Poultry SAE Hatches a Large Following
This Texas FFA member launches “Chickstagram” to share his passion for poultry.
This Texas FFA member launches “Chickstagram” to share his passion for poultry.
Former FFA member Daniel Alvey threw himself into the fire and now has a promising career with Merck Animal Health.
Barbara Jenkins discusses her work to connect students to the food industry and her Honorary American FFA Degree.
Like a good bread recipe or a cowboy tall tale, farming is a tradition Austin Stanton’s family has passed through generations.
INDIANAPOLIS – Since third grade, Chrysta Beck of Archbold, Ohio, has raised broilers and layers to sell meat and egg products to local customers. As she got older and joined FFA, she developed a supervised agricultural experience (SAE) that would look into the health of poultry. But what started as research to assist her with personal production goals soon developed into a project with a vastly larger scope. It focused on U.S. and global poultry production and welfare. Beck’s work began when she was in ninth grade and started looking closely into broiler production factors and exactly how the birds grew. She [...]