Tag Archives: FFA Proficiency
Bailee Amstutz Named 2023 National Proficiency Winner in Sheep Production – Entrepreneurship/Placement
Bailee Amstutz of the North Union FFA Chapter in Ohio sold her first lamb on the sale block when she was 2 years old. At the age of 6, her grandmother gave her her first show lamb. Today, she has … Continue reading
Morelia Vieyra Named 2023 National Proficiency Winner in Equine Science – Placement
Morelia Vieyra of the Madera FFA Chapter in California works as a stable hand and groomer at Rancho Alegre Stables, boarding and training more than 40 horses. The ranch has 42 covered stalls and multiple pastures to house the horses, … Continue reading
Lillie Cagle Named 2023 National Proficiency Winner in Agricultural Education – Entrepreneurship/Placement
Lillie Cagle of the Bledsoe FFA Chapter in Tennessee wrote and illustrated an interactive children’s book designed to advance agricultural knowledge and education among elementary-age students. She has taken her book to elementary schools to read to students and was … Continue reading
Kendra Downing Named 2023 National Proficiency Winner in Agricultural Sales – Entrepreneurship
Kendra Downing of the Cambridge FFA Chapter in Illinois has owned and operating the Downing Daughters’ Farm Stand for the last four years. She buys pumpkins, honey, mums, popcorn, Indian corn, broom corn, and straw from local wholesales, selling them … Continue reading
California FFA Member, Samuel Jimenez, Honored as Specialty Animal Production Proficiency Award Recipient
Samuel Jimenez of the Madera FFA Chapter in California works at Mad Town Koi, a fishery that specializes in raising butterfly, utsuri, tancho, Showa, and kohaku koi. The fishery is vertically integrated, handling the fish during their entire growth cycle, … Continue reading
Grace DiGiovanni of South Dakota Wins Service Learning National FFA Proficiency
Grace Constance DiGiovanni of the McCook Central FFA Chapter in South Dakota attended a national youth healthy living summit and became inspired to promote health and wellness in her community. Backpacks containing food are distributed to students in her school … Continue reading
Thomas Rindfuss Named 2022 National Proficiency Winner in Fiber and/or Oil Crop Production – Entrepreneurship/Placement
Thomas Rindfuss of the Wynford FFA Chapter in Ohio works for his family’s farm, producing 620 acres of soybeans from early spring tillage through fall harvest. Throughout the year, he performs multiple tasks, from welding to driving tractors to installing … Continue reading
2022 National Agricultural Sales Placement Proficiency Recipient: Tanner Owen
Tanner Owen of the Canyon FFA Chapter in Texas works for Premier Nutrition Technologies, a small feed supplement business that his family owns. The operation sells feed supplements designed for show animals ranging from pigs to cattle. He assists with … Continue reading
2022 National Agricultural Communications Proficiency Recipient: Laura Wuebker
Laura Wuebker of the Versailles FFA Chapter in Ohio works for WGTR radio station as a co-farm news director. In this position, she informs listeners about agriculture-related topics through researching stories and broadcasting them. She contacts 10 local grain elevators … Continue reading
Price Wins Vet Medicine Proficiency
Nicole Asheley Price of the Plano East FFA Chapter in Texas, works at a veterinary clinic. She has taken several veterinary classes at her school. Price is knowledgeable in common terminology, anatomy and physiology; hospital procedures and parasitology. She plans … Continue reading