South Dakota FFA Members TRANSFORM history! Put...

Agriscience Fair - Animal Systems - Division I National Winner • Hadley Stiefvater, McCook Central

FFA’sNEW

ERA February 2017Vol. 83 • No. 2

SOUTHDAKOTA

The89thNationalFFAConventionandExpoisinthebooks.SD FFA had an astounding year, and made history!WeareveryproudofourSDFFAmembersandagriculturaleducatorsastheyrepresentedourstatewithclass,integrity,andpassionforagriculturewhileinIndianapolis.Congratulationstoallmembersandchaptersthatparticipatedinanawardselectionintervieworacareerdevelopmentevent.Howdidwemakehistory?WithtwooutofthefourAmericanStarscomingfromSD,twoNationalProficiencywinners,andanAgrisciencFairwinner.CongratulationstotheseoutstandingSDFFAmembers!

South Dakota FFA Members TRANSFORM history! Put Purpose to Action

Diversified Crop Production Proficiency – Entrepreneurship National Winner • Adam Eichacker, McCook Central

American Star in Agriscience Elizabeth Renner, West Central

American Star in Agribusiness Shane Mueller, Garretson

Grain Production Proficiency – Entrepreneurship National Winner • Andrew Streff, McCook Central

February 2017 • FFA Newsletter • 32 • February 2017 • FFA Newsletter

National Convention RecapBy Sydnie Peters

SouthDakotawaswellrepresented

atthe2016NationalFFAConvention,in

Indianapolis,IN,October19th-22nd.Shane

Mueller,GarretsonFFA,andElizabeth

Renner,WestCentral,underwentinterviews

atconventionandwerenamesthe2016 American Star in Agribusiness and American Star in Agriscience respectively!Congratulations,ShaneandElizabeth!

Innational proficiencies, Adam Eichacker, McCook Centralmember

wontheDiversifiedCropProduction-

EntrepreneurshipProficiency.Eichacker

rentedlandfromhisneighborandfarmed

thelandalongwiththesevenacreshis

grandfathergavehim.ThroughhisSAE,

Eichackerlearnedtorunasuccessfulcorn

andsoybeanoperation.Andrew Streff, also a McCook Centralmember,wontheGrain

Production–Entrepreneurshipproficiency.

Streffrentedlandtogrowcornandpurchase

hisownseed,fertilizer,insurance,fuel,and

othersupplies.Hefollowedgrainmarket

trendstoensurehereceivedgoodpricesfor

hiscorn.Congratulations,AdamandAndrew!

Hadley Stiefvater, McCook Centralplaced

firstintheAgriscience Fair Animal Systems

divisionaftercompletingresearchandaproject

inheragecategory.CongratulationsHadley!

WeareproudofalltheSDteamsand

individualswhoparticipatedinCDEsatthe

NationalFFAConvention,strengtheningtheir

agskills.

February 2017: Vol. 83 • No. 2Published three times per year by the South

Dakota FFA Association

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

2016-2017 STATE OFFICERSPRESIDENT

Alison Simon, [email protected]

VICE-PRESIDENT Kaitlyn Schmichel, Tri-Valley

[email protected]

SECRETARYLogan Hoffman, Bridgewater-Emery

[email protected]

TREASURERAndrew Streff, McCook [email protected]

REPORTERJaclynn Knutson, Viborg Hurley [email protected]

SENTINELSydnie Peters, Winner

[email protected]

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •SD FFA Association

EXECUTIVE SECRETARYElizabeth Mayrose

Box 507, SDSUBrookings, SD 57007

(605) 688 – [email protected]

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

STATE ADVISORMichelle Nelson

Division of Career and Technical Education

800 Governor’s DrivePierre, SD 57501(605) 295-1930

[email protected]• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •SD FFA Foundation

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORGerri Eide

(605) [email protected]

39393 133rd St.Bath, SD 57427

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTGretchen Sharp

[email protected]

SD FFA AlumniDawn Nagel

[email protected]• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

District AdvisorsDist. 1 — Greg Janisch, Milbank

Dist. 2 — Dave VanderWal, DeSmetDist. 3 — Bridget Twedt, Beresford

Dist. 4 — Karen Roudabush,Bridgewater-Emery

Dist. 5 — Lisa Steinken, Rapid CityDist. 6 — Noelle Swanson, Northwestern

Dist. 7 — Tara Fastert, Harrisburg

AGED.SDSTATE.EDU

AgricultureTechnologyandMechanicalSystems Tri-Valley Gold

AgricultureCommunications Miller Silver

AgriculturalSales,VeterinaryScience Mitchell Bronze,Silver

DairyCattleEvaluationandManagement Groton Silver

EnvironmentalNaturalResources Redfield Silver

FarmBusinessManagement Willow Lake Silver

Floriculture Milbank Silver

HorseEvaluation West Central Silver

MarketingPlan Canton Silver

LivestockEvaluation,ParliamentaryProcedure Highmore Silver,Silver

MilkQualityandProducts,Agronomy Harrisburg Silver,Bronze

FoodScienceandTechnology,Nursery/Landscape McCook Central Silver,Bronze

AgricultureCommunications Trey Waldorp • Miller FFA 3rdPlace

PublicSpeaking Jennifer Hurlbert • Clark FFA Silver

JobInterview Carson Ulrich • West Central FFA Silver

ExtemporaneousSpeaking Jaclynn Knutson • Viborg-Hurley FFA Bronze

CreedSpeaking Kayla Smeenk • Harrisburg FFA Bronze

Teams who received emblems include:

Individuals who received emblems for their participation in CDEs include:

Congratulations to all South Dakota FFA members who participated at the 2016 National FFA Convention!

TheSouthDakotaFFAconsistsof84FFAchapterswithover4,400FFAmembers.FFAmakesapositivedifferenceinthelivesofstudentsbydevelopingtheirpotential

forpremierleadership,personalgrowth,andcareersuccessthroughagriculturaleducation.

Visit http://www.sdffafoundation.org/formoreinformation,and/orfollowusonFacebook (South Dakota FFA Association and South Dakota FFA Foundation),

Twitter (@SD_FFA), and Instagram (sdffaassociation).

Chapter Chatter Florence FFA by Advisor Jim Chilson

WejustfinishedasuccessfulfruitsalesbeforeChristmas.

FreshmenmemberstouredthenewFarmCountryCoop

FertilizerPlantatWallace.Seniorshavebeenworkingon

theirSAErecordsandstatedegreeapplications.Wearestill

experiencingsomegrowingpainslearninghowtousethe

AETrecordprogram.

Gettysburg FFA by Advisor Luke Eide

TheGettysburgFFAcreatedaCDEroom,equippedwith

materialsthatmemberscanusetopracticetheirindividual

CDEsduringfreetimeatschool.

Watertown Area FFA by Advisor Ashley Wiekamp

WeareofficiallypreparingforNationalFFAWeek.Wehave

alotofexcitingactivitiesplannedfromAgOlympicswith

WatertownMiddleSchooltoservingfreeSDSUicecream

(askingforfreewilldonationsforFeedingSouthDakota).

Wehavemanymoreactivitiesgoingonwithin

ourcommunities.

Clark FFA by Advisor Greg Janisch

Therearemanynewandexcitingactivitiesgoingoninour

chapter.WearebusyworkingonupdatingourFFArecords

andapplyingforstatedegrees.BeforeChristmaswehad

anamazingFFAcook-out,gettingusreadytocomeback

tothenewyearfullblast.Roundingoutthemonth,wewill

begintoprepareforspringCDE's.

McCook Central FFA by Advisor Terry Rieckman

Ourchapterjustfinishedupwithseveralcommunity

serviceprojectssuchasaThanksgivingbasketsforneedy

families,aChristmasSharingTree,businessappreciation,

andteacherappreciation.Ourofficersandchapterarenow

gearingupfortheupcomingFFAWeek,whichisalwaysa

bigeventatourschoolandtown!

Photo provided courtesy of the National FFA Organization.

®, TM, SM Trademarks and service marks of DuPont, Pioneer or their respective owners. © 2017 PHII. 17D-1060

DuPont Pioneer is proud to support education programs that help ensure the successful agriculture of tomorrow.

We’re investing in the future

Proud to be a SD FFA

Star Partner

Tri-ValleyGoldTeam


Weareonceagainnearingthattimeofyearthat

2,000SouthDakotaFFAmembershavebeenwaitingfor.

The89thSouthDakotaFFAconventionwilltakeplace

April23-25atSouthDakotaStateUniversityinBrookings.

ForFFAmembers,thismeansthreeexcitingdaysof

careerdevelopmentevents,speakers,sessions,andmore

opportunitiesforthemtoexplore.

Thisyear'sthemwillbe“Enhance!”Thestateofficers

areencouragingthemembersacrossthestatetoenhance

theirknowledge,skillsandleadershipinandoutofFFA.

Stateconventionisahugeopportunitytoprovidethe

passiontodojustthat.

Over200FFAmemberswillwalkacrosstheconvention

stageandreceivetheirStatedegree,thehighestdegree

whichcanbeprovidedbythestate.Toreceivethisdegree,

FFAmembershavetoobtaintheirchapterdegree,

completemanyhoursofcommunityservice,logatleast

300hoursintheirsupervisedagricultureexperienceorearn

atleast$1000,andmore!Alsoinsupervisedagriculture

experiences,memberswillbecompetingintheirspecialized

areasofSAE,areasofproficiency,andthefirstplacewinner

fromeveryareawilladvancetocompetetobeanational

finalistattheNationalFFAConventioninOctober.

FFAmemberswillalsocompeteforatopspotincareer

developmentevents,fromFloriculturetoVeterinaryScience

toAgronomy.Thetopteamfromeachof14differentCDE’s

willalsogettoadvancetotheNationalFFAconvention.

Toendtheconvention,the2016-2017stateofficerteam

willgivetheirretiringaddressandsaytheirgoodbyesas

thenewlyelected,2017-2018stateFFAofficerteamtakes

theirplace.

Withconventionsoclose,FFAmembersarebeginning

toEnhancetheirskillsandprepareforaseasonof

interviews,careerdevelopmenteventsandproficiencies.

PicturedfromLtoR:ChantelNelsonfromFlorence,SydneyHoffmanfromBridgewater-Emery,GabeLorangfromWestCentral,BriannaLarsonfromBrookings,BridgerGordonfromSturgis,JourneyMehlhaffromFreeman,

andDaltonHowefromRedfield.

Enhance Your Year - Attend SD FFA Convention!by Logan Hoffman

Sharing the FFA Story with Policy Makersby Sydnie Peters

SouthDakotaLegislatorsmetwithDistrictandStateFFA

Officersatthe2017SouthDakotaFFALegislativeBreakfast

andDistrictOfficerTraininghostedbytheSouthDakotaFFA

AssociationonWednesday,Jan18thandThursday,Jan19th

attheAmericInninFortPierre,S.D.Thepurposeoftheevent

wastopromoteFFAandagricultureeducationbybringing

togetherSouthDakota’sgovernmentalleaderswiththe

leadersoftheSouthDakotaFFA.

Thethemeofthisyear’seventwas"FindingTeam-O”.

AllofthesessionsincludedclipsfromFindingNemothat

relatedtothesessioncontent.DistrictOfficersreceived

workbooksandt-shirtsthatalsoreflectedthefunand

upbeattheme.

Districtofficersarrivedatoneo’clockonWednesday

andattendedasessionbeforegoingtotheCapitoland

sittinginontheHouseandSenate.Theythenattended

anothersession,hadanetiquettetrainingatdinner,headed

backtotheCapitolforroundtablesandendedthedaywith

areflection.Thenextmorning,LegislativeBreakfastwas

brightandearlyat6:30am.EveryonelistenedtoSouth

DakotaStateVeterinarianDustinOedekoven.Afterwards

therewerethreemoresessionsandthedayendedwith

theExecutiveBoardmeetingattendedbytheDistrict

presidentsandadvisors.


InPrepared Public Speaking,eachcontestantpresentsa6-8minuteagriculture-orientedspeechandanswersfiveminutesofrelatedquestions.TheeventandtravelscholarshiparesponsoredbyAgPhD.Theresultswere:

TheAll-State Parliamentary Procedure TeamiscomprisedofthetopindividualofficerfromeachpositionintheParliamentaryProcedureCDE.Thesecompetitorsarethebest-of-the-bestintheirrespectiveposition.ThisareaissponsoredbySkinnerFinancialServices.Thoseselectedare:

InExtemporaneous Public Speaking,anunrehearsed4-6minutespeechiswrittenandpresentedonsite.Eachcontestantisallowedonly30minutestoprepare.OurstatelevelandtravelscholarshipsponsoristheSouthDakotaFarmersUnion.Resultswereasfollows:

Job InterviewchallengesFFAmemberstocompleteajobapplication,writealetterofapplicationandresume,participateinanactualinterviewandcomposeafollow-upletter.OursponsoristheSouthDakotaDepartmentofAgriculture.ThewinningtravelscholarshipissponsoredbyKindraGordonandThreeCornersAgency,Inc.–MelissaStearns,Agent.Theresultswere:

Ag Salesteammembersworktogethertodevelopastrategyforsellingpre-determinedproductstospecificcustomerscenarios.Participantsalsopracticetheirindividualsalesskillsbysellinganagriculturalproducttoacustomer.ThiseventissponsoredbyEasternFarmersCooperative.ThewinningtravelscholarshipissponsoredbyEasternFarmersCooperativeandCurrySeeds.Theresultswere:

TheJunior Conduct ofMeetingseventisdesignedforhighschoolfreshmentopresentamockFFAmeeting.ThiseventissponsoredbyGaryBachman,PrairieAppraisalServiceofBowdle.Theteamresultswere:

State Leadership Career Development Events Recapby Kaitlyn Schmeichel

FFAMembershavebeenverybusythisDecember.OnDecember4-5,2016,nearly500FFAmemberscompetedattheFFAStateLeadershipConference.MemberstraveledtoPierre,SouthDakotatocompeteinvariousleadershipdevelopmentevents.TheFFAStateLeadershipConferencefocusesondevelopingleadershipandteamworkskillsinFFAmembers.Bothmembersandchapterswererecognizedin11differentleadershipareas.Ittookhardworkanddedicationtoadvancetothestatelevel.Infact,membershadtoplacewithinthetoptwoteamsandtopthreeindividualsinordertocompeteatthetheFFAStateLeadershipConference.Fromthere,state-winningteamsandindividualswilladvancetothenationallevel,atthe84thNationalFFAConventioninIndianapolis,Indiana.Thefollowingmembersplacedinthe11differentleadershipeventsattheFFAStateLeadershipConference.

Parliamentary Procedureteams,consistingofsevenmembersperteam,demonstrateanFFAbusinessmeeting.OurstatesponsorisSouthDakotaFarmersUnion.ThestatelevelteamtravelscholarshipissponsoredbyMonteandRuthMasonandBrettandTracyKaltvedt.Theteamresultsareasfollows:

Creed Speaking participantsrecitetheFFACreedandanswerquestionsposedbythejudges.ThiseventandtravelscholarshipissponsoredbyCraigandBonnieDybedahlandMikeRinggenberg.Theresultswere:

InMarketing Plan,teamsofstudentsdeterminealocalcommunityneedandcreateacompletestrategyformarketinganewagriculturalproductorcompanytofillthatneed.ThesponsorisLegendSeeds,Inc.,andthestatewinningteamtravelscholarshipissponsoredbyHurleyandAssociates.Theresultsare:

InAg Issues,ateamof3-7studentsdiscusstheprosandconsofamajoragriculturalissuefacingtheirarea.ThesponsorisSouthDakotaFFAFoundationandthestatewinningteamtravelscholarshipissponsoredbySouthDakotaFarmersUnionandDakotaRiskManagement.Theresultswere:

InAg Broadcasting/Journalism,studentshave30minutestoprepareafive-minuteagriculturalradionewscastandthen"air"it.ThiseventissponsoredbyLudensImplement.Resultswere:

InAg Communications,teamsofstudentsplaytheroleofcommunicationsconsultantstodevelopandpresentamediaplanforanassignedscenario.MembersalsocompleteEditingandCommunicationstests.ThiseventissponsoredbytheSouthDakotaBroadcastersAssociation.ThewinningtravelscholarshipissponsoredbyDakotaFarmtalk.Resultswere:

1. Harrisburg2. Lennox-Sundstrom3. Willow Lake

4. McCook Central5. Highmore

1. Bridger Gordon, Sturgis2. Ella Stiefvater, McCook Central3. Kylee Mogen, Wilmot4. Riggen Zelinsky, Brookings5. Sarah Kroeger, Lennox-Sundstrom6. Hunter Eide, Gettysburg7. Shelby Belmore, Sunshine Bible Academy8. Katy Lantz, Winner

1. Matt Bogue, Beresford2. Kadon Leddy, Milbank3. Clayton Sorum, Canton4. Ashlynne Beninga, Harrisburg5. Mary Dybedahl, Tri-Valley6. Natalie Buckley, Mitchell7. Hanna Peterson, Howard8. Shannon VanderVleit, Brookings

1. Danika Gordon, Sturgis2. Madeline Loewe, Lennox-Sundstrom3. Trevor Johnson, Beresford4. Nobel Northstine, Garreston5. Hilary Albrecht, Howard6. Jameson Bossert, Hot Springs7. Hunter Eide, Gettysburg8. Grace Johanson, Flandreau

1. Patrick Minihan, Canton2. Connor Dekker, Phillip3. Sydney Swanson, Webster-Waubay4. John Kludt, Winner5. Teanna Pawlowski, Miller6. Shawnda Rausch, Hoven7. Kayla Lauck, McCook Central8. Cheyenne Adams, Dell Rapids

1. Sadie Vander Wal, Northwestern Area2. Bridger Gordon, Sturgis3. Dalton Larson, West Central4. Jacob Ziegler, Lennox-Sundstrom5. Carolyn Blatchford, Brookings6. Marie Robbins, Elkton7. Savannah Krogman, Jones County8. Shaly Werdel, Miller

1. Rapid City 2. Canton3. West Central

4. Garretson5. Miller

1. Highmore2. McCook Central3. Lennox-Sundstrom4. Deubrook5. Lemmon

President - Grace Aasheim, HarrisburgVice President - Caitlynn McGregor, McCook CentralSecretary - Sydney Wood, HarrisburgTreasurer - Connor McAllister, HarrisburgReporter - Natalie Gottlob, McCook CentralSentinel - Noah Hovorka, HarrisburgStudent Advisor - Alexander Auch, Harrisburg

1. Kimball2. Canton3. Hot Springs

4. Watertown Area5. McCook Central

1. West Central2. Wall3. Howard

4. Lennox-Sundstrom5. Bowdle

1. West Central2. Miller3. Harrisburg

4. Northwestern Area5. Lennox-Sundstrom

Parliamentary Procedure

All-State Parliamentary Procedure Team

Junior Conduct

Prepared Public Speaking

Creed Speaking

Extemporaneous Public Speaking

Marketing Plan

Job Interview

Ag Issues

Ag Broadcasting/Journalism

Ag Communications

(LtoR)Harrisburg:AlexanderAuch,ConnorMcAllister,NoahHovorka,GraceAasheim,SydneyWood,AshlynneBeninga,Nicole

Hudson,AdvisorToddMarks

(LtoR)GraceAasheim,CaitlynnMcGregor,SydneyWood,ConnorMcAllister,NatalieGottlob,NoahHovorka,AlexanderAuch

(LtoR)Highmore:VeronicaKnippling,DylanMcDonnel,BlakeFarstveet,VelvetJessen,

EmilySemmler,SylviaRodriguez,LaineyAasby,ChesneyEffling,AdvisorKenJones

(LtoR)BridgerGordon,EllaStiefvater,KyleeMogen

(LtoR)DanikaGordon,MadelineLoewe,TrevorJohnson

(LtoR)MattBogue,KadonLeddy,ClaytonSorum

(LtoR)Kimball:SagePulse,HannahSurat,AmyaSwett,AdvisorTraceyWalsh

(LtoR)SadieVanderWal,BridgerGordon,DaltonLarson

(LtoR)WestCentral:Front-GabeLorang,Standing-BranzonUnderwood,HunterWilebski,Jared

Miller,TiffanyRausch,EllieKrizan,CossetteUlrich,AdvisorLindaPetersen

(LtoR)PatrickMinihan,ConnorDekker,SydneySwanson

(LtoR)WestCentral:CarsonUlrich,JacobHarden,LaurynRiepma,EmmaLewis,Advisor

LindaPetersen

Ag Sales

(LtoR)RapidCity:SethShorb,MasonKaup,WilliamRiley,CodyRausch,AdvisorBobbie

JoDonovan


FFA Week by Sydnie Peters, Jaclynn Knutson, and Logan Hoffman

Thinking of Running for State Office? by Jaclynn Knutson and Andrew Streff

FFAweekbeganin1947andthefirstweek-long

eventwasheldin1948,meaningthatwearegetting

closeto70yearsofFFAweekcelebrations.Thedates

werepickedtofallontheweekofGeorgeWashington’s

birthday(onthe22nd);inrecognitionofhislegacyasan

agriculturistandfarmer.

Thisyear’sFFAweekisfromFebruary18th-25th,

anditwillbeabusyweek.AllFFAmembersacrossthe

statearewelcometocometoWinnerandparticipate

innumerousCDEeventpratcicesandlistentospeaker

RickRigsby.Otherchaptersthroughoutthestatewillbe

havingseveraldifferentactivitiesoftheirown,including

kisstheanimalcontests,pettingzoos,agOlympics,

appreciationbreakfasts,andmore.

ChaptersareencouragedtocontacttheState

ExecutiveSecretaryiftheyareinterestedinpotentially

havingastateofficervisitthemduringFFAweek.

WiththestateconventionquicklyapproachinginApril,

itistimeforseniorsinhighschoolandfreshmenincollege

toconsiderrunningforapositionontheStateFFAOfficer

team.BeingaStateOfficerisanincredibleexperience

whichprovidesnotonlyanopportunitytogivebackto

theFFA,butalsoagreatopportunitytobuildoneself

individually.Theexperiencesthatyouwillhaveasanofficer

willpositivelyimpactyoufortherestofyourlife.

Theyearstartsoffwithlargeamountsoftrainingto

helpbuildtheofficerteampersonally,whichthentransitions

intoservingtheAssociationandmembersfortheremainder

oftheyear,finishingwiththeStateConvention.TheState

officerteamisessentialtokeepingourorganizationrunning

inthestateastheyleadbothofoursummercamps,runthe

AgAdventurecenteratthestatefair,conductallchapter

anddistrictvisits,planandrunDistrictOfficertraining,and

ofcourse,leadStateConvention.

IfyouhaveanyquestionsregardingbecomingaState

Officer,pleasecontactanyoneofthisyear’sofficers

andtheywillbemorethanhappytoanswerallofyour

questions!

Working together, we grow tomorrow’s leaders.

We are proud to support FFA,

agriculture and our communities.

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Foundation FeatureFebruary 2017

FFAissteppinguptothechallenge,preparing

youthtobetomorrow’semployeesinthe

science,business,technologyandproductionof

ourfood,andalsoequippingthemtoadvocate

foragricultureandhowweraiseourfood.

Join the SD FFA Foundation is building the next generation ofagricultureleadershipin

America....asasponsor,parent,alumnimember

orfriendofagriculture,find out what FFA in South Dakota is all about…

1. Subscribetoourmonthly e-newsletterat

www.sdffafoundation.org

2. VisittheSD FFA Foundation website

regularlyatwww.sdffafoundation.org

3. LikeSouthDakotaFFAFoundationon

Facebook4. [email protected]

judge an event5. CelebrateNational FFA Week, February 18-25-takeyourjackettoworkorhang

inyourcarwindow,sharetheAgEd

messagewithcoworkers,ordonatetothe

SDFFAFoundation.

6. CometoSouth Dakota's State FFA Convention in Brookings on April 23-25!

AtConventionyoucanmeettheyoung

peoplethatmakeuptheSouthDakotaFFA.

SeethemTRANSFORMtheirPURPOSE

INTOACTIONastheybecomeleadersfor

thefutureofagriculture-throughfourteen

CareerDevelopmentEvents,aCareerCarnival,

serviceprojectsandagriculturalleadership

workshops.Experiencetheexcitementofthe

StateProficiencyAwardCeremonyandState

StarsPageant.CheeronFFAmembersreceiving

theirStateFFADegrees.Raiseyourvoiceand

strengthenagriculturebyinvestinginFFA-the

futureofagriculture!

Raise your voice to advocate for agriculture & agriculture education!

Cargill Donates $22,500 To Support Ag Adventure Center

TheSouthDakotaFFAFoundationhasreceiveda

$22,500donationfromCargilltofundaninteractive

“CargillTechnologyCorner”intheFFAAgAdventure

Center,anexhibitbuildingattheSouthDakotaStateFair

thatfeatureshands-onagriculturalexperiencesthatreflect

modernfarmingprocessesandpractices.

“TheideaoftheCargillTechnologyCorneristoprovide

aninteractiveandentertainingresourcetoeducateyoung

peopleusinginteractivemediaplatforms.”saidGerriEide,

ExecutiveDirectoroftheSDFFAFoundation.“Weknow

manypeoplehavelosttheirconnectiontothefarmand

wewanttohelpthemunderstandwhatgoesonthere,

andhowitimpactstheirnutritionandhealth.Thisexhibit

willengageyouth,teachingfoodfactsandthetiesto

agriculture.”

TechnologypurchasedwiththeCargillCaresgrantwill

alsobeusedthroughouttheyear,educatingFFAchapters,

trainingDistrictOfficers,aswellasbeutilizedatStateFFA

andAgEducationConferences.

PicturedareWillowLake

FFAmembersreceivingthe

donationonbehalfofthe

SouthDakotaFFAFoundation

fromCargill

(LtoR):ReisBruley,President;

JakeDetwiler,CargillManager,

ViennaSD;AshlynnBurke,

Treasurer;MikennaBurke,Vice

President;CutlerMichalski,

Reporter;AlyssaEvenson,

Secretary;CodyForbes,

Historian;AbbieBratland,

StudentAdvisor;ReedTonak,

Sentinel.

Touring SD Agriculture's Diversityby Andrew Streff

Thestateofficerareexcitedtospendspring

breaktravelingthestatevisitingsponsorsand

allkindsofagri-businessesaspartoftheSD

FFAAnnualBusiness&IndustryTour.Thisis

agreatopportunityforthestateofficerteam

toseeallthevariousindustriesinourstateat

workandsharethemessageofwhatAgriculture

EducationandFFAaredoingtopreparefuture

employeesandleaderstomeetthechallenge

offeedingtheworld.Touring,conversingwith

industryleaders,andnetworkingwillmakeforan

interestingandpackedweekthewholeteamis

excitedabout.

OurBusiness&IndustryvisitswillbeMarch

6-8,andwewillbemakingstopsinRapidCity,

Sturgis,Newell,BelleFouche,Pierre,Huron,

BrookingsandDeSmet,hittingavarietyof

places.Theteamwillsplitintothreegroups,

visitingdifferentplaces,sowecansharewith

morepeoplethegoodnewsofwhatFFAis

doingandgatherknowledgetopassontoeach

otherandallSDFFAmembersonvwhatis

happeninginagriculturetoday.We’reallgreatly

lookingforthisnextexperienceinouryear

ofservice!

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Diamond ($20,000 +)CargillInc.TwinCitiesRegion NorthlandFordDealers

Platinum ($10,000 - $19,000)AGPCoBankFarmCreditServicesof AmericaFirstDakotaNationalBank ofYanktonSouthDakotaFundofthe SouthDakotaCommunity Foundation

Gold($5,000 - $9,999)ADMGrainTulareGyllingDataManagement,Inc.McFleegFeedsNorthCentralFarmersElevatorPioneerHi-BredInternational,Inc.ProducersHybrids,Inc.

SDCornUtilizationCouncilSDEthanolProducers Association,Inc.SDSoybeanResearch& PromotionCouncilSDWheatGrowersAssociation

Ruby($2,500 - $4,999)ButlerMachineryCompanyCROPLANbyWinFieldEastRiverElectricCooperativeHanson&AssociatesLLCLegendSeeds,Inc.McCannWorldgroup/U.S.ArmyMidwestAgSupply,LLCRDOEquipmentCompanySDAssociationofCooperativesWilbur-EllisZoetis

Pearl($1,000 - $2,499)Chad&RhondaWosjeCurrySeedCo.DakotalandFeeds,Inc.

DeSmetFarmMutual InsuranceCompanyof SouthDakotaDougandClaraMarshDrLonMoellerEdelmanRanchHeftySeedCompanyHeineCattleCo.Inc.Hurley&AssociatesJonandEmilyMinorLyleAndersonRiverviewLLPSDFarmersUnionTomHeineCattleCo.Inc.TysonFoods

Silver($500 - $999)AnimalHealthInternationalAssociatedMilkProducers,Inc.BayerCropScienceCentralFarmersCooperativeCHSEasternFarmersDeandMikeJohnson, InMemoryofWaltJohnsonDr.ClarkandLylaHanson

EichackerSimmentalsGaryBachmanJonesDevelopmentGroupLaurenStuckMustangSeedsNathanandTiffanySandersonPotterCountyFarmBureauPremierEquipmentRandyPetersonReinke-GrayWealthManagementScottandJessieVanderPoelSDCropImprovementAssociationSDDivisionoftheMidwest DairyAssociationSDWheatCommissionSiouxFallsFordSunAviationTedandMarilynKrogenTheDanStreffFamilyWestRiverElectricAssociation

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