Monthly Archives: November 2013
Garrett Kite wins proficiency on national stage
Garrett Kite of the A. B. Graham Ohio Hi – Point FFA Chapter in St. Paris, Ohio has a placement SAE with a local equipment sales and service company. Here, he is responsible for working on tractors, combines, spraers, planets … Continue reading
Sundquist inspired members with his speech
Inspirational speaker Josh Sundquist inspired FFA members when he spoke. Sundquist lost his leg to cancer at age 9 and moved on to become an olympic gold medalist and a best selling author. Our own Jamye Freeman sat down with … Continue reading
Georgia FFA member Jacob Schindler named American Star in Agriscience
Jacob Schindler’s sixth-grade science teacher required all of his students to participate in the school science fair. So he began plotting his project – a mission to Mars. He theorized that by introducing a noxious, invasive vine native to southern … Continue reading
Illinois FFA member Tyler Loschen named American Star Farmer
Tyler Loschen’s father is a former agriculture teacher and his mother was his agriculture teacher and FFA advisor in high school. So naturally, he believes that he was predestined to be a part of FFA. The Illinois FFA member always … Continue reading
Kentucky FFA member Chelsey Schlosnagle named American Star in Agribusiness
Chelsey Schlosnagle remembers the fun she had as a small girl selling farm-fresh eggs to members of her church. Thanks to word of mouth, demand for her eggs grew. Quickly. “One day, an upscale restaurant in the area called to … Continue reading
Zimmerman wins proficiency at the national level
Aaron Zimmerman of the Spencer FFA Chapter in Wisconsin began his SAE with website design and management, reconfiguring his chapter’s website. Since those early days, he has developed more skills, allowing him to include graphic design, video production, media interviews … Continue reading
Hingson wins national Agriscience Student of the Year
Chance Hingson represented the Lowndes FFA in this years Agriscience Student of the Year competition. Hingson, experimented with crops on his family farm to win the award in the are of Plant Systems Division one. Jamye Freeman has the story. … Continue reading
Vold wins proficiency on the national level
Skyler Vold of the Red Rock Central FFA chapter in Lamberton, Minnesota, works at an agricultural research center where he raises and sustains eight colonies of different crop pest insects. The insects are raised for research and to sell. When … Continue reading
Sharp wins proficiency at the national leve
While working on his uncle’s farm, Garrett Sharp of the Waukomis FFA chapter in Waukomis, Oklahoma, began thinking about conservation practices that would preserve the farm’s natural resources. Working with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, he learned to develop a … Continue reading
Seals wins proficiency at the national level
Matthew Seals of the Tazewell FFA chapter in New Tazewell, Tennessee, grew up with a logger for a father and would constantly beg to help him with his work. When he was 10, his father gave him the green light. … Continue reading