Author Archives: Kailey Foster

Kylee Wood of the Cedar Ridge FFA Chapter in Arkansas works for Wood Bee Farms, helping to raise 1,336 honeybee hives. The hives are located in sixteen different locations within the state, taking up a 200-mile area. The operation also … Continue reading →

Eli Patrick of the Covington FFA Chapter in Tennessee has a three-acre vegetable production farm where he produces a large variety of vegetables, including sweet corn, yellow squash, purple hull peas, bell peppers, habanero peppers, cayenne peppers, okra, cucumbers, zucchini, … Continue reading →

Addy Stuever Battel of the Cass City FFA Chapter in Michigan was twelve years old when her hometown lost its only grocery store, becoming a food desert. As a farm kid, she realized that while her freezer was full of … Continue reading →

Tad Nelson of the Rigby FFA Chapter in Idaho owns and manages Nelson Mow and Trim, a full-service lawn and landscape company. He began mowing lawns at the age of eight and had a workload of eight weekly lawns by … Continue reading →

Connor Pence of the Veribest FFA Chapter in Texas got his first start in breeding goats with five does his grandparents gave him when he was three years old. Today, he has a herd of forty does and their offspring, … Continue reading →

Raley Downing of the Troy FFA Chapter in Texas has a supervised agricultural experience (SAE) in which she purchases, trains, and resells horses for roping and running barrels. She does everything from exercising and training the horses to cleaning the … Continue reading →

Layton Lee Oswald of the Oakdale FFA Chapter in California trains and manages clients’ horses at his family’s business, 3L Performance Horses. He assists in training and working more than 100 horses each year for customers throughout the United States. … Continue reading →

Devin Boyer of the Franklin County High FFA Chapter in Georgia has a placement at Broad River Blooms, a place that was just an overgrown field when he began. It has transformed into a 6,000-plant dahlia farm that includes nursery … Continue reading →

United States Department of Agriculture Under Secretary Jennifer Moffitt attended the 94 FFA Convention and Expo this week. She sat down with Broadcast Desk Intern Kailey Foster to discuss why events such as FFA Convention are important for students. http://www.ffaconvention.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ffa-undersec.mp3Podcast: … Continue reading →

Amanda Annett of the Utica FFA Chapter in Ohio works for her family’s cattle feedlot operation. They run approximately 300 head of Holstein dairy steers, starting them from two days old on milk replacer and raising them to market weight. … Continue reading →