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OFI 386: How To Grow From 1 Goat To 70! | FFA SAE Edition | Billy Trotter | Drummond High School FFA
Category: Business
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2017-12-20 01:30:11
Description: SHOW NOTES INTRODUCING BILLY TROTTER! Our guest today has a passion....a passion for goats.  On his family's land in Drummond, Oklahoma Billy Trotter started with 1 goat.  As the years have gone on and people have recognized his passion for raising these animals his herd has grown.  This is partially due to him purposefully growing the herd and partially due to other people recognizing his ability and giving him responsibilities with their animals. All of this led Billy to be a proficiency finalist in 2017 at the FFA's national convention.  The creation of Trotter Show Goats has built a reputation for Billy, and he wants to continue to grow his herd with hopes of somebody doing nothing but raising goats.  To manage his herd more effectively Bill has started splitting his kidding season into two different times of year.  This allows him to manage his goats as two separate herds and keep the workload more steady. SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Goat Production HIGH SCHOOL: Drummond High School; Drummond, Oklahoma MASCOT: Bulldogs FFA ADVISOR: Keith Dillingham CONTACT INFORMATION FOR BILLY TROTTER: Click on the picture below to be taken to the Drummond High School FFA website: Billy's FFA Advisor's Email Address: kdilling@drummond.k12.ok.us Drummond High School's Telephone Number: (580) 493-2271 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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