Who we are
We are just a couple of ag teachers who are passionate about the profession and want what’s best for teachers and students.
Swaff
The son of an ag teacher (who is now deceased along with his twin brother who was also an ag teacher), Swaff grew up as a poor bald kid on the wrong side of the tracks in Savannah, Missouri. He has been involved in the agricultural education profession at both the high school and university levels for the past 25 years. He is currently an ag teacher at Canadian High School in Canadian, Texas where he works with the best teaching partner he’s ever had. He has three children, two of which proudly represent the Kingfisher FFA Chapter in Oklahoma (his youngest isn’t old enough to be in FFA yet). In his spare time he enjoys woodworking, jockeying livestock, watching his kids dominate in FFA and sports, and long walks on the beach.
Lyle
Lyle Logemann was born upon the sweeping High Plains of Eastern New Mexico and West Texas, where the wind does not merely blow—it carves character. From his earliest days, he showed an uncommon devotion to service, engaging fully in the noble cause of agricultural leadership through the Future Farmers of America. In his youth, he served not only his state but the nation—as a New Mexico FFA State Officer for two years, and as the distinguished National Vice President for the Western Region during the years 2019 to 2020. A young man, yes—but one already marked by a sense of duty and direction.
He completed his Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Education at Eastern New Mexico University in the year 2021, and, undeterred by the call of lesser pursuits, marched onward to attain a Master of Arts in Agricultural Education and Extension from New Mexico State University in 2024. Now, he finds himself in Stephenville, Texas—proudly known as the “Cowboy Capital of the World”—where he carries out the high calling of instructing young minds in Agricultural Mechanics.
Lyle is a man possessed not merely of knowledge, but of passion—a deep and abiding belief in the worth of the agricultural and western way of life. His experiences, hard-earned and wide-ranging, have afforded him the honour of traveling across this great nation. In towns large and small, he has delivered workshops, offered guidance, and inspired the youth of America to rise to the mantle of leadership in agriculture—and to uphold the rural values that built this country and must still sustain it.
Yet his talents are not confined to the classroom alone. Lyle is an accomplished auctioneer and announcer, trained in the venerable halls of the Western College of Auctioneering in Bozeman, Montana, and the Professional Ringmen’s Institute in Nashville, Tennessee. He brings to the microphone what few can: a bass-baritone voice clear and commanding, a spirit irrepressible, and a presence that demands attention. Whether reading pedigrees at a horse sale, commanding the rhythm of an auction, or speaking to a room full of future leaders, Lyle captivates his audience from the first word to the last gavel.
Above all, Lyle believes—most earnestly and most fervently—that agricultural education is a force capable of changing lives. It is not a mere curriculum, but a cause. And as such, he calls upon his fellow ag teachers to rise from their quiet corners and take their rightful place—not just as instructors, but as stewards of a grand tradition. It is his firm belief that the time has come for school-based agriculture educators to stand tall and united—to form, as he so aptly puts it, a Ministry of Gentlemanly Ag Teachers—a dignified fellowship devoted to honour, to humour, and to the tireless cultivation of knowledge, character, and the soil beneath our feet.