A Milan FFA member and a Cameron FFA member were named as Star Winners at the state convention. Matt Stafford of the Milan chapter was recognized as an Area 3 Star Farmer. The Missouri FFA Association chose him based on his production agriculture in his supervised agricultural experience program. His program includes a cow-calf operation […]
The Trenton FFA team came in first place in the Meats Career Development Event at the Missouri FFA Convention. The team qualifies for the national competition in Meats. On the Trenton team, Cole Schilling ranked first and Emily Kasinger ranked third in Meats individually. Princeton’s FFA team also placed in the top in Meats as […]
Several FFA members from schools in the area were named Proficiency Awards State Winners at the state convention. Mariah Fox of the Trenton FFA chapter received first place in Agricultural Communications. Her entry focused on Farm Facts from Fox, which can be heard Fridays on KTTN. Derek Stimpson of Trenton placed first in Diversified Crop […]
Among area results in the career development events during the Missouri FFA Convention, Hamilton won first place in the state for nursery landscape; Princeton was third in horse judging; among top teams in livestock were Milan third, North Harrison, fourth, and Green City fifth. Milan also had a team finish tenth in the FFA knowledge […]
Members of FFA chapters at Trenton, Chillicothe, and Brookfield have learned what their roles will be as 2017-18 state officers of the FFA. Mariah Fox of Galt has been selected as the First Vice President of the student organization. That’s the number two position, just under President, on the state officer team. Madelyn Warren of Dawn […]
Many young adults from area schools are scheduled to receive State Farmer Degrees at the Missouri FFA Convention in Columbia on April 21 Including: Trenton: Derek Stimpson, Tenna Roberts, Seth Reeter, and Emily Ann Lynch Princeton: Timothy Lehman, Shambree Hagan, and Allison Batson North Mercer: Lindsay Wyatt, Cashman Hartley, and Katie Dailey Jamesport: Chasity Smith […]
Ten members of the Chillicothe FFA have received their Area FFA Degree, in Chillicothe. Before receiving this degree, members had to meet a number of qualifications as well as fill out an application that followed their SAE and leadership skills. The Area FFA Degree is the highest degree that the Area II FFA Association can […]
Chillicothe FFA members attended the Area II FFA Awards Recognition Night held at the Gary Dickinson Performing Arts Center in Chillicothe. The awards recognition night is held each year to recognize members of the 28 area schools that make up the Area II FFA Association for their outstanding achievements during the year. The items for […]
Twenty-nine Trenton High School FFA members were recognized during the annual Area 2 FFA Awards Recognition Wednesday night. Mariah Fox led the ceremonies as the 2016-2017 Area 2 President. Hannah Persell was inducted into office as the 2017-2018 Area 2 first Vice President. Brook Kreatz and Kabel Oaks are the Trenton FFA advisors.
During interviews held in Columbia, Trenton FFA member Mariah Fox was selected as one of 16 individuals to be a Missouri State FFA Officer for the 2017-2018 year. Officials say this is the first year of a new and more rigorous process for selecting state FFA officers. During the first day of the selection process, […]
The Chillicothe FFA Chapter participated in the Northwest District FFA Contest. The results are as follows: Agricultural Issues, 1st place (state) –Elena Boon, Isaiah Boon, Marley Anderson, Gracie Ellis, Austin Case, Adler Marshall, Liberty Cox; Parliamentary Procedure, 1st place (state) Molly Jones, Sarah Mason, McKenna Poling, Kim Roney, Claire Shipp, Madelyn Warren, Alt. Elitza Crouch, […]
A total of 32 young people have been selected from the Missouri 4-H and Missouri FFA Association, and have been awarded scholarships by the MO State Fair Foundation Youth in Agriculture (YIA) committee. Mattison Lenae Ishmael, of Gallatin, has been selected to receive the $5,000 platinum scholarship offered by YIA supporters. Allison Bertz, of Mayview, has been selected to receive […]
Trenton and Milan had FFA judging teams captured first place in the North Shelby Contest Day events on Wednesday. Trenton took top honors in meats judging at North Shelby among 34 teams. Highly-ranked members of the meats team were Jayden Roeder and Hannah Persell – first and second; Cole Schilling was fifth and Emily Kasinger […]
The Chillicothe FFA Agricultural Issues Forum team presented to the Chillicothe R-II School Board Club at the Chillicothe R-II School Administrative Building on Monday, March 21, 2017. The purpose of the Agricultural Issues Forum is to provide students an opportunity to explore local agriculture issues and create an unbiased presentation to a public audience. The […]
The Newtown-Harris FFA will hold a fundraising dinner and auction in the school gym Saturday evening. The dinner will run from 5 o’clock to 6:30, and the auction starts at 6:45. Auction items include FFA members sold for work, quilts, horseshoe sculptures, barn quilts, cinnamon rolls, and pies. There will be a raffle for pork […]
You may have noticed plenty of school buses in Trenton today, and lots of foot traffic on the campus of North Central Missouri College. All of the extra hustle and bustle in Trenton is due to approximately 1,700 high school students from Area 2 FFA chapters. There are 70 high schools that participated in the […]
Trenton and Princeton high schools each had two first place winning FFA teams in career development events judging held Monday at Savannah. Trenton took top honors in meats and ag sales while Princeton had the top teams in judging horses and the FFA knowledge competition. Other area schools winning first place in the Savannah judging include […]
FFA teams and members from area schools did well in various career development judging events Monday in Lathrop. Princeton FFA had first place teams in horses and meats; second place in dairy cattle, soils, and FFA knowledge. Trenton high school had a judging team place second in meats and fifth in the knowledge category. North […]
The Newtown-Harris R-3 School Board approved contracts and accepted resignations at its meeting Monday evening. Tenured, non-tenured, and non-certified staff contracts approved are for the 2017-2018 school year. The resignations accepted will follow the completion of the 2016-2017 school year. The board also unanimously approved the Newtown-Harris R-3 FFA’s proposed trip to Washington, D. C. […]
At the Hamilton judging day Tuesday, FFA teams from Princeton and Gilman City won top honors in livestock and soils competition respectively. The Princeton livestock team members include Soyer Wimer, Lauren Cox, Kylie Willet, and Vivian Allen who finished first through fourth in order. In the soils judging, after top-ranked Gilman City, Polo was second […]
