FFA: Nurturing Seeds Called Young People
By Greg Wildhaber Dayton, Oregon FFA Chapter Ag Sales Coach I am the FFA Ag Sales coach from Dayton, Oregon. Four students from Dayton, a small farming town with one blinking light, are $1,000 richer because of Monsanto. And, also because of Monsanto’s continuous contribution to the FFA and Ag Sales Career Development Event, thousands of [...]
A Young Alabama Farmer’s Lifelong Balancing Act
By Jillian Very few college students look forward to waking up early on the weekends. Even fewer look forward to waking up to a day of manual labor in the humidity and in nearly 100 degree weather. My fiancé, Jared Etress,doesn’t mind waking up early—or working. Born and raised in Southeast Alabama, farming has always [...]
Ag Education: It’s More Than Learning Where Chocolate Milk Comes From
By Megan Although I may not wear my FFA jacket as often as I did four years ago, I still feel the power of the blue and gold and the importance of agriculture education programs. Four years ago I was serving as the Illinois FFA State Secretary where I traveled over 33,000 miles in one [...]
Focusing on the Future – Ag Youth Today
By Tyne Morgan The National FFA Organization is one that is dear to me. In fact, if you took a look at my resume, each item on there could be linked back to FFA. Whether it’s the skills I gained through being involved in FFA or just the experience itself, FFA taught me a great [...]
