Monthly Archives: October 2022
Extemporaneous LDE Winner Hails From Texas
Bryce Fischer of the Florence FFA chapter in Texas won the National Extemporaneous Public Speaking Leadership Development Event (LDE) and says it was a bitter sweet ending to his last year competing in LDE’s. The National FFA Extemporaneous Public Speaking … Continue reading
2022 Dairy Production – Placement Winner Anthony Agueda
Anthony Agueda of the Hughson FFA Chapter in California grew up on a third-generation dairy farm. His involvement with the operation began the summer before his freshman year. On 600 acres and with a milking herd of 2,200 cows, his … Continue reading
2022 Agriscience Research – Animal Systems Winner Raigan McKee
Raigan McKee of the Oologah FFA Chapter in Oklahoma has spent three years researching the use of specific treatments to improve biosecurity measures taken by livestock producers. She began her research after visiting a commercial hog operation and became interested … Continue reading
Carrie Rhoades Named 2022 National Proficiency Winner in Dairy Production – Entrepreneurship
Carrie Rhoades of the Ansonia FFA Chapter in Ohio is a seventh-generation dairy farmer, raising her own herds of dairy replacement heifers, milking cows and dairy show cattle. She has a labor exchange agreement with her father to pay for … Continue reading
Versailles FFA of Ohio Named 2022 Model of Excellence
The Versailles FFA Chapter of Ohio was named the 2022 Model of Excellence at the 95th National FFA Convention & Expo. Versailles FFA promoted farm safety in their community by hosting a Family Farm Safety Night event. To promote economic … Continue reading
2022 National Diversified Agricultural Production Proficiency Reciepent: Justin Duenke
Justin Duenke of the Audrain County R-VI FFA Chapter in Missouri has a supervised agricultural experience in multiple areas including beef, grain, oil crops and forage production. His placement is on a third-generation family farm consisting of row crops, Haflinger … Continue reading
Retiring Address: Courtney Zimmerman
Listen to Central Region Vice President Courtney Zimmerman’s retiring address… http://www.ffaconvention.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/RetiringAddress_ZimmermanCourtney.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
2022 Beef Production Placement Proficiency Winner- Lizzie Schafer
Lizzie Catherine Schafer of the Taylorville FFA Chapter in Illinois works for her family farm, producing 120 head of Angus cattle and focusing on performance tested bulls, breeding females, show heifers, and profitable feedlot cattle. This experience has given her … Continue reading
2022 Agriscience Research- Integrated Systems Winner: Garren Hamby
Garren Thomas Hamby of the Eagleville FFA Chapter in Tennessee conducts research that is tied to his other enterprises, including a livestock operation called Hoofstock Ventures and a strategy/marketing consultancy called agEXCEDE. With the former, he focused on analyzing advanced … Continue reading
School Project Asks FFA Members, “Why Should Kids Join 4-H and FFA?”
For one student in Ohio, he recently joined the National FFA organization and is already taking initiative to lead the organization. Wyatt Morrow, among friends, are interviewing FFA members and people throughout the National FFA Convention and Expo. The task … Continue reading