Off-farm Income

INTRODUCING ERIC SCHAFER! When it comes to achievements for FFA students, there should be a separate category for "son or daughter of FFA advisor".  Each time that I interview a student who has a parent who is also their FFA advisor, they are achieving great things. In the case of today's episode I am speaking with a student with a ton of talent and the work ethic to go with it.  Eric Schafer's FFA advisor is also his mother, and he counts himself as very fortunate in this fact.  When I asked him how long he had been in the FFA, he answered that he was basically a lifetime member, already. Eric is achieving great things in agriculture as well as the FFA.  He his row crop farming at home as well as raising cattle and hogs.  He is serving as his chapter's vice-president at school, and at the national level he is competing in the national agriscience fair with his sister in animal systems.  All of this has led him to win a state proficiency award in diversified agriculture and a gold award at the national lev