OFI 1761: A Big Goal Already Accomplished By The 9th Grade | FFA SAE Edition | Featured Freshman – Landon Berg | Bridgewater-Emery High School FFA

Landon Berg is our first “Featured Freshman” guest of 2023. At the time of the recording he was right in the middle of the second half of his first year of high school. Landon lives on his fourth generation family farm, and with his father and brother they raise cattle, sheep and grow corn and soybeans.

Landon has a passion for livestock evaluation, and that led him to be on the high school livestock evaluation team as an 8th Grader. That team went to the National FFA Convention in 2022 and won a silver award. Landon told me that going to the National Convention to evaluate livestock was one of his biggest goals, and here he is already having accomplished that!

So, the natural question for Landon is what is his new goal going to be. He is very interested in the flock of sheep that he and his brother have started. Landon is hoping to begin improving flock genetics through artificial insemination within the next couple of years. And, he is hoping to return to the National Convention in the future as a National Proficiency Finalist.

SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Sheep, Grain, Fiber & Oil Crop Production

HIGH SCHOOL: Bridgewater-Emery High School; Emery, South Dakota

MASCOT: Huskies

FFA ADVISOR: Alex Toupal

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR LANDON BERG:

Click on the picture below to be taken to the Bridgewater-Emery High School Ag. Department’s website:

Landon’s FFA Advisor’s Email Address: Alex.Toupal@k12.sd.us

Bridgewater-Emery High School’s Telephone Number: 605-449-4271

FFA LINKS:

National FFA Organization

Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE’s)

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