Author Archives: Michelle Stangler

Zoe Parrott of the Northmor FFA Chapter in Ohio watched her father raise sheep when she was a child and became inspired to follow in his footsteps. Her project consists of 24 ewes that are mainly Hampshire and Hamp crosses, … Continue reading →

Matt Malcom of the Morgan County High FFA Chapter in Georgia works on his family’s 100-acre nursery, where he grows 40 varieties of ornamental trees. His duties include planting, spraying herbicides, pruning, setting up irrigation systems, cleaning underbrush and harvesting. … Continue reading →

Mackenzie Henning of the Jackson County Central FFA Chapter in Minnesota works for an independent seed corn business in her community. Starting as an intern before becoming a paid employee, her responsibilities were initially simple – hand detasseling seed corn … Continue reading →

Luke Hendrix of the Wayne County FFA Chapter in Georgia works for Eighth Day Farms, a pecan farm his family started in 2011. The farm has 1,100 trees and grows five pecan cultivars. He is involved in each production stage, … Continue reading →

The primary reason for the National FFA Convention is to host the delegate experience to carry out the business of the National FFA Organization. There are 475 students leaders through every state association including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands … Continue reading →

John Schutte has been the National FFA Convention organist for 6 years and stays because of the kindness of FFA members. Not only does he play to entertain students, but in summer he can be seen playing for the Cincinnati … Continue reading →

Cason Love of the Stephenville FFA Chapter in Texas works on his father’s farm. The operation involves producing forage for their cattle and selling to various customers throughout the tri-county area. His responsibilities include cutting hay, running the tractor and … Continue reading →

Peter Bliss of the Merced-Golden Valley FFA Chapter in California was operating tractors and harvesters by the sixth grade. The family operation grows cotton, corn, wheat and almonds. When he entered high school, he inherited thirty acres of his own … Continue reading →

Renea Schmitmeyer of the Versailles FFA Chapter in Ohio works on her family’s farm, milking 180 Holstein cows in a double ten parlor and thirty breeding age heifers with three herd bulls. She also bottle-feeds 200 baby calves. Her tasks … Continue reading →

Harrison Falcofsky of the Stewarts Creek FFA Chapter in Tennessee has completed seven research projects in high school. These include concrete strength experimentation, the feed efficiency of goat kids on a “Robo-Mom” feeder versus traditional feeder, a literature review on … Continue reading →