Jenna Curry and Chloe Sell may be teenagers, but they already have a lifelong nemesis: dandelions. “Dumb dandelions. Those are awful,” Chloe lamented. “We mowed at the Bank of Gas Friday night, then we drove…

Levi Meiwes misses the rush of attending an FFA competition. “You’re scared. And it’s stressful because you’ve been working for weeks for this contest,” he recounted. “It’s also an adrenaline rush. Here’s your chance to…

Heading into IHS as a freshman, Lorie Carpenter thought she’d pursue a career in agricultural business.  It made sense.  She grew up on a farm where her dad raises cattle, and she has a small…

Josh Kaufman planned to join FFA when he entered his freshman year at IHS.  He grew up on a farm, and older friends told him how much fun they had in the group. Still, Kaufman…

Rebecca Sprague entered FFA as a freshman with a bit of an advantage over her peers. She already knew all about the organization. For her, FFA is all about family. Her father taught FFA at…

MORAN — Haylee Meiwes eagerly anticipated a busy year with FFA. On top of the myriad projects and competition she enters annually through FFA, Meiwes was tapped last March as district vice president, which works…

Leah Mueller has got your goat. That is, if you attend the fair and meet her price. The Humboldt High School sophomore has been around goats most of her life, but her FFA Supervised Agricultural…

When Kobey Miller stepped into the role of FFA Chapter President at Crest High School last year, it challenged his leadership skills. Everyone looked up to him for guidance. “There were some challenges I had…

Aubrey Holloran was no country girl. She didn’t grow up on a farm. She doesn’t own farm animals.  But her freshman year at Crest, one of her teachers suggested she join FFA.  “I’m not a…

Gavin Jaro knows swine, and is quite the handyman. Hence his choice for an FFA Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) was easy: take his pig project to the next level. He currently has two sows, a…