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FFA prepares students to farm and to advocate

Students involved in FFA are better prepared to turn what they’ve learned into advocacy for agriculture.  Missouri FFA 2015-2016 Secretary Alex Stichnote tells Brownfield that FFA members are taught production agriculture, but are also taught to speak on behalf of farmers.

DSCN2790“It’s really cool to see kind of that transition from they’ve grown up on a farm their whole life and now they get the chance to continue that production agriculture side, but then they get to be leaders in the industry as well,” said Stichnote in an interview with Brownfield Ag News during the Missouri FFA Convention.

Missouri FFA 2015-2016 President Adam Kirby tells Brownfield the organization has taught him life skills and has pushed him to do what’s not in his comfort level.  It’s also taught him to encourage others to do the same.

DSCN2816“If you’re nervous, go anyway, if you don’t want to, go anyway,” Kirby told Brownfield Ag News, referring to advice that he gives to young people unsure about getting involved.  “You’re going to learn something every time; you’re going to meet someone new every time.  That is how each and every successful person has gotten to where they are.”

Both Kirby and Stichnote are among sixteen state FFA officers retiring during the state FFA convention ending Friday in Columbia.

AUDIO: Adam Kirby (4 min. MP3)

AUDIO: Alex Stichnote (8 min. MP3)

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