SHOW NOTES

INTRODUCING DYLAN CAVENESS!

There seems to be at least one thing in every interview that jumps out and resonates with me above everything else.  Our guest today has a passion for beef production, which is something that that two of us have in common.  But what jumped out to me today was how this came about for him.

Dylan Caveness comes to us from Greensboro, North Carolina and he has a beef production SAE.  He works and raises cattle with his grandfather.  What jumped out to me in this interview is when I asked Dylan how long his family had been raising cattle.  He told me that his grandfather had just begun.  He said that grandpa had a lifelong dream of raising his own cattle, and he never gave up on that dream.

Finally grandpa had his own place and his own cattle.  Dylan discovered the same passion almost immediately, and has been pursuing this life right along side his grandfather ever since.  You never know when you are going to do something that is significant for the next generation.  Hats off to Dylan’s grandfather and Dylan too!

SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Beef Production

HIGH SCHOOL: Southern Guilford High School, Greensboro, North Carolina

MASCOT: The Storm

FFA ADVISOR: Brad Hensley

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR DYLAN CAVENESS:

Click on the picture below to be taken to the Southern Guilford High School Ag. Department’s website:

Dylan’s FFA Advisor’s Email Address: hensleb@gcsnc.com

Southern Guilford High School Telephone Number: 336-674-4250

FFA LINKS:

National FFA Organization

Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE’s)

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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.
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• 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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