BROOKINGS, S.D. — The 94th annual South Dakota Future Farmers of America Convention bought underway on Sunday night in Brookings, with greater than 2,000 students representing their FFA chapters.
The conference consists of checks akin to livestock-judging competitions, in addition to workshops, scholarship awards, shows and networking occasions.
For this previous yr’s FFA officers, it’s time to cross the baton.
“I feel it’s been fairly wonderful assembly folks from all over the Nation and all through our state,” mentioned State FFA Officer Paige Lehrkamp. “Getting to speak to members, seeing what their expertise in agriculture has been, it’s simply been a extremely nice alternative, eye-opening. Getting to community with these folks in addition to rising in my management expertise, my public talking expertise, simply all the abilities that we develop every day is simply fairly unimaginable.”
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