Name: Hunter Reese

Grade: 12

Placement: Center Hardwood LLC

Accomplishments: 

Hunter’s placement is with Center Hardwood LLC where he helps to load trucks, and assist in the mill areas to make shavings for chicken bedding and wood stove pellets.

Hunter hopes one day to join the family operation as a full-time employee and eventually manage the operation.  Hunter’s AgriScience SAE’s are usually developed from his interests of the outdoors and hunting.  This year he is trying his hand at food science since he spends some hours each fall helping to make salsa.

Hunter’s 34 hours of community service included planting trees, cleaning up trash and raising funds for the Tyrone Football Boosters Club.

Hunter met his hours and investments through is placement and AgriScience SAE programs.

Over the past three years, Hunter attended State leadership conferences, an Area Dodgeball tournament (where they captured 3^rd place) and competed in soil judging, Envirothon and AgriScience.

In order to receive the highest State FFA Degree a student must be enrolled as an FFA member for the past 24 months, be a senior or recent graduate, complete two years of Ag courses, over 300 hours in a Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) placement (paid or unpaid), participate in 10 FFA chapter activities and five FFA activities above the chapter level, complete 25 hours of community services, include one photo of their SAE program and explain the skills learned, and submit an application.