Tag Archives: Members

Diversified Crop Production Placement

Diversified Crop Production – Placement- Sponsored by Crop Production Services and National Crop Insurance Services Jakob Wilson of the Fairbanks FFA Chapter in Milford Center, Ohio, works on his family’s 3,700 acre farm, growing corn and soybean in four counties.  … Continue reading

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Diversified Horticulture Entrepreneurship/Placement

Diversified Horticulture- Entrepreneurship Placement- sponsored by Nationwide Insurance Foundation William Maltbie of the Burlington FFA Chapter in Oklahoma fell in love with his first riding lawn mower because it reminded him of a mini tractor.  Soon he added the hedge … Continue reading

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Environmental Science and Natural Resources Entrepreneurship/Placement

Environmental Science and Natural Resources sponsored by the Mosaic Company Trenton Grimes of the Pond Creek-Hunter FFA Chapter in Oklahoma works with his father to construct and rebuild terraces, waterways and reservoirs in the hopes of reducing topsoil loss and … Continue reading

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Fiber and/or Oil Crop Production Entrepreneurship/Placement

Fiber and or Oil Crop Production – sponsored by Bunge North America Kyle Moore of the Early County FFA Chapter in Blakely, Georgia, is employed on the family farm, growing peanuts and cotton.  On a daily basis, his job will … Continue reading

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Grain Production Placement

Grain Production – Placement- sponsored by DuPont Pioneer Nathan Todd Leystra of the Randolph Cambria-Friesland FFA Chapter in Wisconsin is the third generation to work on the family farm.  With more than 1,000 acres, he conducts tillage operations, planting and … Continue reading

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Goat Production Entrepreneurship/Placement

Goat Production – Entrepreneurship/Placement- sponsored by Purina Animal Nutrition – LLC Lindsey Pease of the Chetopa FFA Chapter in Kansas produces Boer goats, emphasizing on the production of show goats.  Beginning with four bred nannies, she anxiously awaited the kids … Continue reading

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Poultry Production Entrepreneurship/Placement

Poultry Production – Entrepreneurship Placement- sponsored by Tractor Supply Company and Tyson Foods, Inc. Candace Barnes of the Franklin County FFA Chapter in Carnesville, Georgia, manages the broiler operation on her family farm.  Consisting of six 40’ X 500’ broiler … Continue reading

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Landscape Management Entrepreneurship/Placement

Landscape Management- Entrepreneurship/Placement- sponsored by John Deere and Tractor Supply Company At three years old, Talon Alexander of the Madill FFA Chapter in Oklahoma had a toy bubble mower so he could mow the lawn just like his dad.  Eventually … Continue reading

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Vegetable Production Entrepreneurship/Placement

      Vegetable Production – Entrepreneurship/Placement sponsored by Tractor Supply Company and Wilbur- Ellis Company Allison Lynn Slagell of the Weatherford FFA Chapter in Oklahoma works with her father and brother on the family farm, growing and marketing commodity … Continue reading

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Turf Grass Managment Entrepreneurship/Placement

Turf Grass Management – Entrepreneurship/Placement- sponsored by John Deere By the time he was in the fourth grade, Matthew Knudson of the Maddock A. S. Gibbens FFA Chapter in North Dakota was already mowing several lawns in his neighborhood with … Continue reading

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