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Kelli Evans, national president from the Hayes Center in Nebraska, says sports are a big part of her life. She was on her high school's varsity volleyball and basketball teams, the latter going. Kevin Ochsner, a national secretary from Fort Collins, Colorado, is a devoted country music fan and not afraid to dance. When asked about high school sports, Ochsner just shakes his head and says, "No, I'm just not coordinated enough." While everyone else was playing sports, Ochsner was busy at home with his registered cattle. Mickey McCall, East Region Vice President from BalsamGrove, North Carolina, played high school varsity football, basketball and track.
Christmas tree operations and several academic scholarships." His musical tastes range from southern rocker. 38 Special to country singer EarlThomas. Terri Hames, vice president of the western region from Norman, Oklahoma, says her field of study was greatly influenced by her involvement in agriculture in high school and dramaturgy and drama". Bill Ambrose, a 30-year plant breeding veteran and director of corn breeding in the central region for Pioneer Hi-Bred International, says the goal of plant breeders is simple: to improve specific plant characteristics.
Plant breeders work both in the laboratory and in the field." Much of the development of plans for plant breeding techniques and for the manipulation of germplasm, the making of the manipulation, the collection of data, the analysis and interpretation of that data, and then the re-cycle start," said Ambrose, a former member of the Normal, Illinois, FFA. Plant breeders are starting to use more and more biotechnology tools. The significant impact of biotechnology is ten or more years away, but breeders are incorporating those tools more and more into their work. 34;We hire technicians with bachelor's degrees who have responsible, challenging jobs," he says. Those with four- or two-year college degrees work with plant breeders as technicians, research assistants, or assistant plant breeders. He.
34;It is essential to know how to manage a crop before you can conduct experiments and design crops that will respond to good management.'
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34;In order to do that, I had to go out and hunt some customers."That initial hunt turned into a custom hay hauling service. At one point, Chapman and his father harvested 3,500 acres of alfalfa in the LeGrandarea area. STARR's goal, funded by the school district, is to involve both schools and the community in helping young people avoid pro.confusion with alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. Young students have been taught Refusal Skills, assuring them that saying 'no' is often the right thing to do. Warren Warren Wellner, a local butcher and former member, participates in the Denmark FFA Chapter's FoodforAmerica program.Chapter members are, left to right, Kelly Malach, Corey Martin and Mark Robinson.
This joint effort results in better SOEs, recognition for the hard work of chapter members and highlights one of the alumni association's most important goals. Ken Seering, FFA Chapter co-adviser from Denmark, credits much of the Gold Emblem chapter's success to the local FFA alumni affiliate. Overall, the alumni serve as a great manpower core and provide excellent input into both the agriculture curriculum and the FF chapter activities program.
Denmark FFA Alumni Affiliate represents a success story due to the hard work of dedicated members who kept the purpose of their organization in mind. They are aware of the need to support professional agriculture and. They and dozens of FFA members attended classes on alternative animal and crop breeding and small business planning and marketing. Richard Krumme, editor of Successful Farming magazine, said during the opening session of the conference, "The whole basis of . . . marketing is responding to consumer needs."
Although FFA members attended sessions on breeding specialty products such as soybeans, snails, crayfish and llamas, the sessions that seemed most practical for FFA members were the ones that didn't take much capital. vestmentor "start-upmoney.".
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FFA member of LeGrand, lie as senior vice president of the year and the guard in the junior year. 34;He is one of the hardest working students I have ever had.'' says Westall.'With all the bad publicity we hear about agriculture, it is. Sumner was named the first place chapter winner in the National FFA's BuildingOurAmerican Communities program, sponsored by RJR Nabisco.Inc.
Lafayette, MS, built a display of all the crops grown in the county, such as corn, syrup or humformolasses, sweet potatoes, and loblolly pine. RyeCove, VA, offers the community a squeeze chute for use when working with livestock. They charge $1 per day the parachute is out to ensure a quick return. Chapter Farmer members of the Drewry Mason, VA, FFA built wooden toys in the vo-ag lab to give to the local Christmas party organization for area children.
Oak Harbor, OH, Chapter designates third-year vo-ag students as "big brothers" for Greenhands in the chapter.
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The FFA International Department started a new exchange program for high school students interested in studying agriculture in other countries. The World Agri-Science Studies (WASS) program began in the summer of 1987 with 15 European students coming to the US to study at agricultural colleges.
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Todd Raines energetically applied his skill and knowledge to improvements in the safety, efficiency and beauty of his family's farm. The Upjohn Company, sponsor of the FFA Farm and Homestead Improvement Award, is proud to support the hard work of FFA members, like Todd. As part of the BOAC program, the Bradley FFA in Cleveland, Tennessee initiated a joint project with the local Chamber of Commerce and County4-H organization entitled "Garden of the Month." According to the BOAC committee survey, there is an interesting hardening locally.
Members of the department met with the county chamber's beautification committee to present a "game plan" to carry out the competition. The competition was held in May, June and July. The Chamber of Commerce publicized the project with news releases in the local newspaper and on local radio stations. nominated. Chapter members visited and evaluated the nominations. Monthly winners were recognized by local news media. After the demonstration, Randall Reeder and Tom Carpenter, engineers from the university, talked about the construction of an ATV, how they are put together and the many parts of an all-terrain vehicle. They talked about security. Alumni covered the entire cost of the competition with the money raised from an annual hot dog sale.
The first year 75 plants were planted After the success of the first year, Joe increased his number to 350.
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An average of 50 to 60 melons were picked daily and marketed by friends, his school and yard. It was a very economical and rewarding experience and Joe is looking for-. Then the FFA members set a world record for changing official attire to T-shirts and shorts for a spirited game of volleyball. One S25 cash award for the best drawing from participants age 12 and 13. No drawings can be returned.
As part of the American Forestry Association's (AFA) National Big Tree Program, the historic groves are the perfect centerpiece for the community's "Plant a Living Legacy to the Constitution." The seedlings will be one or two seasons old when shipped, so they will require nursery care for the next few years to ensure development. Among the trees that will make up the famous and historic tree grove are a black walnut grove from the River Plantation, one of George Washington's five estates along the Potomac River in Virginia; and the southern Catalpa from the tree line at the Governor's Palace Green.
The workshops are held at centrally located state universities to reduce the cost of the program and also to showcase these institutions. There were five teams taking part in a variety of games from the life-saving pass, hay hauling, hole digging, to the obstacle course and tug of war. Some FFA members demonstrated the making of corn husk dolls that were sold at the event. Other members demonstrated the use of old farm tools and how they were used to perform the daily farm tasks of the early settlers.
FFA members demonstrated the daily farm chores of the early German settlers. Husking corn, grinding corn into maize and cleaning grain were among the demonstrations.
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FFA Chapter partnered with the Boone-Duden Historical Society to host Deutsch Country Days at Fuxenhaus Farm in Marthas. This was the beginning of the German Landdagen. Boband Fois Hostkoetter saw this event as an educational and fun way to show visitors how the early German settlers lived. The guides on the trams greeted guests upon arrival and thanked them for coming.
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