SHERBURNE – Sherburne-Earlville High School senior Edward Geier was selected to receive a $1,000 Rabo Agrifinance SAE grant to help complete his supervised agricultural experience (SAE), a maple syrup production business.

Geier is a member of the Sherburne-Earlville Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapter and was selected to receive the grant from over 2,100 applicants nationwide. With the $1,000 grant, he was able to purchase a new evaporator for his maple syrup business to produce a cleaner syrup.

Rabo Agrifinance offers financial services to United States farmers, ranchers, and agribusiness. Its mission is “...to support leading producers and agribusinesses by recognizing and encouraging the ambition, independence and innovative thinking that is necessary to compete in a global marketplace and to provide the foundation for future generations.”