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OFI 449: How You Mix Dairy, Wildlife Conservation & Vegetable Production | FFA SAE Edition | Ryan Wheatley | Smyrna High School FFA
Category: Business
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2018-05-16 01:30:19
Description: SHOW NOTES INTRODUCING RYAN WHEATLEY! The energy with which FFA students carry themselves is amazing.  Today's guest, Ryan Wheatley, is a perfect example of this.  Ryan has his hands in everything that he is interested in.  He is managing his own herd of 48 dairy cattle with an innovative business arrangement with his grandfather.  He is planting food plots to help grow wildlife populations on their land.  And he is growing almost an acre of vegetables and selling them at a local farmers market. Ryan is also serving as his chapter's president, he has won state proficiency three times, he has won both gold and silver awards at the national FFA conference, and he is the Delaware Star Farmer.  He is off to a great start and it will be exciting to see what he does next. SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Dairy & Vegetable Production Plus Wildlife Management HIGH SCHOOL: Smyrna High School; Smyrna, Deleware MASCOT: Eagles FFA ADVISOR: Kellie Michaud CONTACT INFORMATION FOR RYAN WHEATLEY: Click on the picture below to be taken to the Smyrna High School Ag. Department's website: Ryan's FFA Advisor's Email Address: Kellie.michaud@smyrna.k12.de.us Smyrna High School's Telephone Number: (302) 653-8581 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: "Because American farmers are able to provide for so many of us, they give more and more of us the freedom to pursue goals and livelihoods beyond growing the food we need to survive." U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack  Other Places You Can Listen To Us: D&B Supply Show LISTEN TO US ON SATELLITE RADIO! WE ARE CONTRIBUTORS TO "FFA TODAY" ON RURAL RADIO SIRIUS XM CHANNEL 147! "FFA Today" airs on Rural Radio Sirius XM Channel 147 Saturdays at 7:30 AM Eastern and Sundays at 6:30 PM Eastern. Please let RURAL RADIO know that you like hearing us on their channel!  Here is how to contact them and leave feedback: Email: zacht@rfdtv.com Website:  RuralRadio147.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/RURALRADIO147      
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