OFI 681: Starting A Showmanship Camp In High School | FFA SAE Edition | Kaylea Taylor | Mulhall-Orlando High School FFA

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INTRODUCING KAYLEA TAYLOR!

Today I get to share an amazing story with you about Kaylea Taylor. Kaylea is just starting her sophomore year of high school, but she is doing some awesome stuff!

Kaylea has been involved in showing goats for some time in both the 4H as well as the FFA. And, she lives in an area that is strategically placed between Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma. There are a lot of people between those two cities and near Kaylea that are interested in showing goats.

Kaylea had attended showmanship camps to develop her own skills before, and she saw a need for one in her own area. So, she started one up and has even had people come from out of state to learn from her. She is learning a lot about running a business through this experience. For example, she is marketing on Facebook, and she has even had articles about her published in Ag Youth magazine.

Kaylea has had to think about things other than just showmanship. For example, when people come from out of town for her two day camp, where will they stay? Kaylea now has an arrangement with a local hotel to give her customers a discount on a block of rooms.

SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Goat Showmanship Camp

HIGH SCHOOL: Mulhall-Orlando High School; Orlando, Oklahoma

MASCOT: Panthers

FFA ADVISOR: Tonya Middleton

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR KAYLEA TAYLOR:

Click on the picture below to be taken to the Mulhall-Orlando High School website:

Kaylea’s FFA Advisors’ Email Addresses: tmiddleton@m-ops.org

Mulhall-Orlando High School’s Telephone Number: 580-455-2211

FFA LINKS:

National FFA Organization

Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE’s)

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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:

“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