Stan Usery of Elkmont has been selected as a member of the 2013 America's Farmers Grow Rural Education Advisory Council. The America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education Farmer Advisory Council is made up of 26 farmers from across the country. The Advisory Council is comprised of farmers with diverse backgrounds including both row crop farmers and cattle ranchers. The farmers on the Advisory Council are agricultural leaders in their own right, are actively involved in their local communities and have a passion for education in rural America. They are responsible for reviewing the top grant applications in each of the targeted CRD’s and selecting the winning school districts. These school districts are eligible to receive a garant of up to $25,000 for math or science based curriculum.
More about Stan and Kayla:
Stan is a member of a family farming operation in northern Alabama. Stan and his father work 700 acres of cotton, wheat, soybeans and corn, in addition to operating nine broiler poultry houses. Stan returned to the farm in 2005 after earning a Bachelor of Science in Agronomy and Soils and a Master of Science in Plant Pathology from Auburn University. Stan also operates a small, plant parasitic nematode testing lab that enumerates and identifies nematodes that attack row crops. He is an active member of the Alabama Farmers Federation, serves on the Alabama Young Farmers Committee, and is vice president of the Alabama Corn and Soybean Association. Stan and his wife, Kayla, have one daughter named Jessa.
Video: Meet Stan Usery
Stan is a member of a family farming operation in northern Alabama. Stan and his father work 700 acres of cotton, wheat, soybeans and corn, in addition to operating nine broiler poultry houses. Stan returned to the farm in 2005 after earning a Bachelor of Science in Agronomy and Soils and a Master of Science in Plant Pathology from Auburn University. Stan also operates a small, plant parasitic nematode testing lab that enumerates and identifies nematodes that attack row crops. He is an active member of the Alabama Farmers Federation, serves on the Alabama Young Farmers Committee, and is vice president of the Alabama Corn and Soybean Association. Stan and his wife, Kayla, have one daughter named Jessa.
Video: Meet Stan Usery
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