SAE Launch Grants Awarded for Spring 2026

The Kentucky FFA Foundation is proud to announce recipients of 0 SAE Launch Grants for the spring of 2026.

SAE Grants Awarded by Central Kentucky Ag Credit

Julius Click – Franklin County FFA

Julius Click’s SAE focuses on an automotive detailing business that recently shifted toward servicing farm and construction equipment. This transition allows him to support the agricultural community while developing skills in equipment maintenance and customer service. Juluis’  SAE is strengthening his responsibility skills and preparing him for a future in agriculture.

Taylynn Hilbert – King Middle School

Since 2022, Taylynn has operated a nationally competitive show rabbitry. In the summer of 2025, Taylynn’s parents purchased a prefabricated building to serve as a new rabbit barn. This experience is helping Taylynn build important skills in responsibility and animal management, supporting career readiness in agriculture.

Tipton Sims – Lincoln County Middle School

Tipton has developed skills in making bait and sees this as a potential career path. With encouragement from a local barber shop offering to sell the products, the student aims to invest in better equipment, packaging, and custom sticker designs. This opportunity will strengthen Tipton’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Emma K Daniels – Locust Trace Agriscience Center

The Emma’s  SAE centers around running Pickle Me Pink, a business making pickles for friends, classmates, and the community. Emma’s number one goal with her SAE is to allow others to get a taste of what she loves to do. She purchases ingredients, creates unique flavors, and handles packaging, advertising, and sales. Through this experience, Emma is developing responsibility skills and career readiness in agriculture.

Abigail Parks – Madison Southern

Abigail’s SAE project involves raising poultry and selling the eggs produced. Currently, she manages a moderate number of ducks and hopes to expand the flock by adding chickens in the future. This opportunity is helping Abigail to develop responsibility skills and career readiness in agriculture.

William (Trey) Arvin – Madison Southern

William plans to start an SAE project focused on laying chickens. William will have bedding, water dispensers, a cage, food, and mature chickens, and use his project to test whether more expensive or less expensive feed results in higher egg production. This experience will help him build skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Addilynn Bartley – Marion County

Addilynn plans to advance her cattle herd through possessing essential tools for effective animal care and management. She plans to purchase quality feed and mineral supplements to promote healthy growth, weight gain, and improved herd performance. This opportunity will enhance Addilynn’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Lorelei Leazott – Mary E. Britton

Lorelei’s SAE project focuses on raising and exhibiting a market lamb. She is pursuing this project to improve her skills in caring for and managing a market lamb. This experience will enhance the student’s responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Thomas Shumate – Washington County

Thomas plans to launch a cattle operation and begin pursuing his dream of owning a farm. He’s helped his dad with cattle and is excited to begin his own operation. Thomas’ SAE will help him develop the skills and responsibility  needed for career readiness in agriculture.

Tobias Campbell – Washington County High School

The student’s SAE project involves launching a firewood supplier business with a friend this summer. He plans to have essential tools, access to faster equipment, and will ensure the purchase of safety gear to support and expand his business. Tobias’ SAE will help him develop skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

 

Grants awarded by Cargill

Jonna Ford – Barren County High School

Joanna manages an entrepreneurship SAE featuring a small herd of mixed breed goats throughout high school. The herd currently includes two breeding bucks and four main nannies. Her herd was recently expanded through her purchase of two new bred nannies in January 2025. Joanna’s experience has enhanced her management skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Briley King – Barren County Middle School FFA Chapter

For Briley’s Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE), she is cultivating a variety of nut trees, such as white oaks, walnuts, almonds, chestnuts, pecans, and Nuttall oaks. She plans to purchase fertilizer, insect control products, and fungicides to support healthy tree growth and protect against pests and disease. Briley’s SAE will enhance her responsibility skills and career readiness in agriculture.

Patrick Shalosky – Breckenridge County High School

Over the past three years, Patrick has been selling firewood from his farm and has established a business called Tar Springs Firewood. He plans to expand and improve his SAE in future. This opportunity has enhanced Patrick’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Riley Reynolds – East Hardin Middle

Riley plans to launch a Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) project focused on desensitizing horses and highlighting its importance for every equestrian event. She knows that a lot of injuries could be avoided with the proper desensitizing training. This opportunity has enhanced Riley’s skills in responsibility and provided her with career readiness in agriculture.

Eli Thompson – Green County FFA

Eli’s Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) involves raising registered beef cattle and sheep. He plans to expand and upgrade fences and gates. This SAE will strengthen Eli’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Madelin Macario – Hopkinsville Chapter

Madelin aims to make traditional homemade ice cream, a beloved dessert in Guatemala, known as “helado de caretilla.” Her goal is to introduce this treat to a wide and diverse community, reaching people of all backgrounds. Madelin has already developed her own recipes. This opportunity will further develop her skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Layton Giltner – Hopkinsville FFA Chapter

Layton launched a pet sitting business in the summer of 2025 as part of his SAE project after completing an agriculture class at Hopkinsville High School. Initially, the only major requirement was reliable transportation since clients provided all necessary pet supplies. Every client Layton has worked for so far has come back for repeat business. This opportunity will strengthen Layton’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Kari Martin – Madisonville North Hopkins

Kari plans to launch a chicken Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE). Plans to purchase a coop, feeders, waterers, feed, bedding, and chicks to start the project. This SAE will help strengthen Kari’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Jackson Tyler – Muhlenberg County High School

Over the past few years, the deer herd on the Jackson’s family farm has been impacted by Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD). He plans to purchase cellular trail cameras and place them in various locations across the farm to monitor deer movement and drinking patterns in the future. This project will help build Jackson’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Harley Jury – Nelson County School

Harley Jury is a student at Nelson County School. Her project, “Harley Farm Fresh Eggs,” began in September 2025 with the purchase and raising of 53 chicks (hens). This opportunity will help Harley strengthen their skills, sense of responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Jason Cleveland – Ohio County

In April 2025, Jason purchased 12 birds for their SAE project, including 6 Pekin ducks and 6 olive eggers. Later that month, Jason added 6 black Australorps to the flock and raised them together. This opportunity will help him develop skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Aiden S Morris – Trinity High School

Aiden’s SAE project focuses on raising hay and selling it for profit. Although he already helps operate the equipment, his baler, cutter, and hay rake require repairs and regular maintenance to function properly. He plans to fix his equipment and expand his project. This opportunity will strengthen Aiden’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Gavin Morris – Trinity FFA 

Gavin’s SAE project involves purchasing and raising sheep with the goal of selling them. Through this experience, Gavin will gain valuable agricultural skills and develop a strong sense of responsibility. This opportunity also enhances his career readiness in the field of agriculture.

Jacob Aud – Trinity High School

Jacob is expanding his chicken production to include both eggs and hatching chicks. This project offers an opportunity to build agricultural skills and increase responsibility. It will also support Jacob’s readiness for a future career in agriculture.

Jayden Robison – Warren East

Jayden plans to begin pursuing their dream career as a duck hunting guide, leading duck and goose hunting trips. They would purchase decoys to enhance the hunting experience for their clients. This opportunity will help Jayden grow their skills, build responsibility, and prepare for a future in agriculture.

Jet Harper – Warren East High

Jet plans to purchase two Jersey steers, along with feed and materials necessary for their care. This investment will support his agricultural project and provide practical experience. Ultimately, this opportunity will enhance Jet’s skills, foster responsibility, and improve his career readiness in agriculture.

Grants Awarded by the E.O. Robinson Mountain Fund 

Cole Riddell – Estill Middle FFA

The student launched Lemonade Lane in their family’s kitchen last year at the age of 12. Inspired by their family’s love for fresh lemonade and its unique flavor, the student was motivated to start the business after enjoying lemonade at festivals and events. This opportunity will help the student develop valuable skills, increase responsibility, and enhance their career readiness in agriculture.

Jase Isaacs – Estill Middle FFA

Jase has been an active FFA member throughout the year. After learning about the SAE Launch Grant from his advisor, Jase was encouraged to find ways to improve or expand his current SAE project, which is raising chickens for eggs. Jase also has a mix of several different breeds of laying hens as well as several bantams. This opportunity will further enhance Jase’s skills, sense of responsibility, and readiness for a future career in agriculture.

Levi Campbell – Estill Middle FFA

Levi lives on a family farm and has helped care for a flock of chickens for several years. To continue supporting the flock, Levi plans to expand the chicken coop. This opportunity will further develop his skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Peyton Scalf – Jackson County High School

Peyton’s SAE project focuses on sheep farming, with plans to expand by purchasing feed, additional sheep, and necessary supplies and equipment. These investments will help expand and improve the project. This opportunity will further develop Peyton’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Braylon Cole Salisbury – Johnson Central

In addition to his lawn care business, Braylon’s SAE project will expand to include a small snow removal service, offering safe and reliable clearing for residential driveways, sidewalks, small businesses, and community properties during winter weather events. Braylon will use snow blowers, shovels, and ice management tools to serve customers throughout winter storms. This opportunity will enhance his skills, increase his  sense of responsibility, and improve career readiness in agriculture.

Ellabeth Blair – Johnson Central

Ellabeth’s SAE project will launch a small-scale, gluten-free sourdough bread business as an Entrepreneurship SAE. Ellabeth plans to purchase key ingredients, including sorghum, millet, brown rice flour, and psyllium husk, to ensure proper gluten-free structure. This opportunity will strengthen her skills, sense of responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Sara Baldwin – Johnson Central

Sara’s SAE project centers on developing a small-scale freeze-drying food preservation business. Through this project, Sara will gain valuable experience in food preservation, entrepreneurship, marketing, record keeping, and equipment operation. This opportunity will enhance her skills, sense of responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Kara Mcintosh – Lee County FFA

Kara’s SAE project focuses on growing and selling flowering hanging baskets, including petunias, alyssum, calibrachoa, and mixed annual arrangements. Kara plans to purchase essential start-up supplies to successfully produce high-quality baskets for spring sales. This opportunity will help her build skills, increase responsibility, and enhance career readiness in agriculture.

Rachel Alexander – Estill County High School

Rachel’s family has raised Grade A dairy goats in Louisiana since 1999. Due to circumstances, they had to sell their entire herd except for four goats and all of their dairy equipment. But, they decided to purchase sheep and have grown from 4 breed ewes to 31 sheep. Rachel plans to expand her project through the purchase of lambing pens. This opportunity will help Rachel strengthen her  skills, sense of responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Grants Awarded by First Southern National Bank

Addison Cotton Hopper – Caldwell County

Addison’s SAE project will center on launching a small-scale greenhouse operation to cultivate and manage plants throughout the year. Her project will begin with the purchase of a greenhouse, which is a crucial first step to her operation. This opportunity will help Addison build skills, increase responsibility, and enhance career readiness in agriculture.

Hailey Sutton – Christian County

Hailey’s SAE project is a developing rabbit production venture called Copper Ranch Rabbit Lines. She will purchase high-quality feed and enhance the rabbits’ shelter, ensuring they remain healthy, comfortable, and well cared for throughout the year. This opportunity will help her build skills, increase responsibility, and enhance career readiness in agriculture.

Elizabeth Dodson – Christian County High School

Elizabeth’s SAE project involves owning and operating a small business that sells chicken eggs in the Clarksville area. She plans to purchase essential supplies such as feed, bedding, grit, and hay. This opportunity will help her build skills, increase responsibility, and enhance career readiness in agriculture.

Jaxson Shell – Danville Christian Academy

Jaxson plans to raise heifers, starting at approximately 400 pounds and growing them to about 800 pounds. He plans to purchase supplies and equipment to help expand and improve the project. This opportunity will strengthen his skills, sense of responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Bryce Bergman – Garrard County

Bryce plans to purchase hay and grain for cattle acquired through a $10,000 USDA loan. He also will buy supplies and equipment to further expand and enhance the project. This opportunity will strengthen his skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Zenya A Christovassili – Garrard County High School

Zenya plans to purchase a new tack for their horse, along with joint supplements and hoof care products for her SAE. Specifically, they intend to buy Smartflex Senior Pellets for joint support and Durasole for hoof care at Tractor Supply Company (TSC). This opportunity will strengthen the student’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Mason Farley – Lincoln County Middle School

Mason’s SAE project aims to establish a well-functioning greenhouse to grow a variety of plants, including tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and lettuce. Mason plans to purchase a greenhouse and essential gardening tools to successfully launch the project. This opportunity will strengthen Mason’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

John Alllen – Logan County High School

John’s SAE project involves owning and managing Tumblebug Farms. John plans to expand operations by cultivating a half-acre of Indian corn and introducing Atlantic giant pumpkins, a variety known for winning state prizes for size. This opportunity will help him build skills, increase responsibility, and enhance career readiness in agriculture.

Alysa Wiles – Madison Southern FFA

Alysa’s SAE involves growing fresh fruits, vegetables, and flowers in a home garden. She plans to  purchase materials for establishing a stand to sell the produce. This opportunity will help strengthen her skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Austin Marcum – Madison Southern FFA

Austin’s plans to set up a chicken coop and purchase supplies and equipment, enabling the expansion and improvement of the project. He intends to sell and keep some of the eggs. This experience will help him develop essential skills, increase responsibility, and enhance career readiness in agriculture.

Haleigh Wright – Muhlenberg County High School

Haleigh’s SAE project centers on operating and expanding a 6×12 hobby greenhouse. The goal is to grow high-quality plants for sale to the local community. This opportunity will strengthen her skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Nolan Crick – Muhlenberg County High School

Nolan’s SAE project will focus on supplemental feeding in aquaculture, utilizing the 1.5-acre pond located on his family farm. In addition, Nolan is eager to explore fish production to further expand agricultural knowledge and gain valuable experience. This opportunity will enhance his skills, increase responsibility, and support career readiness in agriculture.

Ryleigh Edwards – Muhlenberg County High School

Ryleigh plans to launch a goat breeding project for her SAE project. Ryleigh plans to acquire essential equipment and supplies for proper animal care, safety, and effective project management. This opportunity will help Ryleigh build skills, increase responsibility, and enhance career readiness in agriculture.

Ryleigh Uzzle – Muhlenberg County High School

Ryleigh’s SAE Project focuses on starting a small, at-home poultry farm to raise chickens and sell their eggs locally, as well as providing eggs for the family. Ryleigh plans to solidify her project through purchasing the chickens and the materials necessary for raising them. This experience will help Ryleigh build skills, increase responsibility, and enhance career readiness in agriculture.

Zack Stewart – Muhlenberg County High School

Zack’s SAE project involves selling deer corn. He plans to purchase 500 bags for $380 and a stitching gun for $110 to support his project. This opportunity will help Zack build skills, take on more responsibility, and enhance career readiness in agriculture.

Mikayla Bumgardner – Muhlenberg County Middle School

Mikayal’s SAE project focuses on the complete care, management, and housing of their horse, Dan. This involves ensuring proper shelter, safe fencing, adequate nutrition, and using essential equipment for daily care and training. By undertaking this project, Mikayla will strengthen her skills, increase responsibility, and enhance career readiness in agriculture.

Lane Browning – Muhlenberg County High School

The scope and scale of Lane’s SAE project currently involves mowing lawns and completing additional landscaping tasks for his uncle and cousins’ lawn care business. Lane’s long-term career goal is to become a land surveyor, and gaining experience in outdoor work, land management, and operating equipment directly supports that goal. This opportunity will strengthen his skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Jameson West – Pulaski County

Jameson’s SAE project involves raising five personally owned heifers with the goal of selling their calves for profit at auction. He plans to purchase new hay rings or feed troughs. This opportunity will strengthen the student’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Baylee Campbell – Pulaski County High School

Baylee’s current SAE Project is raising and showing lambs. She plans to continue showing with FFA and expanding the student’s knowledge about showing lambs. This opportunity will strengthen the student’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Flora Pierce – Southwestern High School

The scope of Flora’s SAE Project is a cow-calf operation that the student started in April of 2024. She talked to a local farmer in the student’s area who has experience with cattle, and he advised her on what to purchase for her heifer and the calves. This opportunity will strengthen Flora’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Kyra Patrick – Southwestern Highschool FFA

The scope of Kyra’s SAE Project will be to breed and sell rabbits. She plans to expand her SAE through careful management and care of her rabbits. This opportunity will strengthen her skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Ean Sanford – Warren East

Ean plans to raise chickens and build a chicken coop. The supplies needed to construct the coop include lumber, fencing, roofing, fasteners, and gates. This opportunity will strengthen his skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Luke Renfro – Warren East

Luke’s SAE project includes growing and developing his show sheep. He plans to purchase shears for his lambs. This opportunity will strengthen Luke’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Liam Kingery – Warren East FFA

Liam’s SAE project focuses on raising registered Duroc feeder and show pigs. He plans to purchase a new gilt, which is essential for continuing improving the student’s genetics and expanding the student’s project. This opportunity will strengthen Liam’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Grants Awarded by Hutson, Inc. 

Ty Watson – Carlisle County FFA Chapter

Ty’s SAE project is beef cattle entrepreneurship. In his SAE project, he will buy heifers to breed with his dad’s bulls. This opportunity will strengthen Ty’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Alex King – Muhlenberg County High School

Alex’s SAE project focuses on equine training, management, and health care. Alex plans to expand and improve her SAE by allowing the purchase of an automatic water trough for the student’s horses. This opportunity will strengthen her skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Bryson Burden – Ohio county

Bryson has a sheep-based SAE that the student began in the fall of the year. He has purchased the current ewes using youth cost-share funds and money he has earned by working for other farmers. This opportunity will strengthen Bryson’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Emersyn Beyke – Trinity High School

Emersyn’s SAE focuses on caring for and managing chickens. Emersyn plans to expand and improve her SAE to care for the chickens in a safe and sustainable way by purchasing the items needed (like proper feed, bedding, waterers, and feeders). This opportunity will strengthen Emersyn’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Grants Awarded by the Mulhollem Cravens Foundation 

Aristotle Brown – Apollo High School

Aristotle plans to create a medium sized garden that contains jalapenos, tomatoes, peaches and cream corn, green beans, cucumbers, and bell peppers. He plans to buy the proper equipment and plant/seeds that will be needed for this project. This opportunity will strengthen Aristotle’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Gracie Jones – Barren County High School FFA

Gracie’s current SAE project involves managing a seasonal garden. This year, she has covered all expenses and earned some income through the school’s Trojan Table, a farm-to-table initiative where students raise and harvest fruits and vegetables to sell to the school, supporting locally sourced fresh foods in school cafeterias. This opportunity will enhance Gracie’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Brooklyn Wyatt – Barren County Middle School FFA

Brooklyn’s SAE project consists of raising Black Angus and Charolais heifers. The purpose of her SAE is to expand her herd of cattle, so when she is older she will have their own herd. This opportunity will strengthen Brooklyn’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Michael Miller – Breckenridge County FFA

In 2018, Michael started his  own cattle herd. He plans to expand and grow the herd. This opportunity will strengthen Michael’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Michael Sutton – Crittenden County

Michael currently has a working laying hen operation. He plans to expand the housing infrastructure and buy more hens. This opportunity will strengthen Michael’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Beylah Davis – Great Crossing FFA

Beylah’s SAE project is raising and showing chickens. Beylah plans to exponentially expand the flock numbers and utilize the new chickens to establish a breeding business and generate some income. This opportunity will strengthen the student’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Maria Preston – King Middle School

Maria’s SAE project is about growing and selling succulents and decorating pots to sell with them.  She will also decorate the pots to make them appealing to her customers. This opportunity will strengthen her skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Grady Salsburey – Locust Trace

Grady’s SAE is over researching the environmental benefits of plants and different growing techniques, with a large focus in genetics and bioengineering. Furthermore, he plans to purchase microscope equipment that will enable him to observe the plant cells and traits in even finer detail, allowing observations and research to be done on a macro and micro scale. This opportunity will strengthen Grady’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Andrew Johnson – Madisonville North Hopkins

For Andrew’s SAE, he plans to purchase a dexter heifer with two companion goats. This will allow him to grow and expand his herd. This opportunity will strengthen Andrew’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Colby Beard – Marion County FFA

Colby’s SAE focuses on wildlife management through trapping on his family farm. He plans to expand his trapping into a more productive operation and invest in additional trapping equipment and supplies, thereby increasing its effectiveness. This opportunity will strengthen Colby’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Haley Garrett – Marion County High School

Hayley’s SAE project focuses on chicken production and management. Her goal is to eventually expand by purchasing more chickens and investing in better housing, which will allow for more efficient production and accommodate a larger flock. This opportunity will strengthen Hayley’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Lyla Johnson – Marion County High School

Lyla’s SAE project focuses on the student’s involvement in the beef industry as well as the student’s commercial herd of Shorthorn breeding cattle. She plans to purchase a Shorthorn Heifer to show at numerous shows this year, including the KY State Fair. This opportunity will strengthen Lyla’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Aitana Yaretzi Ortega Dominguez – Nelson County

Aitana’s SAE focuses on raising goats. She plans to construct a secure goat pen by setting four study posts, stretching wire fencing, and attaching wooden boards,, along with installing a gate and building a small house for the goats. She plans to purchase supplies and equipment to expand and improve the project, which will strengthen Aitana’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Blake Rankin – Nelson County Schools

Blake and his partner are getting chickens and feeding them different types of feed to see what produces what for his SAE project. They are going to sell the eggs and the chickens that hatch, giving them funds to buy chickens, the cage, and food. This opportunity will strengthen Blake’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Grayson Rogers – Owen County High School

Grayson works with a farrier out of Frankfort KY, currently requiring him to drive from Ohio to Tennessee to shoe and trim horses. He plans to purchase supplies and equipment to expand and improve the project. This opportunity will strengthen Grayson’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Nathan Reid – Tates Creek Middle School

Nathan plans to establish an educational beekeeping program at Tates Creek Middle School to provide students with a unique hands-on opportunity centered on environmental sustainability, agriculture, and science for his SAE. He plans to purchase one full beehive, treatments for various pests such as mites and beetles, and other equipment necessary for establishing and maintaining a beehive at our school. This opportunity will strengthen Nathan’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Abby Craig – Todd County Central High School

Abby’s SAE centers on entrepreneurial goat management and working for her dad on the family farm alongside horses, cows, and forage. In exchange for land and feed, she operates a business, but is responsible for expenses such as medicines, maintenance, and supplies. This opportunity will strengthen Abby’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Allie Chandler – Todd County Central High School

Allie is currently farming and managing a small herd of goats and a few bottle calves for her SAE. She is looking to expand her SAE by investing in a feeder calf. This opportunity will strengthen Allie’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Madalyn Hayden – Trinity FFA

Madalyn’s SAE focuses on raising and caring for laying hens and hatching chicks to grow her small poultry operation. She keeps track of how many eggs are collected each day, how much feed and supplies cost, and how the student’s flock is growing. This opportunity will strengthen Madalyn’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Nate Terry – Trinity FFA

Nate’s SAE is focused on running his own mowing and grounds maintenance business on farms. This project helps him learn how to run a small business, manage his time, and take care of farm equipment. This opportunity will strengthen Nate’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Brianna Reid – Washington County

Brianna and her family have a flock of chickens and sell the eggs to others. She plans to expand her flock by buying more laying hens. This opportunity will strengthen Brianna’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Maria Speray – Woodford County High School

Maria’s SAE is focused on growing and starting flowers in different manners to see which form is the most effective way to grow them. This will help her in the future when growing plants, specifically flowers. She plans to have a successful flower garden because of it. This opportunity will strengthen Maria’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Wyatt Richards – Woodford County High School

Wyatt’s Supervised Agricultural Experience is an entrepreneurship SAE focused on raising Coturnix quail for egg production, and selling fresh quail eggs to people in the student’s local area as a small-scale agricultural business. This opportunity will strengthen Wyatt’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Grants Awarded by the Snowy Owl Foundation 

Madison Bettencourt – Bondurant Middle School

Madison’s SAE project focuses on assisting local farmers with cattle operations while also contributing to programs at Camp Hero, where they support nature immersion activities, veteran hunts, and youth hunts. Through these experiences, she is developing strong skills in responsibility, work ethic, and agricultural career readiness. 

Brooklynn Allen – Bullitt Central High School

The student plans to start and grow a small bakery business by baking and selling homemade loaves of bread, rolls, bagels, and sourdough along with other pastries for her SAE. Her goal is to expand from making it for just her family to selling at local events, farmers markets, or by pre-orders. This opportunity will strengthen Brooklyn’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Embry Stivers – Henry County High School

Embry’s SAE project is woodworking. He plans to expand his business through the purchase of King Arthur’s total sanding kit. He started his SAE by using tobacco sticks from his family farm to create customized cutting boards and various woodworking projects. Embry sells them at local community events and shows. This opportunity will strengthen his skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Carter Hutcherson – Western Hills FFA Chapter

Carter is developing a Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) focused on building skills in an agricultural enterprise. His business, C.W. Mediaworks, is a digital communications entrepreneurship that includes photography, videography, graphic design, and writing. He started this business with the goal of turning his passions into practice while providing the highest-quality photos, videos, and graphics and bringing awareness to the agricultural industry using the resources that he has available. This opportunity will strengthen Carter’s skills, responsibility, and career readiness in agriculture.

Molly Lochmann – Woodford County High School

Molly’s SAE project involves launching an on-farm market that will offer Angus beef raised on their farm, along with fruits, vegetables, honey, and products from local farmers and artisans. This initiative supports local agriculture while providing Molly with hands-on experience in marketing, sales, and business management.