Local FFA Member Receives Grant from Farm Credit

 

Audrina Banta, Smith Valley FFA Student Turkey Business

Local FFA Member Receives Grant from Farm Credit

Smith, NV, December 15, 2020 – A $1,000 Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) grant has been awarded to Audrina Banta of Smith Valley FFA in Smith, Nevada by Farm Credit.

These grants are designed to help FFA members create or expand Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) projects, a requirement that all FFA members must complete. An SAE requires FFA members to create and operate an agriculture related business, work at an agriculture-related business or conduct an agricultural research experience. Upon completion, FFA members must submit a comprehensive report regarding their career development experience.

This year 23 different sponsors made 29 different types of SAE Grants available.  A full list of sponsors can be found on the National FFA Organization website on the SAE Grants webpage.  Banta is a member of the Smith Valley FFA Chapter.  Her application was selected from among 5,968 applications nationwide.

The National FFA Organization is a school-based national youth leadership development organization of more than 760,000 student members as part of 8,700 local FFA chapters in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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