Communication has been a key element of Jarret Moser's success in his placement supervised agricultural experience (SAE). Jarret took many lessons to heart from his time in the Jefferson County FFA chapter in Jefferson City, Tenn., but building his business and communications skills have impacted his career.
His SAE consists of working on his family's farm, Tennessee Valley Resources. Jarret got involved at an early age, driving tractors before he could drive cars. Now, he assists with planting and harvesting the farm's principal crops, corn and soybeans. Tennessee Valley Resources also has a mining operation, for which Jarret acts as a salesman.
The farm mines gypsum, which is then sold to farmers. Jarret said after government regulations had factories clean their smokestacks, less sulfur has been emitted into the region's air.
A benefit from his FFA experience, Jarret said, was the communications skills he learned along the way. Now that he meets potential clients who have different educational backgrounds, he knows how to relay information to a person in a way that is accessible to them.
Jarret wants to continue farming in the future and sharing knowledge with other crop producers.