FFA News

The Miami East-MVCTC FFA Chapter members wrapped up a spring season of Career Development Events. A special thank you goes to the practice sites for the teams. The Livestock Team practiced at Team Johnson Sheep Farm, Lynn/Alan Pence Goat Farm, Duff Swine Farm, and the Brent and Jenny Clark Feedlot.

On March 3 at the Marysville/Champaign County Invitational in Marysville the General Livestock team placed 16th out of 117 teams with members Isaac Beal, Chloe Gump, Paige Pence, Ethan Fine, Adam Bensman, Lauren Wright, Emma Sutherly, Keira Kirby, Ethan Paulus, Sam Sutherly, and Blake Boggess. Isaac Beal was the highest placing individual from Miami East at 20th out of 622 contestants.

On March 10 at the Miami Trace Invitational in Washington Courthouse, the Equine Management team consisted of Jessica Copeland and Sydney Preston. The team placed 24th and Jessica Copeland was the highest placing from Miami East at 20 out of 131 contestants.… Continue reading

On Tuesday March 13th, several Anthony Wayne FFA members competed in General Livestock Judging, Poultry Management, Equine Management, Meats Evaluation, and Wildlife Management Career Development Events at the Fulton County Fairgrounds. The Equine team consisting of Maggie Burkett, Reegan Kehres, Emily Queen, and Paige Miller placed 3rd in their contest. The General Livestock team consisting of Lila Common, Lauren Swartz, Tayler Common and Patrick Miller placed 4th in the district. Haley Schmersal placed 4th as an individual in the Wildlife CDE, Lila Common placed 11th as an individual in the General Livestock CDE, and Maggie Burkett placed 16th as an individual in the Equine CDE. Junior FFA member Emily Queen said “We had new team members and improved a lot from last year’s contest.” Overall, this was a great experience for FFA members and each team did very well in their contests.

Anthony Wayne FFA is a satellite program of Penta Career Center.… Continue reading

The January 2018 Miami East-MVCTC FFA Member of the Month is Paige Pence. She is the daughter of Brent and Christine Pence of New Carlisle. She is a freshman and first year member of the Miami East-MVCTC FFA Chapter.

Paige has accomplished much in her brief membership in the FFA Chapter. She was a member of the District Novice Parliamentary Procedures Career Development Event Team,  was one of the top seller in the chapter fruit sales fundraiser with over $1,000 in sales, and was the overall winner in the chapter’s Corn Contest for high yields.

Her Supervised Agricultural Experience consists of market goats and market steers. She exhibited the Grand Champion Market Goats at the Keystone International in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and American Royal in Kansas City, Missouri. Just recently she was named the Intermediate Showmanship winner in the market goat show and exhibited a class winner in the market sheep show at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado.… Continue reading

The Miami East-MVCTC FFA Chapter recently hosted a State Leadership Night for its FFA members with the theme of “Passion.” Several members from Miami East-MVCTC FFA attended the activities. State FFA Officers coordinated the workshop.

Representing the Ohio FFA Association were Carley Coppler, State Vice President at Large from Carey FFA, and Kolesen McCoy, State Secretary from Global Impact STEM. During the evening members completed tasks to identify a personal passion they have and establish a timeline for their passion.

Attending from Miami East-MVCTC FFA were Liza Bair, Natalie Bair, Elizabeth Bair, Michael Bair, Daniel Baker, Erin Baker, Arielle Barnes, Ethin Bendickson, Adam Bensman, Kylie Blair, Sarah Blocher, Makayla Brittain, Anna Broerman, Jakob Brunke, Madison Calvert, Libby Carpenter, Keagan Carsey, Abigail Covault, Coleman Demmitt, Josie Desautels, Alex DiNardo, Ryan DiNardo, Kelsea Drake, Carter Gilbert, Luke Gilliland, Kaitlyn Hawes, Justin Hawkins, Rachael Hodge, Savannah Holzen, Megan Honeyman, Alex Isbrandt, Kearsten Kirby, Saige Lacey, Abbey Lauck, Tyler Laycox, Kami Martin, Lane Mergler, Cole Mergler, Morgan Nosker, Paige Pence, Meadow Powers, Sydney Preston, Kaitlyn Rohrbach, Grace Slone, Jimmy Sutherly, Jacob Sweitzer, Brailyn Tarcea, Caleb Taylor, Emily Thimmes, CJ Vanpelt, Leann Vernon, Isabella Waite, Seth Wells, Jarrett Winner, Lauren Wright, and Emma Younce.… Continue reading

The Ohio FFA Alumni Association, along with the Miami County Farm Bureau, will host a community, agriculture-leadership event Feb. 10 at Hobart Arena in Troy.

Along with FFA members, alumni and advisers, Farm Bureau members, 4-H, young farmers and Grange members are all invited to attend.

Featured speakers will include: Greg Peterson, of the Peterson Farm Brothers; Sydney Snider, past Ohio and National FFA officer; Hannah (Crossen) Everetts, past Ohio and National FFA officer and current agriculture educator, and several other past Ohio FFA officers.

On the day of the event, a light breakfast will be offered during registration from 8-9 a.m. At 9 a.m., the Ohio FFA Alumni will conduct a business and awards meeting. Lunch will be provided from noon to 1 p.m.

Peterson Farm Brothers will perform at 6 p.m. These three Kansas farm brothers, along with their family, have been telling the story of American agriculture through various workshops and parody music videos.… Continue reading

Six members of the Anthony Wayne FFA officer team competed in the District 1 Advanced Parliamentary Procedure Career Development Event at Four County Career Center in early December.

For the competition, students took a 40 question written test over different aspects of parliamentary procedure. Then members correctly demonstrated parliamentary procedure in front of three judges. The Anthony Wayne FFA team placed 3rd in the district.

Competitor Lexi Fries said “I’ve participated on the novice team in the past and I enjoyed competing on advanced team this year.”… Continue reading

The Genoa FFA had a novice parli pro team and an advanced parli pro team that they sent to the sub-district contest. Both teams qualified to move on to a district. The advanced parli pro team did not compete in the District competition. That team consisted of Kaleb Kuhlman as chairperson, Jordan Iffland as secretary, and Mason Hogan, Bobby Bench, Seth Moore, and Brady Linker also on the team.

The novice team was Andrew Blausey, Candance Lawson, Kenneth and Emilio Aranda, Timmy Matthews, Gregory Clark, Kasey Kuhlman, Charlotte Priddy, and Samantha Richards. Parliamentary procedure is the body of rules, ethics, and customs governing an FFA meeting. For the contest, students had to present and debate motions.

The secretary has to write down everything that is said. Each student also receives a task they’ll have to do like amending a motion or call for a division of the house. Each individual must debate three times to receive the full amount of points and all do the tasks they were given correctly.… Continue reading

The 90th National FFA Convention and Expo took place October 25-28 in Indianapolis, Ind. Ohio FFA was well represented with multiple Career Development Event (CDE) teams, Proficiency Award finalists and 397 American Degree Recipients.

The final days of convention brought much anticipation as the winners were announced for CDE’s, Proficiency Areas and the Agriscience Fair. Below are the results for Ohio FFA members and chapters who competed at convention.

Ohio CDE Teams/Individuals who placed in the top 5:

Agricultural Issues, 4^th place: Amanda-Clearcreek FFA

Agronomy, 1^st place: North Union FFA

Extemporaneous Public Speaking: Koleson McCoy, Global Impact STEM Academy

Food Science and Technology, 4^th place: Hillsdale

Forestry, 4^th place: Liberty Union

National Agricultural Proficiency Winners:

Agricultural Communications—Entrepreneurship/Placement
Kolt Buchenroth, Kenton-OHP

Agricultural Mechanics Repair and Maintenance—Entrepreneurship
Aaron Lane Hendrich, Eaton-MVCTC

Agricultural Sales—Placement
Sierra MacKenzie Drewes, New Breman

Diversified Agricultural Production—Entrepreneurship/Placement
Nole Gerfen, Ridgement

Diversified Livestock Production—Entrepreneurship/Placement
Adam Daniel Blumenschein, Fairbanks

Food Science and Technology—Entrepreneurship/Placement
Ann Marie Shelby, Zane Trace

Swine Production—Entrepreneurship
Collin Dunaway, Felicty-Franklin

National Agriscience Fair Winners:

Plant Systems Division 3: Kayla Wyse, Pettisville FFA

Power, Structural and Technical Systems Division 4: Jared Hamilton and Joseph Glassmeyer, Felicity-Franklin FFA

American Star in Agriscience Winner: Chrysta Beck, Pettisville

Along with these competitors, Ohio was also represented in the National FFA Band and Chorus.… Continue reading

I recently found myself inescapably trapped in a traffic jam in Indianapolis. It wasn’t cars and trucks, but a sea of blue jackets that prevented me from moving. I was in a hurry to meet with some folks for an interview and was being temporarily delayed without any hope of moving. The reason: the National Anthem.

I was riding up the escalator just outside of the arena prior to the start of a session. All of the televisions in the hallway featured a lone corduroy-clad FFA member singing a beautiful, respectful version of the National Anthem then switched to a picture of the flag. The escalator was packed with FFA members trying to get to their seats for the start of the Session and everyone (to a person) stopped in the places they were standing with their hand over their heart, respectfully watching the flag on the multiple televisions in the vicinity.… Continue reading

Listen to the winners reflect on being named top in the nation.

Adam Blumenschein

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Kolt Buchenroth

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Sierra Drewes

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Collin Dunaway

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Nole Gerfen

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Aaron Hendrich

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Ann Shelby

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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue traveled to Indiana to participate in a series of events at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis. Among the events, the Secretary moderated the #SpeakAg Dialogues and delivered remarks at Opening Session 1B. Here are some of his remarks from the General Session.

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Student teams from Northmor High School in Morrow County and Gallia Academy High School in Gallia County were first place winners in the 65th annual FFA State Land and Soil Judging Contest held Oct. 14 at the Farm Science Review site in Madison County. The event is sponsored by the Ohio Department of Agriculture Division of Soil and Water Conservation, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Delaware Soil and Water Conservation District and Haviland Plastic Products.

Northmor’s victory came in the rural land judging portion of the competition, where soils are evaluated for their limitations, soil health, fertility and overall potential for agricultural production. The Gallia Academy win came in the urban soil judging category, which challenges students to evaluate soil limitations for urban applications such as buildings, septic systems, roads and landscaping.

Teams from East Clinton High School (Clinton County) and Upper Sandusky High School (Wyandot County) placed second and third, respectively, in the rural contest.… Continue reading

Kameron Rinehart from the Miami Trace Chapter will be staying busy this week at the National FFA Convention.

“So here at National FFA Convention, I have several roles. I’m serving as a delegate for the Ohio FFA Association and I’m also receiving my American FFA Degree this year, and I’m representing Wilmington College as a student ambassador,” Rinehart said. “I am super excited for Saturday to get my American FFA Degree. It’s something that I’ve worked hard for the past six years being an FFA member. It’s a life long dream of mine to receive my American FFA Degree. During my freshmen year attending National FFA Convention when I saw my fellow FFA members receive their American Degrees, I made it a personal goal of mine to achieve and it wasn’t an easy task getting all the hours and all the different obligations you have to do to get that American Degree.… Continue reading

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Ohio’s candidate to become National FFA Officer for 2017-2018 is Mary Buehler, former president of the Ohio FFA Association. She continues to be in contention for national office.

“It’s really neat to transition from state president to national officer candidate,” Buehler said. “A lot of those people that I met throughout my year last year — those members — they are what have inspired me to run as a national officer and I’ve been getting a lot of texts and messages from them as encouragement and I just hope I can represent Ohio to the best of my ability.”

Buehler must go through a number of interviews that whittle down the amount of blue corduroy-clad young people hoping to lead the organization over the next year.

“It started back in June. I was chosen for a candidate for Ohio so it’s been all sorts of prep and studying since then. I drove to Indy on Friday evening and we started the process bright and early at 7 a.m.… Continue reading

As usual, Ohio FFA will be well represented at the 2017 National FFA Convention. Here is a list of Ohio participants to watch for this week in Indianapolis.

American FFA Degrees – 397

American Star in Agribusiness Finalist – Shaun Wenrick, Anna

American Star in Agriscience Finalist – Chrysta Beck, Pettisville

National Officer Candidate – Mary Buehler, Anna

Honorary American Degrees

Leah Amstutz, Columbus

Karen Cooley, Williamsfield

Andrew Muntz, Columbus

National Proficiency Award Finalists

Agricultural Communications – Kolt Buchenroth, Kenton-OHP

Agricultural Mechanics Design and Fabrication – Maci Krites, Miami East-MVCTC

Agricultural Mechanics Repair and Maintenance-Entrepreneurship – Aaron Hendrich, Eaton-MVCTC

Agricultural Sales-Entrepreneurship – Katie Bendickson, Miami East-MVCTC

Agricultural Sales-Placement – Sierra Drewes, New Bremen

Agriscience Research Plant – Jacob Dennis, Pettisville

Beef Production-Placement – Clinton Liming, Felicity-Franklin

Dairy Production-Placement – Clair Schmitmeyer, Versailles

Diversified Agricultural Production – Nole Gerfen, Ridgemont

Diversified Crop Production-Placement – Michael Klein, West Holmes

Diversified Horticulture – Nathan Stacklin, Ridgemont

Diversified Livestock – Adam Blumenschein, Fairbanks

Environmental Science and Natural Resources Management – Collin Brinkman, Fayetteville

Equine Science-Placement – Juanita Miller, West Holmes

Fiber and/or Oil Crop Production – Reed Aller, St.… Continue reading

Wed. Oct. 25, 2017

8 a.m. – 8 p.m. Onsite Registration (ICC, Hall K)

8 a.m. – 7 p.m. FFA Shopping Mall (ICC, Halls C-E)

Noon – 5 p.m. National FFA Expo (ICC, Halls B and F-J)

2 p.m. National FFA Grand March (ICC, Capitol Avenue Plaza)

3:30 p.m. Opening Session 1A (BLF)
6:45 p.m. Opening Session 1B (BLF)

6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. World’s Toughest Rodeo (ISF)

8:30 p.m. Rascal Flatts FFA Concert presented by Culvers (LOS – doors open 7:30 p.m.)

Other Activities

Delegate Activities (ICC)
Agriscience Fair Set up (ICC, Hall A)
National Chapter (ICC)
Alumni Central (ICC)
Teachers Internet Lounge (ICC)
Student Leadership Workshops (ICC)
Teacher Workshops (ICC)
Proficiency National Finalist Reception (Westin Hotel)
Career Success Tours (TBD)
Career Development and Leadership Development Events (Various Locations)

Thurs., Oct. 26, 2017

7 a.m. – 8 p.m. Onsite Registration (ICC, Hall K)

8 a.m. – 7 p.m. FFA Shopping Mall (ICC, Halls C-E)

8 a.m.… Continue reading