Off-farm Income

SHOW NOTES INTRODUCING JAKE BAGBY! I rarely interview FFA students with agriscience research projects for the supervised agricultural experiences, but when I do it always fascinating.  Today's episode is no different. As I continue on with my interviews of American Star Finalists I get to speak with Jake Bagby.  Jake is from Stephenville, Texas and he is now studying animal science at Texas Tech University.  Jake did not start out his FFA career thinking he would be involved in research, but he gave it a try and ended up really enjoying it.  This led him to larger and larger research projects and ultimately to testing rumen fluid to determine how different feeds were being digested and impacting the ph in ruminant systems. Jake's enjoyment of research ultimately culminated with him being the national agriscience winner in 2018 and of course becoming and American Star Finalist.  There were some other, unintended impacts as well.  He spent so much time tubing lambs to withdraw rumen fluid, that he became an e