FFA 2014

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2014 — 16 PAGES

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The FFA has an important his-tory that impacts us today. One im-portant event is, in 1914, Congresspassed the Smith-Hughes Act.Doing this established agricultureclasses. The next event was in 1930when E.M. Tiffany wrote the FFA’sofficial creed. All FFA members/students must recite this five-para-graph creed.

For a long time people didn’tallow girls into agriculture classes.They believed it was a man’s job;although, in 1969 girls were admit-

ted into the FFA. In 1965 NFAmerged with FFA. NFA stood forNew Farmers of America; this waswhat African Americans went toinstead of FFA. The year of 1988the name was changed to NationalFFA Organization. The name of themagazine was National FutureFarmers Magazine, but this alsowas changed in 1989 to New Hori-zons. The FFA went from just de-veloping classes to having anational FFA center in Indianapo-lis, Ind.

By Nathan JanikCONCORDIA FFA MEMBER

The FFA originated in 1917 under the Smith-HughesNational Vocation Act. But it did not start out as theFFA; it was originally a vocational class. It wasn’t untilthe 1920s that they called it the Future Farmers Club.Then in 1928, the first dues were paid to the NationalFFA. In 1952, the first FFA magazine was created,known as New Horizons. In 1998, the first ever nationalheadquarters was built in Alexandria, Va. In 2007, theNational FFA merchandise center was formed just a fewblocks south of the headquarters. The FFA has pro-gressed greatly over the years. Every year new changesare happening, and more and more members are joining.FFA is a great experience to be a part of; it can challengeyou to new things and prepare you for your future.

Points in timeA chronological history of FFA

By Brenten RunyonCONCORDIA FFA MEMBER

The images of one donat-ing blood don’t typically co-incide with thoughts ofagriculture, but they do shareone important idea—provid-ing for the community.

This time last year, stu-dents and adults filed intoConcordia High School’sAgriculture Building, antici-pating their turns to donatewhile others collected snacksto regain strength. The blooddrive is one of the communityoutreach projects ConcordiaFFAmembers hold each yearas they challenge themselvesand the public to be of serviceto others.

“We have to have certainactivities that reach out to thecommunity and fit a need inthe community,” ConcordiaFFA President Nora Farissaid in February 2013. “It fitsin with our goals.”

According to the Ameri-can Red Cross, someone inthe U.S. needs blood everytwo seconds, including manyof the 1 million people diag-nosed with cancer each year.

Community Blood Cen-ter serves approximately 70hospitals throughoutMissouriand Kansas, including I-70Community Hospital inSweet Springs, FitzgibbonHospital in Marshall,Lafayette Regional HealthCenter in Lexington andWestern Missouri MedicalCenter in Warrensburg.

The donation drive is justone of many activitiesplanned for this year’s FFAWeek, in which members notonly promote the organiza-tion but use it as a time to giveback.

“We do a lot of organiza-tion work in advance, butFebruary especially is a busymonth at Concordia HighSchool,” Faris said.

This year’s blood drive isscheduled from8 a.m. to 2:30p.m. today, in the school’sAgriculture Building.

Givingback

By Grace StumbaghCONCORDIA FFA MEMBER

If one from anotherstate outside of Missouriwere to come and visitConcordia, they would beexposed to farmland as faras the eye could see, trac-tors rolling the city streets,and possibly a whole bunch

of kids wearing bright neonshirts. What is so uniqueabout these kids? They’re apart of the Concordia FFAchapter.

As a member of FFA,these students don’t justlearn about agriculture, buta whole array of life-skills— money management,starting a business and more

— all while having fun.There are a lot of parties,dances, activities, trips,conferences and food. Butthat’s just getting started.

If FFA doesn’t soundinviting enough let me tellyou about scholarships. It’seasy to get one — thou-sands of dollars right to

you, all by filling out an ap-plication.

Many people thinkFFA’s for farmers, but inreality, a majority of the

people enjoying the benefitsof FFA don’t live on a farm.So, if you’re looking for away to brighten your future,FFA is the thing for you!

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By Nora FarisCONCORDIA FFA PRESIDENT

Members of the Concor-dia FFA chapter joined morethan 50,000 students nation-wide in traveling to Louis-ville, Ky., for the 86thNational FFA Convention &Expo. The theme of the an-nual conventionwas “Ignite,”inspiring members to pursuetheir individual passions foragriculture and attain leader-ship and success in the organ-ization.

During the first day of theconvention, members heardfrom the National FFA offi-cer team, National FFA Ad-visor Steve Brown, and RickPitino, the head coach of theLouisville Cardinals collegebasketball team and keynotespeaker. The students then at-tended leadership seminarsand the National FFA Expo,where representatives fromcolleges and key agriculturalorganizations and businessesprovided career informationto members.

During the trip, memberswere also able to experience

several iconic Louisville at-tractions. A trip to theChurchill Downs gave stu-dents a behind-the-sceneslook at the famous horse rac-ing complex; following a tourof the grounds, studentswatched a series of horseraces from the grandstand.The Louisville Slugger base-ball bat factory was anotherhighlight; students took an as-sembly line tour, followingthe production of a baseballbat from the lumber pile tothe batting cage.

The Huber Family Farmand Winery welcomed stu-dents to their multiple-gener-ation agricultural operation;

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The Concordia FFAchapter was commended as a3-StarNational Chapter at theconvention, an honor be-stowed upon a select fewchapters nationwide whichexhibit exemplary student ac-tivities and community in-volvement. Concordia FFAmembers who attended theconvention were KaileyBales, Spencer Brown,Martha Cowherd, Laura Ed-wards, Nora Faris, HannaJanik, Brooke Kilgore andSabrina Limback.


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Above: Members ofthe Concordia FFAchapter traveled toLouisville, Ky., for theannual National FFAConvention & Expo.During the trip, thesestudents were able toenjoy a dinner theater inLouisville, as well asseveral agri-tours, in-cluding Huber Orchardsand Vineyard and theChurchill Downs. Pic-tured are Brook Kilgore,Laura Edwards,Spencer Brown, Sab-rina Limback, Nora Farisand Hanna Janik.

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By Taylor LutjenCONCORDIA FFA MEMBER

Why should you join FFA? A betterquestion is why wouldn’t you?

To me people who are in FFA get to ex-perience the joy of a big “family” whoshare the same interest, which would beagriculture. But it’s not just the same inter-est that makes us a “family,” some of us al-ready have a bond.

FFA is just another thing that makes ourbond stronger. Even though sometimes wefight like cats and dogs, that’s a part of abonding “family.”

Another reason to join FFA would bebecause you get to do a lot of extra activi-ties. For example, for our FFA Week Mon-day we went to a Maverick’s hockey game.

For high school students it could keepyou busy, and you will have fun whiledoing it, as long as you are at least inter-ested in Ag and will actually show up foractivities.

By Nora FarisCONCORDIA FFAPRESIDENT

The National Chap-ter Activity Award pro-gram, sponsored by JohnDeereTM, recognizes out-standing FFA chaptersacross the country thatdemonstrate a programof activities which en-hances the developmentof students, the chapterand the community. Thisyear, the Concordia FFAchapter was recognizedat the Missouri FFAState Convention, withPresident Nora Faris ac-cepting the award plaqueon behalf of the chapter.The chapter’s award ap-plication was then for-warded to the national tobe screened and evalu-ated. The ConcordiaFFA chapter was ac-knowledged as being inthe top tier of FFA chap-ters nationally and wasdesignated as a “three-star” chapter, the highestNational Chapter Awarddistinction. The Concor-dia FFA chapter attrib-utes its success in theawards program to sup-port from communitymembers, student in-volvement and a tradi-tion of excellence, whichit plans to continue foryears to come.

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Concordia FFA participates in school and community recycling activities.Here, Kailey Bales, Nate Janik and Dustin Neal, along with other FFA members,collect recyclable materials from school classrooms.

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Hunter Bredehoeft, asophomore member of theConcordia FFA chapter, con-ducts a Supervised Agricul-tural Experience program inpoultry production.

Dustin Neal, a junior member of the Con-cordia FFA chapter, raises goats and cattlefor his Supervised Agricultural Experienceprogram. Dustin is responsible for the careand maintenance of his goatherd, which in-cludes daily chores, such as feeding.

By Tate BittikerCONCORDIA FFA MEMBER

The SAE, or SupervisedAgriculture Experience, is animportant part of agricultureeducation. Every agricultureprogram has an SAE, and itis a required curriculum.They are a great way to makemoney, learn how to run abusiness and become experi-enced in the working world.SAEs are important projectsin agriculture. SAEs are ba-sically a miniature businessof your own job. There areeight types of SAE areas:ownership production, own-

ership agribusiness, owner-ship custom, placement pro-duction, placement agri-business and placement lab-oratory. “Ownership” meansyou own it, and “placement”means you work for some-one. By doing an SAE youlearn important informationabout the working world. Ifyou get into a good SAE youmight even make a profit outof it. Having a good SAE,you also can earn awards inthe FFA. An SAE is the keyin your agriculture experi-ence and is also a good expe-rience for you to have in thefuture.

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By Rachael RodenbergCONCORDIA FFAVICE PRESIDENT

Joining the FFA is one ofthe best things you can do inyour high school career. TheFFA offers so many opportu-nities that no other organiza-tion can offer. In FFA youhave the opportunity to meetnew people and learn a lot ofvaluable skills you will usefor a lifetime. You can be ona contest team that expandsyour knowledge on the topicyou choose. The FFA offersscholarships to seniors to helpthemmove forward after highschool and gain knowledge.Throughout the FFA youlearn new things, meet newpeople and ultimately gainskills that will last a lifetime.

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steer requires careful attention tothe animal’s health and appear-ance, as well as diligent training ofthe animal for shows.

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By Jessica HemmeCONCORDIA FFA MEMBER

This year the ConcordiaFFA went out with ourboots on! We had our an-nual Barnwarming. Thetheme was “Going Out withour Boots On.”

We had all types of foodand drinks there. Thecookie dip and puppy chowwas everyone’s favorite.

We were dancing ourbooties off for a good cause.We had to either bring $2 ortwo canned goods to helpthe Sweet Springs Food

Pantry. The Concordia FFAgot to dance the night awayfrom 8 to 11 p.m.

We enjoyed voting forour king and queen. Themembers of the ConcordiaFFA voted Nora Faris asour queen and Cody

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Concordia FFA members participate in the Barnwarming danceSaturday, Oct. 26, 2013. Students enjoyed music, dancing, games,and snacks. The chapter also conducted a food drive at the annualevent to benefit the Sweet Springs Food Pantry.

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FFA members enjoy some friendly competition at the annual Barn-warming dance, participating in games to compete for FFA-themedprizes.

By Derrick LindstromCONCORDIA FFA MEMBER

From the Missouri State Fair to farm shows and natu-ral resource conventions, hunting and conservation are apart of the Missourian’s life.

The conservationists of Missouri make a huge differ-ence in all kinds of things most citizens take for granted.

For example, there are many people in the state whoenjoy hunting, and conservation efforts affect these indi-viduals greatly.

Any hunter should know that each year, when theytelecheck any harvested animal, their information isrecorded on paper and entered into computer systems.

From this stage, that recorded information is used to setthe lengths of the next year’s season, the bag limits, andother factors.

Conservationists try to keep these recorded numbers ac-curate by stopping poachers and making sure hunters havethe proper licenses and tags.

Their job is important to keep Missouri’s ecosystemshealthy and balanced.

Conservation in Missouri doesn’t just stop with hunt-ing. Conservation departments also manage the state’s soil,lakes, waterways, grasslands, forests and state parks.

Many FFA members, such as myself, have a direct im-pact on Missouri conservation through our SupervisedAgricultural Experience programs.

I have an entrepreneurship SAE focused on forestrymanagement, in which I help my customers manage andconserve their timber.

Some customers prefer to have noxious trees removedfrom their property, while others want lanes cleared in theirforests for hunting or driving.

The purpose of Missouri conservation is to improve anddevelop the state’s natural resources and preserve our pub-lic and private lands. Every Missourian, whether a hunteror a landowner, shares a role in conservation.

By Heather CoolCONCORDIA FFA MEMBER

Not only is agricultureimportant to all communi-ties, agriculture is impor-tant to the whole world.Agriculture is the largestindustry in the U.S. It pro-vides 20 percent of alljobs. Those jobs go from afood scientist to just a reg-ular hog farmer.

Agriculture providesfood, clothing, shelter,medicine and pharmaceuti-cals.

Agriculture in theUnited States is so suc-cessful because of fertilesoil, lots of land, climate,landscape, new technol-ogy, new inventors, andgreat transportation andmarketing system. Withoutagriculture, crops and meatwould not be as great asthey are today.

The study of plants,

which would be studied byplant scientists, is a veryimportant job. It helps re-produce and rejuvenateplants that might be weakor needing some assis-tance.

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By Cameron CooperCONCORDIA FFA MEMBER

This year started, I got my schedule and saw Ihad an agriculture class.

I wasn’t very excited at first.I thought, “Oh pigs and cow’s big deal, and who

cares.” Plus I didn’t want to live on a farm!I just figured that I’d get in, pass and forget it

all.Since school started though, I started to become

more and more excited that I had it on my schedule.In the beginning of the year, I learned a bunch

of interesting facts, like agriculture in the U.S. pro-vides 20 percent of all jobs and employs 22 millionpeople.

I also learned agriculture isn’t just tips for whenyou’re living on a farm; it’s the use, conservation,and maintenance of environmental and recreationalresources.

This was a class that I wouldn’t have taken onmy own, but I am glad that I have it now!

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Members of the Concordia FFA chapter andthe Missouri FFA Association state officer teamparticipated in The Food Dialogues, a forum on re-sponsible livestock care and modern biotechnol-ogy in food production. The Food Dialogues,sponsored byMissouri Farmers Care and the U.S.Farmers & Ranchers Alliance, was held Sept. 19,2013, at the Reynolds Journalism Institute on the

University of Missouri-Columbia campus. TheFood Dialogues: Columbia was one of several fo-rums held throughout the country in urban loca-tions from Los Angeles, Calif., toWashington, D.C.Students participating (from left) are Dustin

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By Jon NeedCONCORDIA FFA MEMBER

The annual FFA fruitand meat sale is the Con-cordia FFA chapter’slargest fundraising activity.

During the last week ofSeptember to about mid-October, chapter memberssell Seitz Fundraising prod-ucts, including gourmetmeat, fruit and cookiedough.

During this time, thechapter sets a goal to reach,which is normally higherthan the previous year’s.

Most members sellabout $300 worth offundraising products, ofwhich the chapter receives40 percent.

The member who sellsthe most during fundraising

sales wins a free trip to theNational FFA Convention,which is held in Louisville,Ky., in October.

Fruit and meat fundrais-ing sales are a good experi-ence for FFA members.They develop sales experi-ence and money manage-ment skills.


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By Kendra RatliffCONCORDIA FFA REPORTER

Who has ever thought about joining the FFA?To join FFAyou do not have to live on a farm or even be a farmer. You canlive in town and even join FFA. To join FFA means to learnabout the organization Future Farmers of America.

In FFA you get to learn about how the organization is de-veloped, animals, entomology, food science, plants, construc-tion, welding and many more agriculture classes. Just becauseyou live in town or even in a big city doesn’t mean you can’tjoin the FFA. Any type of individual can be involved and cangrow their knowledge of FFA’s history. If FFA is somethingyou want to be a part of, join! You will be able to learn whatFFA has to interest you!

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Who likes ani-mals? I sure do! Goats,cows and chickens, ohmy!

TheConcordiaFFApetting zoo, held everyspring near the end ofthe school year,abounds with these an-imals.

At the petting zoo,elementary studentsand community mem-bers are able to learnabout livestock ani-mals and how they areraised.

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ByKendra RatliffCONCORDIA FFA REPORTER

FFA Week is all aboutshowing pride in your FFAchapter. In our FFA chapterwe hold a blood drive and apancake breakfast.

We learn that doing ablood drive can help to save

many lives of people who arein danger. Hosting a pancakebreakfast for our communityshows all of the students inthe FFAchapter away to helpgive others pride in every-thing they want to do. It alsoshows that charity is a verygood and healthy thing inwhich to participate.

Our chapter also has twoor three days to pick ways todress up during FFA Week.

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By Brooke KilgoreCONCORDIA FFA MEMBER

Each year at the sametime the streets fill withpeople from all over, com-ing for a little fun. As thesun goes down, the ridesgo up. This event is calledConcordia Fall Festival.

Many people do notknow FFA members areinvolved in this event.

This year we rode inthe parade, throwingcandy, waving and smilingto people all around us. Wesat on uncomfortable hayand had the bright sun inour eyes, but if I had to doit again I would. It was alot of fun!

Before the street fairFFA members helped outby selling steer stand tick-

ets to people we know, inhopes they would win. Itwas an easy task. Duringthe fair we walked aroundproudly wearing our FFAT-shirts — setting a goodexample for everyonewatching.

The last thing we didwasn’t fun, but in the endit was worth it.

Many members wokeup extra early beforeschool, put on gloves,grabbed trash bags andcleaned the streets thatwere used for the fair.

I strongly recommendfor the younger kids to joinFFA and be active. Noteverything we do is fun,but it’s all worth it. Yougain experience in life andget to help your commu-nity become a better place.

‘Street Fair’ 2013

The 2013-2014 Concordia FFA chapter members from left to right are:(first row) Kailey Bales, Martha Cowherd, Rachael Rodenberg, Nora Faris,Hanna Janik, Kendra Ratliff; (second row) Audrey Buesing, Bristol Schnaken-berg, Megan Blake, Morgan Amor, Kayla Davis, Laura Edwards, Sabrina Lim-back, Kristen Brownlee, Kaitlyn Schnakenberg; (third row) Caleb Pfannakuch,Sam Rodenberg, Wade Heimsoth, Maddie Kelly, Shalya Norris, TommyBermudez, Jon Need, Derrick Lindstrom, Trent McGinnis; (fourth row) NateJanik, Brenten Runyon, Bailey Hisle, McKenna Meyer, Lium Kelly, Tate Bit-tiker, Spencer Brown, Dustin Neal; (fifth row) Haley Turner, Grace Stumbagh,

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The emblem in FFA means a lot,without this emblem FFA wouldn’tbe considered the same! The emblemis more important than what peoplethink!

This emblem has six parts to it,and they are: the cross section of theear of corn, the rising sun, the eagle,

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Classroom instruction, in addition to participation in FFA and a SupervisedAgricultural Experience program, is an important aspect of the agricultural ed-ucation program. Students can take classes on a variety of agriculture-relatedsubjects, including floriculture, food science, animal science and landscaping.

Instruction for Ag students

Greenhands, or first-year FFA members,enjoy a presentation byState FFA PresidentAbrea Mizer, who en-courages members tofurther their involvementin the organization.


I believe in the future of agriculture,with a faith born not of words but of deeds— achievements won by the present andpast generations of agriculturists; in thepromise of better days through betterways, even as the better things we nowenjoy have come to us from the strugglesof former years.

I believe that to live and work on agood farm, or to be engaged in other agri-cultural pursuits, is pleasant as well aschallenging; for I know the joys and dis-comforts of agricultural life and hold aninborn fondness for those associationswhich, even in hours of discouragement, Icannot deny.

I believe in leadership from ourselvesand respect from others. I believe in myown ability to work efficiently and thinkclearly, with such knowledge and skill asI can secure, and in the ability of pro-gressive agriculturists to serve our ownand the public interest in producing andmarketing the product of our toil.

I believe in less dependence on beg-ging and more power in bargaining; inthe life abundant and enough honestwealth to help make it so — for others aswell as myself; in less need for charity andmore of it when needed; in being happymyself and playing square with thosewhose happiness depends upon me.

I believe that American agriculture canand will hold true to the best traditions ofour national life and that I can exert aninfluence in my home and communitywhich will stand solid for my part in thatinspiring task.

(The creed was written by E. M.Tiffany, and adopted at the FFA’s 3rd Na-tional Convention. It was revised at the38th Convention and then the 63rd Con-vention.)

FFA Creed

Documents

FFA 2014