Iola FFA recently had three district proficiency winners with their Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE). Jaydon Morrison won in the area of poultry production; Kyser Nemecek in swine entrepreneurship; and Hallie Sutherland in diversified crop production placement.
District runner-ups were Abigail Meiwes in goat production entrepreneurship and Briggs Michael in agriculture services.
The following are the three proficiency winners’ SAE descriptions:
Jaydon Morrison
I have run JM Poultry for four years. I started with 15 old hens and then purchased 30 chicks to raise over the summer with money I had saved.
Through this business, I have fed and watered my hens, cleaned the housing, practiced safe animal handling techniques, and carried out the delivery and record-keeping process.
Every morning and night I feed the hens the amount of food that I have assessed over the years that most efficiently converts the feed-to-product ratio.
I collect eggs every night as well as provide fresh water at least once a day or more if needed.
I advertise my business locally to as many people as my hens can provide for and have multiple consistent customers that I have kept satisfied all four years.
I carry out all egg deliveries myself to build a personal connection with my customers as I find the business-customer relationship is important to keep loyalty on both sides.
I started with only family buying and now have five regular non-family customers.
I practice safe handling techniques by washing my hands before and after coming in contact with live poultry, and using disposable boot covers.
Kyser Nemecek
My Supervised Agricultural Experience starts from breeding to the farrowing crate, to feeding, showing, and starting the process all over again. 
I raise swine with an emphasis on improving genetics that benefits youth livestock exhibitors. I own and operate part of the purebred and crossbred side of my family’s show pig farm. I own four sows — three Berkshire sows, one Chester white sow.
