OFI 1658: Finding, Repairing And Re-Selling Equipment | FFA SAE Edition | Wyatt Black | Miami East High School FFA

Wyatt Black is a sophomore in high school and is already mastering the art of adding value and finding profit. Wyatt has grown up with and around agriculture on his families small farm near Casstown, Ohio. As a member of the Miami East FFA Chapter, he needed to develop an SAE. That was no problem because he and his father had already been finding, repairing and re-selling used equipment for years. It was a natural fit, and Wyatt turned this into his project. Wyatt tends to specialize in fixing up trailers if he can. He says that he sees the highest demand for them, and they are generally the easiest to repair.

SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Buying and Selling Equipment

HIGH SCHOOL: Miami East High School; Casstown, Ohio

MASCOT: Vikings

FFA ADVISOR: Marie Carity

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR WYATT BLACK:

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Wyatt’s FFA Advisor’s Email Address: memcarity@mdeca.org

Miami East High School Telephone Number: (937) 335-7070

FFA LINKS:

National FFA Organization

Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE’s)

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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.
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.”

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