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RE: Daily Dose of Sultnpapper 02/25/18 > Livestock shows and FFA what you probably don’t know…
A participation check? That's just silly... Maybe that money could be put to much better use. Like say, scholarships to go to a learning camp of some sort. That would at least have some meaning.
Interesting history about the group though. Curious if they have positions concerning mega corporation farms?
It really isn't silly , I just made the name sound silly, it cost each kid a pretty good amount of money to buy feed and such for these animals, the money goes to offset some of those costs for the kid. Feeding a steer for a year can easily get over a grand with the high protein feeds and supplements. Chickens are a lot less obviously but you see what I mean, it isn't whole lot either because there a large number of participants at these events.
They do recognize the farm is going big corporate and have adjusted to that with how they are teaching these kids, a lot of what they are learning is geared that direction.
Ah, well when you put it that way, it makes sense as a subsidy for participants that may not have otherwise entered, but that seems better served as an up-front subsidy, not an afterthought of leftover rewards.
Well the thing about those funds is that they aren't available before hand to do an up front subsidy because the sale at the shows is where the money comes from, the other thing is that even if it was there a kid might take the money and then abandon the project and walk away with the cash, probably not likely but not out of the realm of possibility by any means either.