PROFILE
lab . At that point , he switched to a double major of Ag Education and Animal Science .
“ I wound up in that major for most of my sophomore year ,” said McKenna . “ That was when I was finishing up my term as FFA president . I think I was getting a bit burned out on the Ag Ed side of things .”
McKenna reevaluated once again and decided to focus on the things he had really enjoyed – growing up on a farm raising hogs , and the lawn mowing work he had done with his father . At that time ( in early 2000s ), McKenna did not see a viable future for himself in the hog industry , so his focus shifted to the turfgrass industry .
According to McKenna , Barb Clawson , program coordinator for the turfgrass program at Iowa State , introduced him to potential career opportunities in the turfgrass industry . While most of the other students in the Iowa State turfgrass program were focused on golf
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