SHOW NOTES:

INTRODUCING MICHAEL WRIGHT!

I will admit, that throughout my whole life I had never intended to own a goat.  When Autumm and I bought our farm there was not a fence on it, and it was all weeds.  So, we had some serious development to do before we could start raising livestock.  However, we discovered electric netting and that we could keep goats in with it.  So, at Autumm’s insistence (and Hattie’s) we purchased goats.

Since then, the goats have grown on me.  There is always a market for our meat goats, they are easy to raise, usually have twins or triplets and are fun to watch.  

Our guest today is growing his goat herd, and he is enjoying similar experiences.  He is growing his herd of  Boer goats.  He has 26 kids on the ground right now, and he will be selling kids in just a couple of months! He shows some of his does and wethers and ultimately returns the does to his breeding herd.  He is selling show goats to other students in his area and is well on his way.

I hope you enjoy this interview with Michael Wright!

 SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: GOAT PRODUCTION

HIGH SCHOOL: Blue Valley Randolph High School; Randolph, Kansas

MASCOT: Rams

FFA ADVISOR: Anthony Meals

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR MICHAEL WRIGHT:

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Michael’s FFA Advisors’ Email Addresses: ameals@usd384.org

Blue Valley Randolph High School’s Telephone Number:  785.293.5256

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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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