OFI 1321: A Natural Born Veterinarian | FFA SAE Edition | Zach Schoelerman | Spencer High School FFA
Off-Farm Income · Matt Brechwald
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (traffic.libsyn.com) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
I can remember taking genetics in my senior year of college with my friends Tyler and Becky. I had changed the emphasis on my animal science major a couple of times, and genetics was the last, really difficult class I was going to have to take in order to graduate. All semester long I paid close attention to the lecture, took tons of notes and studied nightly to try and keep up. Meanwhile, my friend Becky didn't take notes, sat there listening with a smile on her face and aced the class while I squeaked by with a C- and a 29% in the class. Thank goodness for the curve!
My interview today features a National Proficiency Finalist from 2021. Zach Schoelerman has grown up on my families ranch in Northern Iowa, and he has been working with cattle and sheep his entire life. All of his family were in the FFA, and his father is a veterinarian. As such, Zach has become very involved in the management of his own flock of Southdown Sheep, including artificially inseminating them.