Regional Star Farmer plans dairy future
BY RUTH ANN BENEDICT
Staff Correspondent
WAYNESBORO - Jesse
Reichard probably did not
know when he bought his
first Holstein heifer back in
1966 that m 14 years he would
own a herd of 18 registered
Holstems, including two
bulls.
Now, at 17, he owns a herd
of 18 and was named
Regional Star Farmer for
the South Central District in
Agriculture Production at
the 51st FFA Convention in
January. Jesse is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Reichard,
Pump House Rd.,
Waynesboro, and is a senior
at the Waynesboro Senior
High School.
Currently engaged in
farming with his father on a
140 acre farm, Jesse’s
milking cows can be found
on his brother Edgar’s farm
located not far from the
home farm.
But cows are not his only
bag!
Jesse is a very active
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member in the Blue Ridge
Chapter at the Waynesboro
School. He is the president of
the Blue Ridge FFA Chapter
and served as treasurer in
1978. In 1979 he was
treasurer of the county FFA
group.
He has received his Star
Green Hand, Chapter Star
Farmer, County Star Far
mer and has won a
Production Credit Award on
his project books over the
past years.
In the four years Jesse has
been mvolved m FFA at
Waynesboro, he has in
creased his projects from
just five his first year to rune
enterprises this year, while
widening his exposure to all
areas of agriculture
production.
Currently Jesse’s FFA
enterprises include dairy
herd, swine marketing,
broilers, alfalfa, clover hay,
wheat, oats, rye and com.
This past growing season
he harvested 46 acres of
com, six acres of oats, 24
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acres of clover, five acres of
rye, 16 acres of alfalfa, and
10 acres of wheat for a total
of 107 acres.
During the past two years
Jesse has purchased a
stacker and a tractor,
enabling him to do some
custom stacking for fanners
in the surrounding area. This
past fall he made some 215
stacks not including those
on the home farm.
When asked about the
future, this prospective
young farmer talks in
phrases of “I would like to
see”.
Jesse faces reality and
recognizes the fact that it is
hard to get started m the
dairy business m this day
and age. This fact alone
stops many young~people,
but Jesse wants to be in the
dairy industry even if he is
not directly working and
owning a dairy farm.
He has plans and dreams
which include building a
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