FFA Jacket Applications

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The South Dakota FFA Foundation makes a new FFA jacket and tie or scarf a possibility for our members through their Gift of Blue program.  Members who are in the 9th through 11th grade are eligible to apply for a jacket through this program.  Applications are due back to Mrs. Petersen on Wednesday, September 18, 2019.  We also have several local sponsors who are donating generously to or chapter by sponsoring a jacket or two for our members.  If you would like to sponsor a jacket locally, please contact Mrs. Petersen at linda.a.petersen@k12.sd.us.

The jacket application is linked below.

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Threshing Show Scholarship

The Humboldt Threshing Show Scholarship Application is available here:

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Follow the directions on the application.  Limit your responses to the space available.  Send your completed application to Robyn Hanisch on the address included on the application

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WCFFA at the Central Plains Dairy Expo

West Central FFA members recently had an opportunity to learn more about he Dairy Industry in South Dakota.  12 members served milkshakes during the Central Plains Dairy Expo’s annual gathering in Sioux Falls.  FFA members had the chance to network with producers and agricultural companies during the two day event.

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Pictured left to right in photo:
Maria Schaefer, Jacob Harden, Hannah Goehring, Clay Farmer, Liz Carda, Lindsey Kapperman, Taylor McMartin, Megan Schoeneman, Sydney Underwood, Reece Ullerich, Mackenzie Grauel, Epiphany Hammer.

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Tri Valley CDE Results

West Central FFA Members competed among more than 1,400 FFA members in the Tri Valley CDEs held on March 28th.

In Ag Business Management, the Team of Jake HardenHunter Wilebski, Reece Ullerich, and Branzon Underwood placed 8th, Jake placed 7th overall.

The Horse Evaluation team of Megan Schoeneman, Lilly Purintun, Jami Bergeson and Liz Carda placed 1st.  Team members placed 1st, 3rd, 6th, and 8th respectively.

The Nursery Landscape team of Brayden Scott, Elijah Hanisch, and Gabe Lorang placed 5th as a team.  Brayden placed 15th overall.

The Veterinary Science team of Cassia Olson, Lauryn Riepma, Tiffany Rausch, and Tony Mallinger placed 3rd as a team.  Team members placed 11th, 17th, 19th and 27th respectively.

Members will compete in their final preliminary CDE in Lennox on April 6th.  Qualifying teams will then advance to the State FFA Convention held April 15- 17 in Brookings on the SDSU Campus.  State winning teams will earn a berth to the national CDE in October in Indianapolis, IN

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Spring CDE Season Begins!

Congratulations to the following FFA members who competed at the Flandreau CDEs on March 21st.

The Ag Business Management team of Jacob Harden, Hunter Wilebski, Reece Ullerich and Branzon Underwood placed 4th.  Jacob was 9th overall

In Ag Mechanics – Noah Pressler placed 13th

In Horse Evaluation, the team of Megan Schoeneman, Jace Ullerich, Lilly Purintun, and Jessica Mueller placed 1st.  Team members placed 1st, 4th, 5th and 13th respectively

The Nursery Landscape team of Brayden Scott, Elijah Hanisch, and Gabe Lorang placed 3rd.  Team members placed 9th, 13th and 14th respectively

The Vet Science Team of Lauryn Riepma, Cassia Olson, Tiffany Rausch and Sarah Dickerson placed 3rd.  Team members placed 3rd, 7th, 13th and 29th respectively.

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WCFFA Members Compete At State

Twenty seven West Central FFA members recently competed in the State Leadership Development Events held in Pierre.  Members earned their berth to the state level competition by placing in the top two teams or three individuals at the District VII Leadership Development Events (LDE).  District VII is composed of 11 area schools and their respective FFA Chapters.

Teams and individuals placing first at the State LDEs advance to the national level and will compete in Indianapolis, IN in October.

In Agricultural Sales, a team of four members completes a written exam, participate in a team problem where the members consider how to address a specific sales scenario and then work as a team to sell their product to the customer.  Team members also complete an individual fact to face sale.  The team of Clay Farmer, Jacob Harden, Branzon Underwood and Hunter Wilebski placed first as a team and advance to the National Ag Sales Event.

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Pictured left to right: Hunter Wilebski, Branzon Underwood, Clay Farmer, Jacob Harden, Linda Petersen – Ag Ed Instructor and FFA Advisor.

In Ag Communications, a team of four complete individual editing and communications quizzes, prepare a written media plan to address a specific scenario to advertise a project, product or idea within a given budget, and present their media plan orally to a panel of judges. The team of Game Lorang, Taylor McMartin, Kyra McMillin, and Cossette Ulrich placed second in the state event.

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Pictured left to right: Cossette Ulrich, Kyra McMillin, Taylor McMartin, Gabs Lorang

The Market Plan Event requires a team of three members to suggest the addition of a new product or service to a local agricultural business.  Team members prepare a written plan that outlines how the business owner might benefit through the addition of this new product or service.  The Market Plan team of Tiffany Rausch, Lauryn Riepma, and Megan Schoeneman placed second in the state event.

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Pictured left to right:  Megan Schoeneman, Tiffany Rausch, Lauryn Riepma

In the Agricultural Issues forum, a team of three to seven members select a topic of local importance and present opposing viewpoints concerning that issue to a panel of judges.  The team of Jami Bergeson, Samantha Bergeson, Zach Brown, Liz Cards, Truman Dick, Braden Peters, and Reece Ullerich placed third with their presentation “Is the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act Necessary?”

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Pictured left to right: Truman Dick, Reece Ullerich, Samantha Bergeson, Braden Peters, Zach Brown, Liz Carda, and Jami Bergeson.

Tiffany Rausch competed in the Employment Skills LDE where she placed 4th.  Isak Edwards and Ali Olson competed in the Ag Broadcasting Journalism LDE.  Kiara Ebbinga competed in the Creed Speaking LDE.  The team of Sydney Underwood, Lindsey Kapperman, Epiphany Hammer, Mackenzie Grauel, Lauryn Driscoll, and Maria Schaefer competed in the Parliamentary Procedure LDE.

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WCFFA Members Advance to State LDEs

West Central FFA members competed in the District 7 Leadership Development Events held Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at West Central High School.  District 7 is composed of 11 area schools including Baltic, Brandon Valley, Chester, Colman-Egan, Dell Rapids, Flandreau, Garretson, Harrisburg, Montrose, Tri Valley, and West Central.  The top three individuals and top two teams from each event advance to the State Leadership Development Events in Pierre December 3 and 4.

Individuals advancing include:

In Creed Speaking – 3rd place – Kiara Ebbinga

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In Ag Broadcasting – 1st place – Isak Edwards, 2nd place – Ali Olson (pictured)

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In Employment Skills – 1st pace – Tiffany Rausch

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Teams advancing include:

Ag Sales – 1st place – Clay Farmer, Jake Harden, Branzon Underwood, and Hunter Wilebski

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Market Plan – 1st place – Tiffany Rausch, Lauryn Riepma, and Megan Schoeneman

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Agricultural Communications – 1st place – Gabe Lorang, Taylor McMartin, Kyra McMillin, and Cossette Ulrich -not pictured.

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Agricultural Issues – 1st place – Jami Bergeson, Sam Bergeson, Zack Brown, Liz Carda, Truman Dick, Braden Peters, and Reece Ullerich.

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Parliamentary Procedure – 2nd place – Alex Deelstra, Lauryn Driscoll, Mackenzie Grauel, Epiphany Hammer, Lindsey Kapperman, Sydney Underwood.  Maria Schaefer – alternate. Not pictured -Alex Deelstra and Maria Schaefer.

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The state winning team and individual in each Leadership Development Event will represent the state of South Dakota in the National competition in October 2018 in Indianapolis.  West Central FFA members are students who are enrolled in agricultural education classes at WCHS. They are advised and coached by Linda Petersen: West Central Agricultural Education Instructor.

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12 Earn Highest Award

Twelve West Central FFA members will be awarded the American FFA Degree during the 90th National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, IN in October.  Earning the degree means they are among a select group of individuals to be recognized for years of academic and professional excellence!
The American FFA Degree is the highest award that can be bestowed upon an FFA member.  Roughly 3,500 of the current 629,367 members will be awarded the degree during the National FFA Convention.  This represents one half of one percent of all members.  The American FFA Degree recognizes demonstrated leadership ability and outstanding achievements in agricultural business, production, processing or service programs.  To be eligible, members must have earned and productively invested $7,500 through a Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) program in which they start, own, or hold a professional position in an existing agricultural enterprise.  Recipients must also make it their mission to demonstrate outstanding leadership abilities and community involvement.  West Central FFA members earning the American FFA Degree include Quinn Hanisch, Weston Hanisch, Austin Ideker, Rachel Kapperman, Alex Klein, Erica Lorang, Jordan Lueth, Cody Pearson, Cory Smith, Ryan Titus, and Kyle Vockrodt
The American FFA Degree Recognition program is sponsored by Case IH, Elanco, and Syngenta.  The West Central FFA is advised by Linda Petersen.
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West Central FFA Member Elected to Lead the State Association

West Central FFA member Dalton Larson was elected to serve as the State FFA President during the South Dakota State FFA Convention.

Dalton LarsonLarson participated in many hours of interviews before a nominating committee.  Each question posed by the committee is designed to assess a members’ skill level in a particular behavioral trait such as integrity, character, and work ethic.  Members are also tested on agricultural and FFA knowledge as well as their ability to work cooperatively in a group. More than 20 FFA members from across the state were among the candidates considered by the nominating committee to serve as one of the 6 members of the 2017-18 South Dakota State FFA Officer Team.  As the State FFA President, Dalton Larson will work with his fellow team mates to lead the work of the state organization for the next year.  Larson will attend the National FFA’s State President’s Conference in Washington, D.C. this summer. State officers will travel across the state to work with members, agricultural education teachers and FFA advisors, and will meet with agricultural business and industry leaders to advocate for the agriculture industry.  Dalton is the son of Kevin and Patty Larson and will attend SDSU to pursue a Pre-Vet degree beginning this fall.  Larson is the 5th WCFFA member to serve as a state officer.  His FFA Advisor is Linda Petersen, West Central Agricultural Education Instructor and FFA Advisor.

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Humboldt Threshing Show and Scholarship

The Humboldt “Old Fashion Threshing Show” will be awarding two $1000 scholarships to West Central FFA members who have volunteered their time at the show for two or more years.  One scholarship will go to a boy and one to a girl.  The application is due postmarked October 1, 2017.  The application is below.

The Threshing Show is Friday through Sunday, August 11 – 13. The site is located 3 1/4 miles south of Humboldt on  Highway 19.

Hours for the Threshing Show are:

Friday – Tractor pull 4 p.m.
Saturday – 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Sunday – 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Be sure to sign in at the camper when you arrive and leave.

More information will be available on the Threshing Show Facebook page.

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