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Sign Up To Receive Our FFA Stories Newsletter! Email address: SHOW NOTES INTRODUCING HUNTER AUE!  Our guest today has a passion for rough stock.  Hunter Aue grew up in the Central Valley of California in a family involved in the bull business.  This is something that Hunter was drawn to, and he began raising and promoting his own bulls for both individual competitions as well as rodeos. Hunter has a variety of bulls of different ages that compete both with and without riders on them.  His goal is raise bulls good enough that they are ridden in the National Finals Rodeo.  At age 18, he is well on his way and he got started early! Hunter has been seeing success already, both in the bull business and in the FFA.  Hunter has had a bull that was ridden in a PBR (Professional Bull Riders) event in Fresno, California, and on the FFA side of things he was just named a California State Proficiency winner for what he has been doing in the bull business. When you go to a rodeo and the announcer states the name of the ranch that the animals being ridden have come through, he is doing to that acknowledge all of the hard work that has gone into developing stock that is worthy of being ridden in that rodeo.  In today's interview with Hunter, you get a little behind the scenes look at how that is done and a clear glimpse of the passion that goes into this. SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Beef Production HIGH SCHOOL: Golden Valley High School; Merced, California MASCOT: Cougars FFA ADVISOR: Rebecca Mendonza CONTACT INFORMATION FOR HUNTER AUE: Click on the picture below to be taken to the Golden Valley High School Website: Hunter's FFA Advisor's Email Address: rmendonza@muhsd.org Golden Valley High School Telephone Number: 209-325-1800 FFA LINKS: National FFA Organization Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE's) Support FFA  Donate to FFA - One way that FFA students are able to start small businesses is through an FFA grant of $1,000.  In 2014, 141 FFA students received these grants.  With your donations, more students can get this head start - pay it forward. REASONS TO DONATE TO FFA: Only 2% of Americans grow and raise most of the food and livestock consumed by the other 98% as well as the rest of the world.  FFA is providing the needed education, training and resources to Americans that will carry that torch forward and insure that America continues to have inexpensive, quality food. Rural Communities will rely on entrepreneurship in the future for population growth and job creation.  The FFA is a major catalyst to that entrepreneurial growth. Farmers, ranchers and those working in agriculture give the rest of America incredible amounts of freedom because the search for food is as simple as going to the grocery store: “The future of American agriculture depends on the involvement and investment in America’s youth, In order to prepare for the population of tomorrow, we need to encourage America’s youth today, and show that careers in agriculture are profitable, rewarding, and vital.”. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue Where Off-Farm Income And Matt Brechwald Can Be Heard:   Member Of The National Association Of Farm Broadcasters