The North Central Missouri College Board of Trustees approved purchasing a tractor and fitness equipment as well as renovation costs at its meeting Tuesday evening. Agriculture Instructor Rustin Jumps recommended the purchase of the new John Deere tractor to be added to the fleet at the Barton Farm Campus. It was purchased from Sydenstricker Implement […]
For FFA members around the country, this past week is one that many look forward to during the school year. This year there are approximately 649,355 members enrolled in FFA from all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. FFA Week is the perfect opportunity for FFA students to show their community the […]
North Central Missouri College will be opening a site in Country Club, Missouri on the North Belt Highway beginning March 1, 2018. The NCMC-North Belt Center will be an extension of North Central Missouri College and will offer the same level of professional attention, quality instruction, and affordability as Main and Barton campus and other […]
Developing a thriving rural Missouri is important to FCS Financial. The Shaping Rural Missouri grant program offers Missouri 4-H and FFA organizations $500 grants to implement projects that will benefit their rural communities and youth development. “Providing opportunities for rural community development is important to FCS Financial because our employees and customers live in these […]
The Trenton High School FFA participates in multiple community service projects each year. Trenton FFA President Jayden Roeder says one of those is volunteering at the Church Women United Thrift Store in Trenton Saturdays in January through March. She explains all club members volunteer at the store by checking out customers, picking up hangers and […]
Trenton High School had three entries receive first place Thursday evening in area proficiency judging competition with each advancing for further competition. Taking top honors at the area level were Mariah Fox in agricultural education; Jasper Hanson in forage production; and Hannah Persell in wildlife management. Mariah Fox was a national FFA finalist last year when […]
Trenton FFA will hold various activities to celebrate FFA Week. Members who met the fruit sales incentive goal will travel to Kansas City to go paintballing Saturday and members are encouraged to attend a service at Trenton First Baptist Church Sunday morning. Senior officers President Jayden Roeder, First Vice President and Area President Hannah Persell, […]
The Missouri Association of Fairs and Festivals Public Speaking Contest is designed to develop agricultural leadership, provide for member participation in agricultural public speaking activities, and stimulate interest in leadership and citizenship. Contestants may choose any current subject for their speeches, which is of an agricultural character relating to county fairs and which is of […]
Sixty-five Chillicothe FFA members attended the Northwest District FFA Greenhand Motivational Conference held on the NCMC campus in Trenton, Missouri on January 10, 2018. These members also got the opportunity to tour the Barton Ag Campus following the conference. Over 4500 first year, FFA members from more than 320 Missouri High Schools had the opportunity […]
First-year FFA members from Area 2 attended the annual Greenhand Motivational Conference at North Central Missouri College on Wednesday. NCMC Agriculture Instructor Rustin Jumps reports about 450 students and guests attended from 26 schools. The FFA members learned about being positive role models, getting involved, making sound choices, becoming active team members, and making a […]
Two members of the Chillicothe FFA chapter, Meredith Oesch, and Kaylee Lewis, placed second in public speaking contests held last week. Meredith represented the Livingston County Farm Bureau at the Farm Bureau public speaking contest. As the winner of a district contest, she advanced to state. The contest consisted of students preparing a six to eight-minute speech […]
The Missouri State Fair Foundation Youth in Agriculture scholarship application for Missouri High School seniors graduating in 2018 is now available. Applications should be submitted to the Missouri State Fair and must be postmarked by February 1, 2018. Applicants must submit an original copy of their application and five additional copies. One $5,000 platinum scholarship […]
Chillicothe FFA students participated in the Area II Fall Speaking Contest in Gallatin. Meredith Oesch competed in the Missouri Farm Bureau Contest, Garrett Cramer competed in the Missouri Pork Producers Contest, Malloree Summers competed in the Missouri Institute of Cooperatives, Claire Shipp competed in the Missouri Teach Ag, Sydney Baxter competed in the Missouri Soil […]
The 90th National FFA Convention, held October 25-28 in Indianapolis, Indiana, was attended by 15 of the local Chillicothe FFA members. Participants from the Chillicothe chapter included Sydney Baxter, Caitlyn Cothern, Lainie Cowan, Garrett Cramer, Elitza Crouch, Sara Hopper, Hunter Horton, Courtney Jessen, Drake Lightner, Jessica Moore, Krystalyn Peel, Montana Plattner, Kimberlee Roney, Catey Trout, […]
Three Trenton FFA members placed second at the FFA Public Speaking District Contests at Cameron Wednesday. Allena Allen placed in the contest sponsored by the Missouri Institute of Cooperatives. Nick Velazquez placed in the contest sponsored by the Missouri Sheep Producers. Chase Otto placed in the contest sponsored by the Missouri Pet Breeders Association. All […]
The Chillicothe FFA held its annual Barnwarming festivities On Saturday, November 4, 2017. Festivities included a dance, games, and the coronation ceremony for the 2017 Barnwarming King and Queen. Seniors Lane Peters and Liberty Cox. The Senior Class, candidates – Liberty Cox (Jeff and Terria Cox) and Lane Peters (Maria Peters and Kendall Whittmore) raised $12,171.12 […]
The Trenton FFA Chapter holds Barnwarming activities Friday and Saturday nights and the candidates have been announced for King and Queen. Nominated from the classes are Freshmen Jaycie Griffin and Kidridge Griffin; Sophomores McKenna Cox and Logan Stanton, Juniors Karli Provorse and Nick Velazquez and Seniors Emily Kasinger and Okla Fitzpatrick. The FFA Chapter will hold […]
While Mariah Fox and Derek Stimpson of the Trenton FFA Chapter are two of Missouri’s ten finalists for a National Proficiency Award, seven others from the listening area earned either gold or silver awards in proficiency categories. Only the national finalists for proficiency awards from each state compete at the Indianapolis convention. According to the National […]
The National Advisor for the FFA organization, Steve Brown, says the FFA must update itself to reflect the changing needs of agriculture today, and in the future. Amy Seitz reports from the 90th annual National FFA Convention underway this week in Indianapolis. Many local and area school chapters have FFA members attending the […]
Greenhands of the Chillicothe FFA Chapter recently attended the Area II Greenhand Initiation ceremony in Gallatin. The Area II officer team, which includes Reporter, Claire Shipp of the Chillicothe FFA Chapter, conducted the initiation. During the initiation, the Greenhands listened to the 2016 Area Creed speaker, Rachel Holt of Chillicothe, recite the creed, watched a […]
