National FFA Officer
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Fanning Staff
ALEXANDRIA. Va.
National FFA Vice President Lee
Schroeder has aclear career goal in
mind, shared by many who lead
agribusiness in Ohio the drills
developed by teaching FFA mem
bers to work for a common goal
can be transferred to the
workplace.
Many Ohio agribusiness leaders
first served as FFA instructors
before moving on to manage agri
industries in the state, according to
Schroeder.
Schroeder, who is in partnership
with his father and brother in a
swine finishing operation in Leips
ic, Ohio, joins five other national
FFA officers during National FFA
Week, which begins Saturday and
lasts through the week.
Schroeder, 19. son of Dan and
Nancy Schroeder. served as Ohio
Association president and served
as leader of his Leipsic FFA Chap
ter, advised by Don Barnhart. His
decision to enter FFA and pursue
an agriculture career began when
he chased greased pigs at the coun
ty fair, he said. Soon after, he
became ohe-tialf partner with his
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State Requires ■ Beekeepers
To Register
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
The Pennsylvania Department
of Agriculture is reminding all
beekeepers that they must register
their apiaries with the department.
‘The state Agriculture Code has
been amended to require apiary
registration, no matter how small
or large they are,” said Jim Stein
If you keep one
more hives of bees
have not yet received
registration form, c <
tact the Department
Agriculture’s Apii
Section by telephone,
(717) 787-5609, or
mail at 2302 Noi
Cameron Street, Harris'
burg. PA 17110-940"
lo have a form senl
you
A registration fee
$lO per beekeeper,
gardless of the numl
of apiaries owned,
register the beekee)
for up to two years.
Apiary registratk
has many benefits.
These benefits include
an ability to notify bee
keepers of potential
dangers and benefits to
their apiaries, tracking
of trends in the distribu
tion of bees, pests and
diseases, and an in
crease in efficiency of
the bee inspection pro
gram.
The Agriculture
Code’s amendments
also include an increase
in fines and penalties
for failure to register
apiaries.
father, Dan, and then obtained
eight steers to finish out. Both
enterprises grew, and now,
Schroeder increased the number of
steers finished to IS a year and the
hogs to about 448 head.
He wanted to farm, originally,
after playing a big role in the
spring of 1989 to put the crops in,
after a wet spring. But he decided
that he could find “a lot of self
satisfaction in agribusiness,*’ said
Schroeder.
He wants to follow the common
perception in Ohio, that by teach
ing agribusiness at the high school
level, viewed as the ‘ ‘biggest chal
lenge.” he said, he can serve in a
leadership role.
While in Washington, D.C.,
Schroeder and other national FFA
officers will be meeting with state
leaders from around the country
and visiting political leaders
throughout the capitol.
‘‘FFA The Leadership
Advantage” is this year’s high
light. During the week, FFA chap
ters throughout the U.S. conduct
activities to develop the leadership
skills of high school students to
prepare them for future leadership
hauer, the Department’s chief api
ary inspector. “The registration
system is designed to help the bee
industry as well as individual bee
keepers.”
Registration forms have been
mailed to all state beekeepers on
the department’s current Ust.
Goals: To Teach, Then To Lead
officers are, front, Jennafer Neufetd, vice president, central reg
ion; Greg Vetter, vice president, western region; Trisha Bailey, vice president, south
ern region; and Lee Schroeder, vice president, eastern region. Back, from left, Travis
D. Hagen, secretary, and Corey D. Flournoy, president.
roles.
Agricultural education classes
emphasize hands-on experience in
diverse areas of agriculture. FFA
activities provide leadership and
personal development, career
training, and award incentives for
young people.
Corey D. Flournoy, national
FFA president from Chicago, 111.,
said, “FFA Week is an important
time to share success stories about
high school agriculture and FFA.
Many leaders in American agricul
ture were members of FFA and
studied agriculture education.
They are leaders as well in their
communities.
“We are proud of the increasing
numbers of members who are join
ing our ranks,’’ said Flournoy. He
said the organization achieved an
increase in membership for the
first time in a number of years in
1992 and increased again in 1993
and 1994.
“We are also seeing significant
changes in the ways chapters and
their advisers serve their commun
ities,’’ said Flournoy. The atten
dance at the National FFA Con
vention in Kansas City, Mo. in
November was a record-breaking
34,491.
At the convention, the national
FFA officers were elected. They
are:
• Corey D. Flournoy, president,
Chicago, 111. Flournoy, 20, is a
member of the Chicago Ag Sci
ence FFA Chapter. He served as
state vice president. FFA awards
include state agricultural process
ing proficiency and National FFA
Foundation scholarship. He is a
sophomore in agricultural eco
nomics at the University of
Illinois.
• Lee Schroeder, vice president,
eastern region, Leipsic, Ohio.
Schroeder. 19. is a member of the
Leipsic FFA Chapter. He served as
Ohio Association president.
Schroeder’s wards include par
liamentary procedure, public
speaking, and the National FFA
Foundation scholarship. He is a
freshman studying ag education at
Ohio State University.
• Travis D. Hagen, secretary.
Hagen, 20, Chico, Calif, is a mem
ber of the Chico FFA Chapter.
Hagen served as California Asso
ciation treasurer. Awards include
state finalist in both ag sales and
service proficiency and state star in
agribusiness. He is a sophomore in
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• Trisha Bailey, vice president,
southern region. Bailey, 20, Dov
er, Fla., is a member of the Plant
City Senior FFA Chapter. She has
won awards in national forestry
and ornamental horticulture events
and was the state finalist in public
speaking. Bailey is a sophomore in
agricultural communications and
sports physiology at the University
of Florida.
• Jennafer Neufeld, vice presi
dent, central region. .Neufeld, 20,
Inman, Kan., is a member of the
Inman FFA Chapter. She served as
Kansas Association secretary.
Neufeld’s awards include finalist
in the state prepared public speak
ing contest and she was the Kansas
FFA grass and grain record keep
ing winner. She is a sophomore in
agricultural economics at Kansas
State University.
• Greg Vetter, vice {Resident,
western region. Vetter, 19, Car
penter, Wyo., is a member of the
Burns FFA Chapter. Vetter’s
awards include the state winning
farm business management team
and state proficiency winner in
diversified livestock. He is a
sophomore in agricultural busi
ness at Laramie County Communi
ty College.
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