Off-farm Income

Sign Up To Receive Our FFA Stories Newsletter! Email address: SHOW NOTES KEY IDEAS:  The Coronavirus has impacted agriculture in many different ways.  One of the most common that we are seeing throughout the U.S. is the cancellation of county and state fairs due to social distancing requirements.  This has a profound impact on our future farmers, both from the FFA and 4H. These students and members have invested capital, labor, time and feed into developing quality animals for the fair.  The payoff is normally the fair auction after the shows have taken place and the blue ribbons have been passed out.  However, this year there will be no auctions or ribbons for many of these young people. Ag Community Relief is a non-profit organization based on the concept of farmers helping farmers.  They are based in Michigan, and they got their start in 2017 by sending hay and fencing supplies to ranchers in Kansas and Oklahoma in the wake of the devastating Starbuck Fire.  Since that time they have grown, changed