The Agri-Entrepreneurship Awards, sponsored by USDA Rural Development as a special project of the National FFA Foundation, recognize young people who are starting or planning to start their own business. Cox understands that to be successful, you need to pay close attention to the customer's needs. In addition to his FFA involvement, he is a member of Lamar High School's football team and Relay for Life.
Beyond his extensive FFA involvement and accolades, he is a member of the Burlington High School band and basketball team and serves as his class president. She is an active member of her FFA chapter, where she has served as an officer and member of the poultry and dairy judging teams. From day one, he knew he wanted to appeal to the creative side of the hunter.
He was also a member of the National Honor Society, Future Business Leaders of America and many other organizations. The Agriscience Student Recognition Program is sponsored by Monsanto as a special project of the National FFA Foundation.
Agricultural Issues Forum
Agricultural Mechanics
Agricultural Sales
Agronomy
Creed Speaking
Dairy Cattle Evaluation
Dairy Foods Evaluation
Environmental/Natural Resources
Extemporaneous Speaking
Farm Business Management
Floriculture
Food Science and Technology
Winning team: Taylor Helbig, Amelia Howe, Kellsey Turner and Katherine Beekman, all of Oley Valley FFA, Penn. The FFA National Forestry CDE is a competitive activity that tests students' skills and knowledge in the field of forest management. Each team competed at the local and state level for the privilege of representing their state at the national FFA convention.
Winning team: Courtney Johnson, John Marshall, Brandon Gerardy and Noble Carpenter, all from Columbia FFA, Mo.
Horse Evaluation
Job Interview
Livestock Evaluation
Marketing Plan
Meats Evaluation and Technology
Nursery/Landscape
Parliamentary Procedure
Components included a general parliamentary threshold knowledge exam, a 10-minute presentation on parliamentary procedure, oral questions, and a written demonstration record.
Poultry Evaluation
Prepared Public Speaking
Agricultural
Communications – Entrepreneurship/
Placement
Agricultural Education – Entrepreneurship/
Agricultural Mechanics Design and Fabrication –
Agricultural Mechanics Energy Systems –
Entrepreneurship/
Agricultural Mechanics Repair and Maintenance –
Agricultural Processing – Entrepreneurship/
Agricultural Sales – Entrepreneurship
Agricultural Sales – Placement
Agricultural Services – Entrepreneurship/
Beef Production – Entrepreneurship
Beef Production – Placement
Dairy Production – Entrepreneurship
Dairy Production – Placement
Diversified Agricultural Production –
Diversified Crop Production –
Diversified Crop
Production – Placement
Diversified Horticulture – Entrepreneurship/
Diversified Livestock Production –
Entrepreneurship
Diversified Livestock Production – Placement
Emerging Agricultural Technology –
Environmental Science and Natural Resources –
Equine Science – Entrepreneurship
Equine Science – Placement
Fiber and/or Oil Crop Production –
Floriculture – Entrepreneurship/
Food Science and Technology–
Fruit Production – Entrepreneurship/
Grain Production–
This award is sponsored by Bayer CropScience, Bayer Environmental Science and the National FFA Foundation. Aaron Patrick Prins of the Geneseo FFA Chapter in Illinois has joined a family farm that has flourished since the 1880s. He has worked with all aspects of the business: seed bed preparation, seed selection, biotechnology, scouting, spraying and harvesting.
Ultimately, he hopes to take over the family farm and continue the legacy started so long ago.
Home and/or Community Development –
Landscape Management – Entrepreneurship/
Nursery Operations – Entrepreneurship/
Outdoor Recreation – Entrepreneurship/
Poultry Production – Entrepreneurship/
Sheep Production – Entrepreneurship/
Small Animal
Production and Care – Entrepreneurship/
Specialty Animal Production – Entrepreneurship/
Specialty Crop Production – Entrepreneurship/
Fast forward more than 10 years and he owns his own acres and has worked to increase grade and output per acre. acres. Templeton plans to increase his land and production in the coming years while learning more about the operation and the crop he loves.
Swine Production – Entrepreneurship
Swine Production – Placement
Turf Grass Management – Entrepreneurship/
Vegetable Production – Enterepreneurship/
Veterinary Medicine – Entrepreneurship/
Wildlife Production and Management –
Four outstanding FFA members who represent success in agricultural education were awarded the most prestigious honor bestowed by the National FFA Organization. American Star in Agri-business, American Star in Agriscience, American Star in Agricultural Placement and America Star Farmer were awarded to students who have received the American Degree, established profitable agricultural businesses or a program focused on an agricultural area, demonstrated outstanding active involvement in both FFA and their communities and have met other stringent requirements for agricultural education and leadership.
Star Farmer
Star in Agriscience
Eventually, he acquired 50 percent ownership in the dairy farm, and now this 22-year-old Marshfield FFA member has earned top honors through hard work, determination and motivation to succeed. During his junior and senior years of high school, he enrolled in the production agriculture-youth apprenticeship program and completed the I. and II. degree, which accelerated his learning of dairying and commodity marketing and agricultural business management. The summer before graduation, Griesbach's father underwent an inevitable back surgery that shifted Griesbach to overseeing the day-to-day running of the farm and cemented his role as a future farmer.
Once his father recovered, the farm continued to grow, increasing the number of cattle from 55 to more than 70 and harvesting high-quality forage. Griesbach also encouraged his father to plant a silage-specific corn hybrid to increase the digestibility and starch content of the farm's silage. Among his many other achievements, Griesbach has also exhibited his livestock at various fairs; won a skills award and was champion of career development events at the Wisconsin FFA Convention; and was named a 2007 Wisconsin Star finalist in Agricultural Placement.
After graduation, Griesbach enrolled in the two-year Farm Operation program at Mid-State Technical College in Marshfield. In the near future, he plans to complete the Farm Business and Production Program at Mid-State and purchase the farm from his parents.
Star in Agribusiness
Are you sure you want to farm?' Dan Griesbach of Stratford, Wisconsin, fondly remembers the question his parents always asked him. There was no doubt in Griesbach's mind that he would one day become the sixth generation of Griesbach to run his family's original 1880s dairy farm, the oldest operating dairy farm in his community. As Griesbach learned the tricks of dairy farming from his grandfather and father, his responsibilities around the family business grew.
Star in Agricultural Placement
S. Army Exhibit a Popular Career Show Stop
Teachers
Other
During the 83rd FFA National Convention, chapters across the country competed for the honor of Model Innovation Winner. Chapters competed for the honor in three main divisions: Chapter Development, Student Development and Community Development. Chapters who received the honor received a plaque in a ceremony on stage during the second general session of the convention.
Chapter Development
Student development
Community Development
Middle School
Twelve individuals were selected this year by the national FFA organization to receive a special VIP designation. Through its sponsorship and generosity, the National FFA organization wanted to make its national convention available to viewers across the country. She serves as the National FFA Foundation's day-to-day contact at John Deere and has previously been recognized with the Honorary American FFA degree.
During the national FFA convention, the National FFA Organization recognized clubs, agencies and organizations that have contributed greatly to agricultural science education and FFA programs through the Distinguished Service Citation. For the past 63 years, the Ford Motor Company and FordMotor Company Fund have supported the National FFA Organization. One major area of support began in 1997 with the creation of the Ford Truck FFA Scholarship Program as part of the National FFA Scholarship Program.
Farm Credit has a prominent presence at youth livestock shows around the country and has sponsored member trips to the National FFA Convention. The committee heard delegates from across the country discuss what would happen if the FFA National Mall bought only American-made products. The students' voices were heard by one committee, which looked at ways to connect their opinions with the national FFA organization.
As the convention continues, so does the delegate process that helps shape the guidelines adopted by the national FFA organization. As can be seen from the recommendations to the national FFA organization and the formation of the task force meeting in November. The National FFA organization should use suggestions from 4-H, HOSA, and any other available resources to create a career development event.
Publish a set of guidelines for acceptable SAE programs on the National FFA website and in the FFA Handbook. National FFA continues to amplify student voice through the use of tools such as an Internet forum where students can submit their questions and concerns. Article 9, Section A would read: "The elected officers of the National FFA organization shall be the president, four vice presidents and the secretary, with at least one officer from each region."
Nominating Committee
National Officer Candidates
Riley Pagett
Wyatt DeJong
Landan Schaffert
Shannon L
Norris
Tiffany Rogers
James Flatt
