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My dream of spending 100% of my time on my own farm came true in 2013. Since then I have been helping others replicate what I did through entrepreneurship. Just tune in to find out how.

18/06/2024

New FFA SAE Episode🎙The FFA As An Entrepreneurship Incubator

Jenna is a very competitive person, and upon joining the FFA she found that this organization served her competitive spirit very well. Through a myriad of different contests and competitions, she found exactly what she was looking for.

Then the day came that she wanted to go on a mission trip and needed to raise $150 to make this happen. Jenna decided that she would make ice cream and sell it to people for the fundraiser and actually pre-sold what she needed to raise.

Learn more about Jenna Spangler Episode 2107 of the Off Farm Income Podcast.

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17/06/2024

New FFA SAE Episode🎙A Guest Speaker Can Be The Spark That Lights The Entrepreneurial Fire

Today’s episode highlights how the FFA can put another tool, the tool of entrepreneurship, in a student’s arsenal. Elyce Burzlaff is mid-way through her sophomore year of high school. Last May a guest speaker came to her school and spoke with the FFA students.

During that discussion, Elyce and her classmates were challenged to come up with an entrepreneurial idea. This led Elyce down a path of thinking of ways she could create revenue and determining what resources were at her disposal.

Learn more about Elyce Burzlaff on Episode 2100 of the Off Farm Income Podcast.

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21/05/2024

New FFA SAE Episode🎙OFI 2079: The Creation Of A Plant Breeder

I am starting to think that plant breeders are born, not made. At least every time I interview a young man or woman with this passion it appears that is correct.

In today’s interview I am speaking with a junior in high school that has already obtained $10,000 in funding to begin an apple orchard on his high school’s property.

Learn more about Gabe Olson-Jensen on Episode 2079 of the Off Farm Income Podcast.

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16/05/2024

New FFA SAE Episode🎙2071: “Going Hard” In The FFA, Academics & Sports

Peyton Gay is the sentinel for the Deane Bozeman FFA Chapter, and he is a remarkable young man. A natural athlete, gifted student and very hard worker Peyton has managed to put together an FFA and high school experience that will be rivaled by few.

Peyton has grown up on his grandparent’s farm in Northern Florida that they purchased because of their love for animals of all types. Never having a profit motive, Peyton’s grandmother has cared for and rescued multiple different species of wildlife and livestock on the farm since it first began. This is how Peyton grew up as well, and it led to his supervised agricultural experience raising, incubating and giving away Sebastopol Geese, which are listed as a threatened species.

Learn more about Peyton Gay on Episode 2071 of the Off Farm Income Podcast.

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14/05/2024

New FFA SAE Episode🎙2069: Woodworking Her Way Into A Career

Abigail Harrison loves to inspire others, and that is what has driven her to start her own business – Abigail Grace Woodworking. Along with selling her work, she loves going to different SAE sales, setting up a booth and speaking with other FFA students.

Abby really thought about what she wanted to do, and it occurred to her that she wanted to work with her hands and have a tangible creation to hold when she was done. That is how she got started creating products, and that is what has opened the doors for her in her SAE.

Learn more about Abigail Harrison on Episode 2069 of the Off Farm Income Podcast.

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07/05/2024

New FFA SAE Episode🎙2064: Happy On Horseback & Helping Others

Natalie Rider is the third generation of her family in the horse business on the Circle T Ranch in Celina, Ohio. Her grandfather, who always had a passion for horses, purchased this property in 1995 in the midst of his truck driving career. From there, the rest is history!

Natalie was first put on horseback when she was 6 months old. Today, if she is not at school or sleeping, she is at her grandparents' ranch working with the horses. She trains client horses, gives riding lessons, feeds and cleans stalls for the boarding business, and coaches an equestrian Special Olympics team of eight competitors.

Natalie knows that she wants to be around horses and her family's ranch in the future. She has her sights set on choosing a university where she can work towards a bachelor’s degree in agriculture and keep her close to home so she can continue working on the ranch!

Learn more about Natalie on Episode 2064 of the Off Farm Income Podcast.

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06/05/2024

New FFA SAE Episode🎙 #2062 The Art Of Farming And Farming Of Art

Hayden Mueller is just finishing his sophomore year of high school and second year of the FFA, and he already has a lot going on. In addition to farming corn & soybeans with his dad, uncle and brother, he is now leasing his own land to do the same. In the 8th grade he started his own business in order to make some money, and that has grown into Hayden’s Landscaping in which he is providing an array of lawn services to his customers.

It may sound like Hayden is working all the time, but there is another side to his high school experience – music. Hayden first got introduced to music playing the recorder in elementary school. Since then, that has grown to him playing guitar, bass guitar and saxophone. Currently he plays the baritone saxophone in the marching band and pep band at his high school.

Learn more about Hayden Mueller on Episode 2062 of the Off Farm Income Podcast.

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02/05/2024

New FFA SAE Episode🎙2057 How Do You Pay For Yourself When You Return To The Family Farm

Noah Richards is 11 days away from graduating high school and pursing the life he loves, farming. Noah’s parents purchased their own land and had their own dairy infrastructure built after they were married. They have been dairy farming ever since, and this is how Noah and his sister grew up. Noah has his sights set on this life as well.

After high school graduation he will head to Hawkeye Community College for two years to study agricultural business with the hopes of returning to the farm. During that two year period, he and his parents will have to assess how this is financially possible. Is there a way that having Noah on the farm as a full-time employee will increase revenue enough to pay his salary? This is a problem that many farms and ranches must solve when a child wants to come back.

There are no employees on Noah’s family dairy. His sister is now an FFA Advisor, so it is just Noah and his parents taking care of things. Therefore, there is not an employee position that could be eliminated to make room for Noah. Expansion? A new enterprise? A service business? What are the options to make this happen?

Learn more about Noah Richards on Episode 2057 of the Off Farm Income Podcast.

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02/05/2024

New FFA SAE Episode🎙2023: A Real Life Farm Transition Story

In episode #22 of this show, way back in 2015, I interviewed an attorney named Adam Kline about “Farm Transition”. It was a very interesting episode because we discussed ways in which farmers who wanted to retire could pass their farms to up and coming farmers. The retiring farmer could do this, still be compensated for their farm and equipment, but it could be structured in such a way that the up and coming farmer did not need all the oppressive capital necessary to purchase the land, equipment etc. right away.

Our guest today is living proof of this concept. Stetson Dittmar is not only a national proficiency finalist in beef production, but he is a future rancher. And I believe he will be the farmer on that second level who finds a way to move into full-time, production agriculture in the beef industry.

Stetson is already in the process of farm transition with a retiring rancher who he is not related to. What Stetson models in this episode is possible for any of us. Only two things are necessary: Finding the right retiring farmer and being willing to relocate to where the farm is. In Stetson’s case he found this rancher nearby by doing work for him on his place. The rancher noticed that Stetson wanted into ranching, and he also wanted to start scaling back. This led to an agreement in which this transition is possible.

These possibilities exist all over the country. If you truly want to farm or ranch, this is a way in. You just have to go find it!

Learn more about Stetson Dittmar on Episode 2023 of the Off Farm Income Podcast.

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01/05/2024

New FFA SAE Episode 🎙2050: Building A Herd

Abby Neft is the President of a brand new FFA chapter located in Kelliher, Minnesota. Just 57 miles from the Canadian border, her family has been farming in this very cold area of Minnesota since the 1980’s.

Abby loves the cattle industry, and she has been building her own herd since she was six years old when her father gave her, her first show heifer. Since then, she has been retaining her show heifers, having calves and trying to develop genetics that will allow her to produce top notch cattle. She uses artificial insemination and embryo transfer to do this.

With just one year of high school left, Abby’s goal is to raise cattle for a living. If she can do it on the family farm, that is her preference. However, her sights are set on this happening, either way.
Learn more about Abby Neft on Episode 2050 of the Off Farm Income Podcast.

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01/05/2024

New FFA SAE Episode🎙2055 Graduating From Grain Cart To Planter

Wyatt DeAth is his chapter’s president as was a district reporter, district star winner and state proficiency winner. All this before he reached his senior year of high school. This young man can talk farming, and I had a great time talking about it with him in his episode.

Wyatt has grown up on his families farm in Eastern Illinois. He started out driving the grain cart on the farm at a very young age, and when he was home full-time during Covid his dad graduated him to the tractor and the planter. That was just the beginning. Today, he is leasing 30 acres of his own and growing and selling alfalfa hay.

Learn more about Wyat DeAth on Episode 2055 of the Off Farm Income Podcast.

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17/04/2024

New FFA SAE Episode🎙2041 Heading East Of The Mountains Into The Future

Mikayla (Kayla) Kraft is the current Chapter President for the Broadwater High School FFA Chapter in Townsend, Montana. She is also a journalist for MT43, a newspaper located in Townsend.

Kayla first started writing for MT43 when she was the chapter reporter, but she had to let that go when another student became reporter. However, Kayla enjoyed what she was doing and wanted to stay on, so she approached the paper and struck a deal to continue writing for them, freelance. There was a conundrum however. In order to not steal any thunder from the current chapter reporter, Kayla had find other topics to cover. And, man did she! Her interests in agriculture have now taken her as far away as Washington D.C. to cover stories!

Kayla is heading to North Dakota State University next fall to study animal science. She discovered NDSU while she was there covering a story and found it to be the perfect fit for her to pursue her degree. She is planning on veterinary school as the step following NDSU, and currently she is considering Wisconsin and Kansas. She loves her Montana Mountains, but her career pursuits seem to be taking her east!

Learn more about Mikayla Kraft on Episode 2041of the Off Farm Income Podcast.

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