The Missouri FFA Foundation is awarding a SAE grant to Holden Aulbur, a Mexico FFA Chapter member.
All FFA members are required to participate in a Supervised Agriculture Experience (SAE) which …
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The Missouri FFA Foundation is awarding a SAE grant to Holden Aulbur, a Mexico FFA Chapter member.
All FFA members are required to participate in a Supervised Agriculture Experience (SAE) which may include launching an agriculture-related business, working at an agriculture-related business, or conducting an agricultural research project. Upon completion, FFA members must submit a comprehensive report regarding their career development experience.
“In 2024, Missouri FFA members generated $69.8 million in income through their SAEs” said
Heather Dimitt-Fletcher, Executive Director of the Missouri FFA Foundation. “Through their SAEs, students are launching commercial floral and produce farms, starting food truck and catering businesses, managing hundreds of acres of forest, handcrafting goods, and building substantial livestock operations. These projects speak to the entrepreneurial heart of our country and represent the future of agriculture. FFA members generally pay the expenses associated with their SAE themselves. Many students do not have the personal financial resources needed to start or expand their projects. The learning opportunities, along with the student income generated by
SAEs are immense. That’s why the Missouri FFA Foundation’s SAE Grant program is vital. We are thankful for our partners; the MFA Inc. Charitable Foundation and the Missouri Sheep
Merchandising Council, whose donations make it possible for us to provide students with grants to off-set the startup or expansion cost of their SAEs.”
Holden Aulbur’s SAE project is working on his family farm in Wellsville, MO where he raises and sells beef cattle, most being purebred Charolais. The grant from the Missouri FFA Foundation will be used to build a new calving barn on the farm to assist in expanding his herd.
Christina Terry, the agriculture education teacher at Davis H. Hart Career Center said, “I’m so proud that Holden is receiving this grant. His hard work, dedication and passion to his SAE project/family farm has been inspiring, and this could not be given to a more deserving student.”