Tag Archives: Proficiency
James Miles Named 2023 National Proficiency Winner in Fruit Production – Entrepreneurship/Placement
Jamin Allen Miles III of the Appling County FFA Chapter in Georgia has had two placement experiences at blueberry operations. The farms grow a total of nearly 600 acres of blueberries, as well as have processing and packing facilities. The … Continue reading
Dawson Woerner Named 2023 National Proficiency Winner in Turf Grass Management – Entrepreneurship/Placement
Dawson Woerner of the Shenandoah FFA Chapter in Indiana works for his father’s 900-acre sod farm, supplying landscapers and builders throughout central and northern Indiana. When he started helping with the operation, he was limited to clearing the fields of … Continue reading
Caldyn David Huper Named 2023 National Proficiency Winner in Agricultural Mechanics Repair and Maintenance – Placement
Caldyn David Huper of the United South Central FFA Chapter in Minnesota works for his family’s agricultural equipment repair business, diagnosing, repairing, restoring, and maintaining equipment. He has completed several projects, including several major engine overhauls and transmission rebuilds. Huper … Continue reading
Hayden Holdgrafer Named 2023 National Proficiency Winner in Diversified Crop Production – Entrepreneurship
Hayden Holdgrafer of the Easton Valley FFA Chapter in Iowa began his supervised agricultural experience (SAE) by renting acres to grow corn, soybeans and hay. The scope of his projects grew each year along with the number of acres he … Continue reading
Morgan Hodge Named 2023 National Proficiency Winner in Outdoor Recreation – Entrepreneurship/Placement
Morgan Hodge of the West Liberty FFA Chapter in Iowa was introduced to trapshooting and outdoor recreation when she took her first hunter’s safety course at the age of 12. Her father and grandfather were avid trapshooters who taught her … Continue reading
Hunter Sharp Named 2023 National Proficiency Winner in Agricultural Sales – Placement
Hunter Sharp of the Chiefland FFA Chapter in Florida is the assistant manager at Quincey Beef. He is tasked with taking inventory on trucks and in cold storage, inventory management, connecting with wholesale customers, maintaining records and more. He also posts … 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
Griffin Gillmor, Ohio FFA Member, Awarded National Vegetable Production Proficiency
Griffin Craig Gillmore of the Lakota FFA Chapter in Ohio has been engaged in his family farm for as long as he can remember. While the majority of the 1,780 acres are devoted to growing sugar beets, approximately 200 acres … Continue reading
Texas FFA Member, Sunny Cowley, Awarded Goat Production Proficiency
Sunny Cowley of the Canyon FFA Chapter in Texas owns a show goat herd consisting of 46 head, allowing her to experience all aspects of raising goats from breeding to marketing. Her top priorities are to maintain the health of … 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