.  He is looking for the edge that will help him to succeed.  And in the tough times the dairy industry is having right now, he realizes that he will need to supplement his income or have an alternative plan going forward if he wants to continue that lifestyle.

SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Dairy Production

HIGH SCHOOL: Sleepy Eye High School; Sleepy Eye, Minnesota

MASCOT: Indians

FFA ADVISOR: Mary Hoffmann

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ISAAC NELSON:

Click on the picture below to be taken to the Sleepy Eye High School Ag. Department’s website:

Isaac’s FFA Advisor’s Email Address: Mary.Hoffmann@sleepyeye.mntm.org

Sleepy Eye High School’s Telephone Number: 507-794-7903

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