Author Archives: Tom Brand

Hannah Strain of the Rolla FFA Chapter in Missouri works for a beef cattle operation that focuses on forage production. Her work can be divided into two different areas, one being management of intensive grazing for the cattle herd and … Continue reading →

Grace McClain of the Habersham Ninth Grade Academy FFA Chapter in Mount Airy, Ga., and her family inherited a cider company that led her to develop an interest in food science. Her work at the mill requires her to use … Continue reading →

Sarah Lehner of the Buckeye Valley – DACC FFA Chapter in Delaware, Ohio, leases 20 acres of land each year to grow soybeans. In exchange for working on her family’s hay operation, she is allowed to use their equipment to … Continue reading →

Rhine Brady of the White County High School FFA Chapter in Cleveland, Ga., is the owner of RB Performance horses. Over the last six years, he has managed, trained and sold stock horses to primarily be used in team roping … Continue reading →

Jacob Blank of the Richland FFA Chapter in Missouri works with 24 Quarter Horses and three gaited horses. His work with them includes showing, training, facilitating both therapeutic and novice lessons, in addition to managing their health and nutrition.  Blank … Continue reading →

Brentley Odom of the Thomas County Central High School FFA in Moultrie, Ga., began his supervised agricultural experience (SAE) in the ninth grade while participating in his third agriscience project. That project started him down a road of conservation. The … Continue reading →

At an early age, Murray Perkins of the Paris FFA Chapter in Buchanan, Tenn., developed a passion for raising and exhibiting livestock, particularly sheep and cattle. Each year, his lamb project begins by purchasing high quality club lambs and leasing … Continue reading →

Jakob Gmur of the Whitewater FFA Chapter in Wisconsin is the owner of a lawn care and property services business, providing weekly lawn mowing, spring and fall cleanups, landscaping, hardscaping and snow removal. What began as a single lawn has … Continue reading →

Peyton Mohler of the Rossville FFA Chapter in Frankfort, Ind., works on his family’s 2,700-acre grain farm in Central Indiana. He began with small jobs such as mowing side ditches and spraying for weeds around the toolsheds. Today, his tasks … Continue reading →

When he was a freshman, Todd Peterson of the Miami Trace FFA Chapter in Sabina, Ohio, got the opportunity to take over a quarter of his family’s wheat and straw business. The project was successful and he decided to expand … Continue reading →