INTRODUCING ROSS BLATTNER!
Ross Blattner is a local interview for me. He is currently serving as the chapter historian for the Kuna High School FFA Chapter in my hometown. Ross is in both the sheep and cattle business. He is marketing his rams to large sheep producers who run their sheep in public ground in Idaho. Sheep production out here requires hearty animals. There are very real dangers to the flocks. In the West the sheep get moved overland, and they face danger from wildfire, coyotes and wolves. Plus they go a long distance between water. So, Ross has to make sure the rams that he is selling can stand up to these conditions.
SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Sheep Production – Range Sheep Sales; Beef Production – Heifer Sales
HIGH SCHOOL: Kuna High School FFA
MASCOT: Kaveman
FFA ADVISOR: Joe Blackstock
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ROSS BLATHER:
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Nancy’s FFA Advisor’s Email Address: jblackstock@kunaschools.org
Kuna High School Telephone Number: 208.955.0200
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Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE’s)
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“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
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Jack Blattner
Thanks Matt for listening to Ross. I have a couple of names of students who you might be interested in for your pod casts….let me know if you need them. Thanks again!
Kristen Nesbitt
Kyle Schmidt
Andrew Heikkila
Clayton Christenson
Jessica Kohntopp
Matt Brechwald
Thanks Jack. I’ve already interviewed Kristen once, so I will probably not be able to interview here again before the end of the year. Do you know what the rest of the students are doing for their SAE projects?
Jack Blattner
Also,,,,this one might be a good one….
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Zach Phillips
208-409-9097