This morning, I sat up in bed to a sunrise streaming through my window, and as I looked out into the dewy grass, next to the towering silos was our cow herd happily grazing. I took the moment to thank the Lord for allowing me to relish the moment, commit it to memory, and for giving me the opportunity to remember the simple joys of agriculture we encounter on a daily basis but don’t always recognize. I headed outside to start chores and was reminded again of my responsibility to agriculture as my steer, Spaghetti, ran up to the gate to greet me. Most days, for me, the daily chores and work I do on the farm are not only responsibilities, but opportunities. This past summer has been one to remember. As I look back on the last two and a half months, I’ve realized that not only I have honored agricultural opportunities and responsibilities this summer. Each FFA member that I encountered and developed a friendship with also took the chance to leave the comfort of their home to expand their horizons. In Washington DC, I was surrounded with 400 other FFA members who followed their passions for agriculture and took the opportunity to step out of their comfort zone in our nation’s capital. At SGLC, most of the Greenhands I met were “forced” to come, but their experience at camp ended up being one, if not their favorite FFA experience thus far. I continued to honor my agricultural passions by attending not one, but two Junior Nationals with the Salers and Simmental breeds. Friendships were started and reignited with individuals who honor their responsibilities in agriculture today, sharing their role in the cattle business. The people I spent four weeks of my summer with made me realize again why I do what I do…honoring agricultural opportunities and responsibilities. Those of us in agriculture realize how crucial our role in today’s society is, but taking pride in what we do is so much more important. County fairs are coming and going faster than we can blink an eye and school is just around the corner, but as agriculturalists, our job to continue honoring agricultural opportunities and responsibilities is never done.
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Bren Biesiada
8/15/2016 07:35:19 am
This just brings tears to my eyes! I'm so thankful to have such a wonderful niece.
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Kylee
8/16/2016 11:23:47 pm
thanks Bren!! ?
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