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	Podcast:		The Off Farm Income Podcast
	Episode:		OFI 791: Breeding Bulls In Range Conditions \| FFA SAE Edition \| Ethan Dickerson \| Natoma High School FFA
	Category:		Business
	Duration:		00:30:59
	Publish Date:		2020-03-25 01:30:14
	Description:		*Sign Up To Receive Our FFA Stories Newsletter!* Email address: SHOW NOTES *INTRODUCING ETHAN DICKERSON!* There are a lot of different ways to work in the cattle business. One of my favorites is the bull business, but not just any aspect of the bull business. I really like the production of bulls for the serious rancher who needs serious performance from his herd sires. Our guest today likes that model too, and he is striving to make that his career. Ethan Dickerson joins us for this interview to talk about his families and his own cattle business. He does a great job of explaining what a terminal outcross is, and why cross breeding is so important for this particular type of bull. Ethan was a national proficiency finalist in beef production in 2019 as well as receiving the honor of being the Kansas State Star Farmer. He and his family raise black and red angus cattle and cross to Charolais for that terminal outcross that we mentioned earlier. SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Beef Production *HIGH SCHOOL:* Natoma High School; Natoma, Kansas *MASCOT:* Tigers *FFA ADVISOR:* Jeremy Long CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ETHAN DICKERSON: Click on the picture below to be taken to the Natoma High School Website: Ethan’s FFA Advisor’s Email Address: klindsey@natoma-usd399.net Natoma High School Telephone Number: 785-885-4849 FFA LINKS: National FFA Organization Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE’s) Support FFA Donate to FFA – One way that FFA students are able to start small businesses is through an FFA grant of $1,000. In 2014, 141 FFA students received these grants. With your donations, more students can get this head start – *pay it forward.* REASONS TO DONATE TO FFA: Only 2% of Americans grow and raise most of the food and livestock consumed by the other 98% as well as the rest of the world. FFA is providing the needed education, training and resources to Americans that will carry that torch forward and insure that America continues to have inexpensive, quality food. Rural Communities will rely on entrepreneurship in the future for population growth and job creation. The FFA is a major catalyst to that entrepreneurial growth. Farmers, ranchers and those working in agriculture give the rest of America incredible amounts of freedom because the search for food is as simple as going to the grocery store: “The future of American agriculture depends on the involvement and investment in America’s youth, In order to prepare for the population of tomorrow, we need to encourage America’s youth today, and show that careers in agriculture are profitable, rewarding, and vital.”. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue Where Off-Farm Income And Matt Brechwald Can Be Heard: Member Of The National Association Of Farm Broadcasters
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