Meet Kacie Haag, 2019 American Star in Agriscience Finalist
Routine work on her family's swine farm turned into a passion for Kacie Haag of Tri-Point FFA in Illinois.
Routine work on her family's swine farm turned into a passion for Kacie Haag of Tri-Point FFA in Illinois.
Courtney Cameron of Lowndes FFA in Georgia cultivates her interest in plant pathology through research.
These FFA members and chapters are headed to national convention to compete on the big stage.
Second-place agriscience winners have embraced their talents and abilities and found success working as a team.
Not many teenagers have an ethanol producing facility in their basement, but for Eric Koelmoos, a student from the South O'Brien FFA Chapter in Paullina, Iowa.
As a student intrigued by science—her favorite school subject—Adrienne Blakey found an interest in plant genetics as a student in the Stillwater FFA Chapter in Stillwater, Okla.
Coming from a strong high school agricultural education program, Katy Vacula of the Big Foot FFA Chapter in Walworth, Wis., has been involved in an array of research projects.
The finalists for these important national awards have been announced ahead of the 91st National FFA Convention & Expo.
INDIANAPOLIS – Since third grade, Chrysta Beck of Archbold, Ohio, has raised broilers and layers to sell meat and egg products to local customers. As she got older and joined FFA, she developed a supervised agricultural experience (SAE) that would look into the health of poultry. But what started as research to assist her with personal production goals soon developed into a project with a vastly larger scope. It focused on U.S. and global poultry production and welfare. Beck’s work began when she was in ninth grade and started looking closely into broiler production factors and exactly how the birds grew. She [...]
FFA members from around the country found out this week that they will be recognized at the 90th National FFA Convention & Expo in October.