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INTRODUCING JON SANWALD!
The way my mind works, it is always looking for trends or for repeating themes that come up in my work. I am very fortunate in what I do that I get to speak to so many FFA students and get a feel for the type of people they are and where their values lie.
One of the recurring themes that comes up over and over again is how good FFA students are with money. Over the course of the past six years of producing this show I have continued to interview students who started showing animals at a young age and then sold those animals at their fair auctions. Almost always, these students saved that money and then reinvested it back into livestock or into their business going forward.
Our guest today, Jon Sanwald, did exactly that. Starting as a very young man, showing and selling pigs, he saved all of his money. Once he had enough saved he reinvested that money into his very first heifer. Then over time he started rolling the revenue created by his cattle into more cattle. Today, he is up to 12 mother cows and he plans on continuing to grow his herd.
This is not all that Jon is doing though. He is really hustling. Jon works in his families poultry barn where they raise 20,000 free range laying chickens and collect all of their eggs on a daily basis. Jon also works for a fencing company and builds fence 1/4 mile at a time.
Jon has not decided what his future holds just yet, but it is clear that he is going to be successful. The combination of vision, work ethic and frugality that he has displayed is a recipe for great success in life!
SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Cattle and Poultry Production
HIGH SCHOOL: Laclede County High School; Conway, Missouri
MASCOT: Bears
FFA ADVISOR: Mary Ann Keck
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR JON SANWALD:
Click on the picture below to be taken to the Laclede County High School Ag. Department's website:
Jon's FFA Advisor's Email Address: mkeck@lcr1.org
Laclede High School's Telephone Number: (417) 589-2171
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:
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