FFA

Tuesday morning I was down at the Owatonna FFA appreciation breakfast by 6 in the morning. I had a number of sponsored FFA interviews to do on our sister station KRFO in Owatonna. It sure is fun hanging around and talking with great kids involved in the FFA...

Today I went down to Stewartville High School to help with the FFA Regional Career Development Event or CDE. Again this year I was asked to be one of the judges for the FFA Regional Creed Contest. The Creed Contest is for first-year FFA members or Greenhands...

The Randolph FFA will be holding their corn drive for Camp Courage today. This is where FFA members go on predetermined routes throughout the school district and ask farmers to donate some corn for Camp Courage. Many times a farmer will unload corn from his combine into the FFA member's truck...

For the fourth year in a row, I traveled with KDHL Farm Director Jerry Groskruetz to the National FFA Convention. This was my fourth time attending for work, my first time being in Indianapolis, Indiana. The previous three times I attended, the convention was held in Louisville, Kentucky. The students are there to compete, partake in the national band or choir, learn more about agriculture, and ge

It is hard to imagine 60,000 blue jackets in one place, but these pictures will give you some idea. The sessions were held in the Bankers Life Fieldhouse, which is where the Indiana Pacers play. The Expo, or career fair as it is commonly called, was in the Indiana Convention center a couple of blocks away...

The 89th National FFA Convention is going on in Indianapolis. Farm Director Jerry Groskreutz and Kelly Krage are gathering interviews of students from our local FFA chapters, and those will air KDHL AM 920 on Friday, October 21. Here is a listing of schools and times...

Yes, the blue jackets and I are at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis. This is the largest youth convention in the United States and even one of the largest conventions of any type in the United States. For decades, the National FFA Convention had been held in Kansas City...

The National FFA Convention and Expo is officially underway in Indianapolis, Indiana, and the city has welcomed back the blue jackets with open arms. No sooner did a person step off of the plane then visitors were greeted with a large emblem on the ground at the airport.

The National FFA Convention is officially upon us! I will be traveling with KDHL Farm Director Jerry Groskruetz to Indianapolis, Indiana, for the national convention to meet up with area students and learn about their involvement in the FFA as well as their experience at the Expo, and you'll be able to hear all of the reports on KDHL Radio!

On Wednesday evening I was asked to speak at the annual Waterville-Elysian-Morristown FFA banquet. It is always an honor when you are asked to speak, but this one was special. Legendary farm broadcaster Dean Curtis was from Elysian so I was able to speak at Dean's home school...