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INTRODUCING KATHERINE FAZZINO!

Our guest today has a heart for research, understands practical application and is already making a name for herself with a large chemical company.  This, is why Katherine Fazzino is a national star finalist in agriscience this year.

Katherine’s family grows corn in the area of Bryan, Texas.  Due to climatic and other conditions, growing corn here can be challenging.  Katherine wanted to find a way to help, and this led her to her current research project.

Katherine identified a product produced by Helena Chemical called Hydra-Hume.  The product is supposed to help with nutrient uptake into the plant and also to preserve nitrogen and phosphorus in the soil.  Katherine saw that the benefits of this product would be obvious if it worked as advertised.  Therefore, Katherine set out to find out if this was the case.

Katherine has been conducting her research during her time at Texas A&M where she is studying agricultural economics.  She has determined that the product does work, and has measured a 25% increase in corn yield on the test plots where she applied Hydra-Hume.

SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Agriscience

HIGH SCHOOL: Rudder High School; Bryan, Texas

MASCOT: Rangers

FFA ADVISOR: Larry White

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR KATHERINE FAZZINO:

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Katherine’s FFA Advisors’ Email Addresses: larry.white@bryanisd.org

Rudder High School’s Telephone Number: 979-209-7900

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• 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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