FFA Makes Positive
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jrowth skills to enable them to
ive a successful career in any area
ley choose.”
Greg has had projects in sheep,
jeef, and swine, which he has
ntered in county and state
ompetitions.
To concentrate on his national
FFA duties. Greg is taking a year
jfffrom his studies as a sophomore
majoring in animal science with a
usiness optional.
He’d like to have an ag-business
or marketing career, or maybe a
lobbying or political career.
Jennifer Neufeld from Kansas is a Mytccta'c Umvcrsrty. Travis
(national vice president represent- wantsto teac , h high school agncul
;g the central region. Like all the for “ st fiv « *«• .
Jr national officers, Jennafer “I want to share my love for agn
held a state office before being
selected for the national position.
She was state secretary.
She is taking a year’s leave of
absence from Kansas State Univer
sity where she is majoring in agri
cultural law. Her career sights are
set on becoming a lobbyist for agri
culture or a legal consultant for an
ag corporation.
Raised on a farm with 80,000
chickens and 1,000 acres, Jennafer
Id not join FFA until her sopho
more year in high school, when the
FFA advisor asked her to partici
pate in livestock judging.
“Advisers really make a differ
ence in students’ lives,” Jennafer
said. “1 wouldn’t be here if my
adviser hadn’t encouraged me to
join.”
While many people acquaint “FFA Offers all the tools
Florida with the tourist industry, necessary for having a suc-
Trisha Bailey wants them to know cessful career.
that Florida’s agriculture industry
is neck in neck with the tourist
industry in her state.
“Wc (Florida) have
foe largest cattle pro
duction cast of the Mis
sissippi and we are the
strawberry capitol of the
world,” shfe said.
Unlike most national
officers, Trisha does not
live on a farm. Her dad
works in construction
and her mom is a nurse..
Trisha’s interest in hor
ticulture and forestry
prompted her to take
agriculture classes in
eighth grade. Her expo
sure to agriculture
resulted in personal
cnlightment to the many
different facets of agri
culture. Now her enthu
siasm for FFA bubbles
over.
“There’s something
for every single person
in the (FFA) organiza
tion if they give it a
chance,” she said.
She is taking a dual
major in ag communica
tions and sports physiol
ogy at the University of
Florida. With that
unusual combination,
Trisha hopes to work in
rehabilitating injured
rodeo riders and anchor,
as a farm broadcaster on
television.
Travis Hagen, the
national secretary,
received his introduc
tion to FFA early in life.
His dad is a high school
agriculture teacher.
Hagen said that Cali
fornia is the number one
agricultural state in the
nation and has one of the
highest FFA member
ships of all the states.
In the Chico FFA chapter. Tra
vis participated in production and
sales and services. He received the
state star agribusiness award and
was named state treasurer.
To receive the American
Degree, Travis submitted a
17-page application. He read
publication after publication to
keep abreast of ag issues and cur
rent events and spoke at numerous
Rotary Clubs and other organiza
tions. But the best thing about FFA
involvement, he said, is going to
livestock shows and developing
friendships that will last a lifetime.
After graduating from Califbmi
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culture with students. It’s one way
to give something back to FFA," he
said.
After that, he hopes to become a
marketing specialist for a large
agri-business.
Lee Schroeder, who is vice pres
ident of the eastern region, lives in
Ohio. His family raises com. soy
beans and wheat on 850 acres.
Corey had IS steers of his own and
has a partner contract for a pig
operation.
After fulfilling his term as a
national officer, he will resume
agriculture education at Ohio State
University. He plans to either teach
agriculture or start his own agri
business service to local farmers.
Travis 'Hagen Heard about
FFA before he could walk. His
dad, an agriculture teacher,
Influenced Travis to take
advantage of F
opportunities.
President Of Pennfield
Ernest O. (Mike) Horn, 111
LANCASTER (Lancaster
Co.)—Ernest O. (Mike) Horn, 111
has been named president and
chief executive officer of Penn
field Corporation. The announce
ment was made following the
annual meeting of the corpora
tion’s board of directors. He suc
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