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SHOW NOTES
One of things I love about hosting the Off-Farm Income Podcast is being up to date on the latest in technology and what people are doing to advance their businesses. Never has that been more true than today’s Episode.
My guest today, Luke Falkenstien, just won the National Proficiency Award for Goat Production. It is easy to see what made his application and interview stand out. He and his family are breeding goats for the show world, and they are using embryo transfer technology to do this.
I have profiled many students and farmers who are using embryo transfer technology with cattle, and I have even done it myself. However, I never spoke with anyone who is using it for goat production.
As Luke will talk about in the episode, there is still a lot to learn using this technology with goats. And, this leads to a boom and bust cycle with some years working out great and others not working out at all.
Luke is now studying Animal Science at Texas Tech. University, which is quite a way from his farm in Kansas. His answer to why he chose to go to school at TTU was interesting. The campus is just 2 hours away from two of the best goat breeders in the U.S. Going to school there not only allows him to receive his education, but it allows him to network with the breeders that he strives to emulate!
Follow Luke and His Family Here: WEBSITE or FACEBOOK
SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Goat Production
HIGH SCHOOL: Labette County High School, Altamont, KS
FFA ADVISOR: Dustin Wiley
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR MADISON: Click on the picture below to be taken to the Labette County High School website:
Luke's FFA Advisors' Email Addresses:
Labette County High School's Telephone Number: 620-784-5326
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
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