FFA

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...

A record 3,649 FFA members are at the State FFA Convention being hosted by the University of Minnesota-St. Paul campus. Yes, blue jackets, the official dress of the FFA, are here in mass! This is a picture of one of the business sessions this morning...

On Tuesday, March 15, the Randolph FFA Alumni Association will be holding their annual meeting and toy auction. The annual meeting begins at 7:30PM at Haaus Livestock in Cannon Falls. The toy auction will follow about 8PM. All of the money raised will be used to provide scholarships for Randolph FFA members to continuing their education in an agricultural field...

It was a busy week during National FFA Week. On Thursday morning I was at the Owatonna FFA Appreciation Breakfast. The breakfast was a small way for the Owatonna FFA to say thank you to supporters of the FFA including teachers, administration, parents and business...

It was 1947 when the tradition began of celebrating National FFA Week. The week of George Washington's birthday was chosen by the FFA Board of Directors to recognize Washington's legacy as a farmer. This year National FFA Week will be celebrated February 20-27...

This morning I was in Rochester helping with the Region 8 FFA Winter Leadership Day. FFA members were there for Region Officer interviews, State FFA degree interviews, Creed contest and many others. Chapter advisers in the region take charge of organizing the different contests and events...

Earlier this week, the entire National FFA Officer Team visited Randolph. Each year one state is chosen for the National Officers to visit and this year it was Minnesota. The National FFA Officers spent a week visiting Minnesota FFA Chapters...

At the end of October, I traveled with KDHL Farm Director Jerry Groskruetz to Louisville, Kentucky, for the National FFA Convention. This was my third time attending for work, and the last time the convention will be hosted there before moving to Indianapolis, Indiana. The students are there to compete, partake in the national band or choir, learn more about agriculture, and get fired up from the

Not long ago, I traveled with KDHL Farm Director Jerry Groskruetz to the National FFA Convention and Expo in Louisville, Ken., to meet up with area students and learn about their involvement in the FFA as well as their experience at the Expo.

At the end of October, Jerry Groskruetz and I traveled to Louisville, Kentucky, for the annual National FFA Convention and Expo. While traditionally the transportation to and from Louisville has been pretty simple, this year getting there reminded me a bit of the 1987 movie "Trains, Planes, and Automobiles."