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“Farmers are a resilient group as you well know, but we’ve been hit with a lot of things in the past few years.”

-Roy Singleton

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The 2016-17 National FFA Officers officially kicked off convention with the opening ceremonies

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The 2016-17 National Officers kicked off convention with Reflections–I Can. We Will.

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“This year’s National FFA Convention theme is “I can, we will” and if each of us have a part in building those communities up, you’re going to see a tremendous change in our world.”

– Cody Mcqueen

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David Townsend, an agricultural and natural resources and plant science major at the University of Delaware, was elected president. This is the first time the state of Delaware has had a national FFA president.

Each year at the National FFA Convention & Expo, six students are elected by delegates to represent the organization as National FFA officers. Delegates elect a president, secretary and vice presidents representing the central, southern, eastern and western regions of the country.

National officers commit to a year of service to the National FFA Organization. Each travels more than 100,000 national and international miles to interact with business and industry leaders, thousands of FFA members and teachers, corporate sponsors, government and education officials, state FFA leaders, the general public and more. The team will lead personal growth and leadership training conferences for FFA members throughout the country and help set policies that will guide the future of FFA and promote agricultural literacy.

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Victoria Harris  of Florida, a biology major at the University of Florida, will serve as secretary.

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Valerie Earley of Minnesota, an agricultural communications major at the University of Minnesota, will serve as central region vice president.

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Ashley Willits  of New York, an agricultural education major at Tarleton State University, was elected eastern region vice president.

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