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FFA Foundation announces Expansion SAE Grants and Farm Business Management Tuition Grants

In the 1960’s, Fidtjov Bakk, an immigrant farmer in eastern North Dakota felt the urge to help FFA members realize their dreams.  Mr. Bakk believed in young people and in agriculture and wanted to bring his beliefs to the FFA.  In 2006, the North Dakota FFA received land in Richland and Sargent counties from the Fidtjov Bakk Trust.  The funds from this farmland is being used in a number of programs – from tuition waivers to young farmers who enroll in the Farm Business Management Program, to scholarships to those enrolling in college and majoring in farm management and agriculture education to grants to students to develop and expand their Supervised Agricultural Education (SAE) programs. 

The Expansion SAE grants have been chosen – students had to fill out an application describing their SAE and what they would do with funds awarded to help them develop their SAE.  The ND FFA Foundation will award 15 students with grants of $670 each at the FFA leadership conferences on January 9 in Bismarck .  Below are the recipients. 

Nick Germann - Bowman County (Swine Production)

Kyle Lynn Hart - Fessenden/Bowdon (Beef Production)

Tanner Schmidt - Killdeer (Tractor Restoration)

Ethan Bohn - Beulah (Sheep Production)

Brittny Riemer - Garrison (Beef Production)

Alicia Wehri - New Salem (Taxidermy)

AshLynn Narum - Max (Beef Production)

Matthew Knudson - Maddock (Nursery/Landscape)

David Leier - Napoleon (Diversified Livestock)

Jackson Bernstein - Bottineau (Beef Production)

Ryan Lemer - Velva (Beef Production)

Clay Hatlewick - Jamestown (Sheep Production)

Chelsey Schafer - New Rockford  (Beef Production)

 Karly Wald - Wishek (Beef Production)

Lex Tande - Powers Lake (Beef Production)

Farm Business Management Programs are designed to provide education to farm owners and operators or persons interested in farming.  The purpose of the program is to assist clients in meeting their business and personal goals.  This is best accomplished through the use of quality records and sound business decisions, and guided by a comprehensive business analysis.  The ND FFA Foundation is granting four grants of $500 per year for the Farm Business Management Program to the following farmers/ranchers:  Darlene Ulrich from Elgin , Jeremiah Reiser from McClusky, Tyrel Zingg from Carson, Wendy and Kevin Becker from Carrington

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