Sherburne-Earlville High School senior Edward Geier was selected to receive a $1,000 Rabo Agrifinance SAE grant to help create and enhance his maple syrup production business. (Submitted photo)

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.