As Nevada Farm Bureau's Young Farmer's and Rancher's We Are the Voice of Agriculture
NVFB YF&R Chair Profile
Hi, I am Jamie Perkins, the NV Farm Bureau’s Young Farmer and Rancher Chair. Grant and I are busy raising5 kids, 4 boys and a girl. While we do not get to farm full-time, Grant has a custom hay-loading business (that he learned from working with his dad) that he runs in his spare time, loading semi’s one bale at a time with an old hay boom, and we keep the kids busy with horses, chickens, raising Grandpa’s orphan calves, getting sheep ready for the livestock show, and dogs and cats, too! I was one of those kids lucky enough to be raised with a rope swing from the hayloft of our family’s century-old barn, and because of those experiences, I have a great love for farming and ranching which keeps me working hard to build the NVFB YF&R program and promote agriculture in any way I can!
2012 Discussion Meet Winner
Cory Shrecengost (left) won our DM Competition this year--he is a state officer for the NV FFA and did a great job, unfortunately, FFA had the meetings the same weekend as the national convention and he was not able to go with us and compete this year!
Discussion Meet Questions for State Meeting in 2013!!
The Questions for the 2013 Meeting are not out yet--but I will post them when I get them!!
2009 Achievement Award Winner
Lee Mathews is only the second person to represent NV YF&R with this title, he attended AFBF's annual meeting in Seattle, Washington. (Click on the pic for more info or ask!)
Ag Lit Project
Each fall we select accurate agriculture books for elementary schools throughout the state and then take them in to classes and read the books and answer questions as we visit with the students about agriculture. Books are purchased and donated by the county FB's to the schools. Above is Dann Mathews, of Dry Valley, reading to 3rd grade students in Pioche Elementary in Lincoln County.
Harvest For All Project
Another YF&R Project that we have just started working on is a food drive that is done throughout many states and partners with Feding America. Click on the pic for more!
State & County Contacts:
State YF&R Chair: Jamie Perkins jamie@nvfb.org Central FB (Esmereada, Mineral, & Nye): Carl Newberry, County Pres. Churchill: Julie Wolf, Pres. Clark: Glen Hardy, Pres. Micah Leatham, YF&R Chair Douglas: Fred Stodiek, County Pres. Elko: Jonathan Dahl, County Pres. Levi Chandler, YF&R Chair. Humboldt: Arlow Nielsen, County Pres. Lander: Paul Young, County Pres. Lincoln: Bevan Lister, Pres. Jamie Perkins, YF&R Chair jamie@nvfb.org Lyon: Darrell Pursel, County Pres. Washoe: Louie Damonte Jr., County Pres. White Pine: Jake Carter, YF&R Chair
In case you are having one of those days and you are ready to throw in the towel on your operation, check out these pic's and see if your day compares...
Together, we can educate about and promote agriculture, develop leadership skills, influence legislation, and HAVE FUN!!
Nevada Farm Bureau
Click here for the NVFB Webpage!
American Farm Bureau's YF&R
Click here to go to AFBF's YF&R Home Page!
NVFB State Meeting
We are still in the works of the what, when and where, of the state meeting--As usual it should be sometime around the middle of November, but Hopefully I will have more info the next time our planning committee meets!!
Nevada Ag Facts
(Click on the pic for quick facts about Ag in our State)
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