OFI 175: Why Are We Here? Because There’s Deer! | FFA SAE Edition | Nikki Welch | Mexico (Missouri) High School FFA

SHOW NOTES

INTRODUCING NIKKI WELCH!

Nikki is coming to us from Mexico……Missouri.  I had no idea that a town called Mexico in Missouri even existed.  So, I learn something every week from this show.

Nikki is a recipient of a $1,000 SAE grant, and she is using it to test food plots for deer.  She is looking at what types of food the deer like better and what ways of feeding them they prefer.  I found it very interesting to find out that the deer prefer the timed feeders.  Nikki believes that since the deer can hear when the feed is being spread out, they like that best.

Nikki is a hunter and like so many hunters has a deep respect for the animals that she pursues.  This is leading her in the direction of making improvements for both hunters and deer alike.

SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Researching Food Plots For Deer

HIGH SCHOOL: Mexico High School

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MASCOT: Bulldogs

FFA ADVISOR: Kendra Allen

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR NIKKI WELCH:

Click on the picture below to be taken to the Mexico High School website:

Nikki’s FFA Advisor’s Email Address: kallen@mexico.k12.mo.us

Mexico High School Telephone Number: 573-581-3773

FFA LINKS:

National FFA Organization

Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE’s)

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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 

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