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INTRODUCING ERIC SCHAFER! When it comes to achievements for FFA students, there should be a separate category for "son or daughter of FFA advisor".  Each time that I interview a student who has a parent who is also their FFA advisor, they are achieving great things. In the case of today's episode I am speaking with a student with a ton of talent and the work ethic to go with it.  Eric Schafer's FFA advisor is also his mother, and he counts himself as very fortunate in this fact.  When I asked him how long he had been in the FFA, he answered that he was basically a lifetime member, already. Eric is achieving great things in agriculture as well as the FFA.  He his row crop farming at home as well as raising cattle and hogs.  He is serving as his chapter's vice-president at school, and at the national level he is competing in the national agriscience fair with his sister in animal systems.  All of this has led him to win a state proficiency award in diversified agriculture and a gold award at the national level. SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Diversified Agriculture HIGH SCHOOL: Taylorville High School; Taylorville, Illinois MASCOT: Tornado FFA ADVISOR: Sue Schafer CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ERIC SCHAFER: Click on the picture below to be taken to the Taylorville High School website: Eric's FFA Advisors' Email Address: sschafer@tcusd3.org  Taylorville High School's Telephone Number: 217-824-4951 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