INTRODUCING CALEB HINCK!
So many of us have something that we truly love. Then for some reason we start to think that if we really love that thing, it could never be what we do for a living. This is one of the things that I enjoy so much about interviewing FFA students about their supervised agricultural experiences. Nothing has convinced them that you cannot really enjoy your work.
Today’s guest exemplifies this very quality. Caleb Hinck loves to hunt, trap and farm. He has been able to combine those three things in a money making venture, and work them into his plans for the future as well.
Caleb runs trail camera’s on his families farm. He then uses the photographs he gets of animals passing through to help him hunt, trap and to control nuisance wildlife. Caleb traps coyotes, bobcats and raccoons. He has the greatest amount of success in trapping raccoons, and this has caused him to really learn what the market for their pelts are.
There are other animals on the farm, like whitetail deer, that can really damage crops. Caleb takes it upon himself to hunt these animals as well, to minimize the losses on the farm due to over population of these species. At the same time as he is thinning their numbers, he is also protecting them from disease and myriad other problems that can be caused by overpopulation.
SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Planting Food Plots & Wildlife Management
HIGH SCHOOL: Mission Valley High School; Eskridge, Kansas
MASCOT: Vikings
FFA ADVISOR: Kelly Hoelting
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR CALEB HINCK:
Click on the picture below to be taken to the Mission Valley High School Website:
Caleb’s FFA Advisor’s Email Address: khoelting@mv330.org
Mission Valley High School Telephone Number: 785-409-6218
FFA LINKS:
Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE’s)
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:
“The future of American agriculture depends on the involvement and investment in America’s youth, In order to prepare for the population of tomorrow, we need to encourage America’s youth today, and show that careers in agriculture are profitable, rewarding, and vital.”.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue
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