Mon, 8 August 2022
OFI 1457: How To Succeed Showing Horses | FFA SAE Edition | Hayven Smethurst | Seneca High School FFA
All summer we have been profiling students transitioning from their 9th to their 10th grade years in the FFA. These interviews are a lot of fun to do because if I can ask just the right question I can tap into area of expertise that are already developed in these young students. Our guest today is Hayven Smethurst. She has a lot of involvement in the FFA. She joined because she thought it would help her to advocate for agriculture, and she took action. She did this by recruiting her friends, who are not involved in agriculture, to join the FFA with her. She believes through these efforts she can expose more people to agriculture and help to bring people into this industry to keep it going into the future. So far she has successfully recruited three people to join her chapter who otherwise would not have done that! In addition to her advocacy efforts Hayven loves animals and raises several different species at her home. She also works with dairy cattle on her grandparents dairy, and she shows dairy cattle for a nearby dairy with registered Holsteins. If fitting, training and showing 8 head of Holsteins in a summer were not enough, she also shows horses and keeps 8 of her own. When I started asking Hayven about showing horses and being successful in the arena, her knowledge and expertise really started to shine. She had a lot of great information for any future or current exhibitor who wants to show horses and has goals of improving their performance. Hayven's passion for the equine shone through in the interview so strongly that I titled the episode "how to succeed showing horses"! SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Equine & Dairy Production HIGH SCHOOL: Seneca High School; Seneca, Wisconsin MASCOT: Royals FFA ADVISOR: Brigid Leofeoholz CONTACT INFORMATION FOR HAYVEN SMETHURST: Click on the picture below to be taken to the Seneca High School website: Hayven's FFA Advisor's Email Address: bloeffelholz@seneca.k12.wi.us Seneca High School Telephone Number: 608-737-9177 FFA LINKS: Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE's) 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:
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