MADISON — In a record-setting day, the Supervised Agricultural Experience Grant committee of the Wisconsin FFA Foundation awarded nearly $34,000 in grants to Wisconsin FFA members. A total of 47 members from 30 chapters will receive $33,712 to either start or advance their SAE projects. 

The 2019 Wisconsin FFA Foundation SAE Grants were awarded in five categories: dairy, grain production, livestock, organic agriculture and start-up. Candidates were chosen based on the level and scope of their SAE project, as well as their age, financial need and future plans for their individual projects. 

The 2019 Wisconsin FFA Foundation SAE Grant sponsors and local grant recipients include: 

Dairy SAE Grants were sponsored by Bio-Vet, Inc.; Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin; Nasco; Saputo Cheese USA and We Energies. A Dairy grant was awarded to the following recipient: Whitney Clason, Albany FFA.

The Livestock SAE Grants continued to be sponsored by the Andis Foundation and Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales Association. Livestock SAE Grants were awarded to: Cayla Golackson, Darlington FFA; Luke McCullough, Juda FFA; Jensen Christensen, Monroe FFA. 

Start-up SAE Grants were provided by the Andis Foundation, BlueScope Buildings, Paul and Kristen Gross, and Sartori Company. Start-up grants were awarded to: Lilly Clason, Albany FFA.