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Missouri FFA President continues family tradition

The new Missouri FFA State President continued a family tradition when he joined the FFA. Salisbury, Missouri FFA member Cole Edwards, selected President at the 86th Missouri FFA Convention, followed his older brother, his parents and his grandparents in the agricultural youth organization. He tells Brownfield that joining the FFA was “a no brainer.”

“I knew I wanted to continue with cattle, but I also was fortunate enough to do a public speaking contest my freshman year, and from that I really went off on my own in terms of speaking,” Edwards told Brownfield Ag News. “No one else in my family had done that, and I just took off from there.”

Edwards served in office at his local FFA chapter, as well as at the Area 4 FFA Association. Now he wants to pass along that experience.

“I would have to say that I’m looking forward to just meeting members from all over the state and helping them in whatever that may to inspire them to reach their potential,” he said.

The Missouri FFA has nearly 26,000 members. Their two-day convention took place in Columbia.

AUDIO: Cole Edwards (3 min. MP3)

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