OFI 1959: Habitat And Game Are Improved By Hunters | FFA SAE Edition | Aidan Yaddof | Calamus-Wheatland High School FFA

Aidan Yaddof is a sophomore in high school, sentinel of his FFA chapter, a two time SAE grant recipient, and hunter and a pheasant producer. Growing up in eastern Iowa on his families four acres, Aidan has always been around livestock and agriculture. This engagement with livestock and farming led him to join the FFA in the 8th grade, and he found that he really enjoyed the organization. This has led Aidan to become very active in his chapter with aspirations of serving at the district and state level as well.

Aidan has also been hunting all of his life, and over time he has noticed smaller numbers of pheasants in his area. He researched this and confirmed that counts of pheasants had been steadily declining. This knowledge, in combination with his introduction to the FFA and the need for an SAE, led him to pheasant production. Aidan started a pheasant production business with two goals. First, is to make revenue by selling pheasants, mostly roosters. Second, to help grow the pheasant population in the area by releasing birds into the wild, mostly hens.

Aidan has been doing this for two years now, and twice he has been awarded an SAE grant to help him grow and improve his business. He has long term aspirations for both the business and what he can achieve with it in the FFA. Aidan is currently in the process of applying for a state proficiency award, and he hopes that this will one day lead to a national proficiency award in Indianapolis.

SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Pheasant Production

HIGH SCHOOL: Calamus-Wheatland High School; Wheatland, Iowa

MASCOT: Warriors

FFA ADVISOR: Jenna Kingsley

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR AIDAN YADDOF:

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Aidan’s FFA Advisor’s Email Address: jkingsley@cal-wheat.net

Calamus-Wheatland High School’s Telephone Number: 563-246-2222

FFA LINKS:

National FFA Organization

Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE’s)

Support FFA

Donate to FFA – One way that FFA students are able to start small businesses is through an FFA grant of $1,000. In 2014, 141 FFA students received these grants. With your donations, more students can get this head start – pay it forward.

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