Steering Towards Success {SAE Visit}

Mikayla about to weigh-in

The second SAE visit I made was to visit Makayla Kutz who raises steers on her family's farm. Mikayla grew up around steers and has shown them since she was allowed. Mikayla is a senior at Big Spring High School and has kept records on your steer projects the past 3 years. This has been her project of choice because she knew early on she wanted to be a large animal vet. Mikayla is going to live this dream out by attending The Ohio State University in the fall.

Mikayla's goals with her steers were to lower her input costs. She set this goal knowing she has experience with raising steers and would like a bigger return since she knows college is expensive. As Mikayla has assesses her finances she knows she can barter with her parents to receive free hay and grain for her animal if she works on the farm. Makayla would like to stay involved with steers when she attends OSU because she wants to continually learn to bring back her knowledge to the farm. She is also raising a steer to show at Shippensburg fair she her final project this year.

Mikayla finds keeping records on steers difficult because the project starts int he fall. She wants to improve her timeliness with entering her journal entries and income and expenses. She also has a goal to utilize Flextime at Big Spring HS to enter her in-class time and FFA activities to ensure she does not get behind. Mikayla is concerned with going to OSU that she will lose her dedication to her record book but has a long term goal of obtaining her American Degree. Mikayla has made many positive decisions to set her up for the American Degree and her career as a large animal vet after he time at OSU.