Sixteen state officers have been announced for the Missouri FFA Association to serve during the 2018-19 year. Four of the officers are from area schools in this part of the state and include Audrey Martin of Meadville, Allie Lock of Carrollton, Shelby Davies of Braymer, and Madelyn Derks of King City. Each will serve as […]
Scott Roy of Trenton, Missouri, was named an Honorary State FFA Degree recipient at the 90th Missouri FFA Convention. Roy is a private land conservationist with the Missouri Department of Conservation, and he has served Mercer, Grundy and Livingston counties for the past 13 years. Roy has provided assistance to FFA chapters in the counties […]
More than 570 FFA members are to receive their State Farmer degrees in ceremonies Friday night at the Missouri FFA Convention in Columbia. Among them are the following students in our area. Trenton: Padyn Gibson, Jasper Hanson, Emily Kasinger, Tyler Kidd, Hannah Persell, and Jayden Roeder. From Grundy R-5: Kendra Betz From Princeton: Vivian Allen, Chandler […]
It was recently announced that ten members of the Chillicothe FFA will be receiving their Area FFA Degree, in Chillicothe. Before receiving this degree they had to meet a number of qualifications and fill out an application that followed their SAE and leadership skills. Those from the Chillicothe chapter who received the Area FFA Degree […]
Trenton FFA members attended the Area 2 Awards Night at the Chillicothe Performing Arts Center Wednesday night to be recognized for their achievements throughout the year. Area 2 First Vice President Hannah Persell assisted in conducting awards night and Grace Allen was sworn in as Area 2 Parliamentarian. Guest speaker Mariah Fox is a Trenton […]
Sullivan County Extension is hosting a Show Stock Clinic for 4-H and FFA livestock exhibitors, and their parents, next month, to learn from experts in the field and gain hands-on experience. The clinic is open to all livestock exhibitors. It will cover beef, market goats, market lambs and market hogs. Participants will learn about selection, […]
FFA members from across the state will meet in Columbia, April 19-20, at the 90th Missouri FFA Convention to honor fellow members for outstanding achievements, conduct association business, elect new officers and participate in leadership workshops. RISE is the theme for this year’s annual convention, which is expected to attract more than 8,000 students and guests […]
More area FFA teams qualified for state judging after the second day of the Missouri Northwest District Career Development Events Wednesday. Area FFA chapters that had teams rank in the top five and qualify for state included four from Trenton, three from North Harrison, two from Princeton, and one team each from Chillicothe, Hamilton, Gallatin, […]
Princeton FFA placed first in the Livestock Career Development event Wednesday at the North Shelby School invitational judging with Meadville placing second and Chillicothe fifth among the top five. Individually, the highest ranked judge of livestock was Kasey Waterman of Meadville. Among others in the top ten for livestock were Zach Trout of Chillicothe 2nd; Soyer […]
The Trenton FFA Conduct of Meetings team will move on to the State FFA Contest after Tuesday’s Missouri Northwest District FFA Competition as the team received second and gold in district competition. Members of the team include Camdyn Leeper, Jake McNabb, Kidridge Griffin, Aiden McAtee, Emilee Lovell, Jaycie Griffin, Olivia Roberts, and Elijah Merrin. The […]
Earlier this month, the Chillicothe Kiwanis Club hosted members of the Chillicothe FFA at the Senior Center for their monthly meeting. Chillicothe FFA members involved in the meeting were Riley Brobst, Madelyn Wilford, and Rachel Holt. The students were using the audience as practice for their upcoming district competition. The students presented a speech and […]
Of 13 career development events Thursday for FFA students competing in ag contests in Trenton, Princeton FFA had three teams win first place and Savannah FFA teams finished first in two other categories of judging. For Princeton, top honors at NCMC occurred in judging of livestock, meats, and soils. Princeton had a team finish in […]
Princeton high school FFA members continue to do well in area judging competitions leading up to next month’s state FFA convention. Out of 16 categories in the Savanah Ag Day judging Monday the Princeton FFA chapter had teams capture first place in five career development events. Princeton was the top-ranked team at Savannah in meats, […]
The Trenton FFA Ag Sales team received first place in two events this past week. The team participated in the Paris Aggie Days Invitational Career Development Events (CDE) Friday and the Savannah FFA Missouri Agricultural Skill Knowledge Assessment (MOASK) Monday. Individually, FFA member Jayden Roeder had the highest score for both events. Emily Kasinger received […]
More than 70 area high schools with an estimated 1,600 agriculture students are pre-registered to be on the campus of North Central Missouri College in Trenton this Thursday, March 22nd for the annual NCMC Ag Club Contests. The event is held in cooperation with Area 2 FFA Association Agriculture Instructors. Students will be practicing their […]
One Chillicothe FFA member has been selected as an area officer and another has been selected as a state officer candidate. Kaylee Lewis was chosen to be the Area 2 first Vice President for the 2018-2019 school year. She will serve in an official capacity in activities such as the Area Greenhand Initiation, Greenhand Motivational […]
Several Trenton FFA members will move on to district competition as a result of receiving high marks at Area 2 competition at Gallatin High School Wednesday. Those members include Chase Otto with second place and gold in Division 1, Nick Valzquez with first and gold in Advanced Speaking, and the conduct of meetings team, made […]
Princeton FFA Results from the Lathrop Contest Day on Monday, March 12 include five first-place team finishes in different categories of competition. Dairy- 1st Lindsey Batson- High Individual; Lauren Cox- 4th and Jaelyn Thomas- 5th FFA Knowledge- 1st Tyler Richter- High Individual; Justin Rhoades- 2nd; Jacob Blanton & Charlee Prentice- 3rd (Tie) Horses- 1st Logan […]
Central School in Chillicothe’s 4th and 5th grades recently hosted the Chillicothe FFA members at their monthly Leadership Assembly. The Chillicothe FFA members involved were: Isaiah Boon, Elena Boon, Katelyn Clariday, Eric Davis, Gracie Ellis, Ben Hayen, Hunter Horton, Molly Jones, Cameron Moore, Konner Sewell, Claire Shipp, Drew Toedebusch, and Taylor Wilkison. The leadership class […]
Students from area high schools competed Tuesday in FFA judging events held in Hamilton. Winning first place as a team in livestock judging was Princeton. The highest ranked individual judges from Princeton were Logan Krohn and Soyer Wimer who finished first and second. North Harrison of Eagleville was second among teams. For the soils judging, Gilman City […]
