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Ag Issues Team Presents to Members of the Legislature

Pictured left to right: Carson Ulrich, Carter Ulrich, Lauryn Riepma, Secretary of Agriculture Lucas Lentsch, Rachel Kapperman, Jill Even, McKenzie Henning, and Jake Anderson The West Central FFA Ag Issues Team recently traveled to Pierre where they delivered their Ag … Continue reading

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Video Views Needed

One of our videos made it into the finals for the SD Soybean Contest.  All videos appear to be stuck at 301 views.  This is Youtube’s way of assuring that all views are actual views.  Please watch the video and … Continue reading

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WCFFA Adds Two State Championships

West Central FFA members have wrapped up an extremely successful fall competition season with two teams capturing state championships.   The  Agricultural Communications Team of Erica Lorang, Taylor Lewin, and Jared Blume and the Ag Issues Team of Jake Anderson, … Continue reading

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FFA Members Test Leadership Skills

West Central FFA members recently traveled to Brookings to compete in the Jackrabbit Invitational Leadership CDEs.  Career Development Events (CDE) are competitive events that test students’ skills in all areas of agriculture and evaluate how well they apply classroom knowledge … Continue reading

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FFA Members Compete Nationally

Pictured left to right are Sara Waldner, Lauren Dolly, Dalton Larson, Linda Petersen West Central FFA members recently represented the state of South Dakota in the National Agricultural Communications Career Development Event (CDE) during the 87th National FFA Convention held … Continue reading

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Five Earn Highest Award

Jorry Lammers, Anthonoy Even, Anthony Lueth, Gerrit Pearson and Maty Skinner, members of the West Central FFA Chapter will be awarded the American FFA Degree during the 87th National FFA Convention in Louisville, KY in October. Earning the degree means … Continue reading

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Team To Compete at National Level

The West Central FFA Agricultural Communications Team of Sara Waldner, Lauren Dolly, and Dean Knuth earned a berth in the National Ag Communications CDE (Career Development Event) by winning the state contest earlier this year.  The team will represent the … Continue reading

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Members Advance to State Competition

West Central FFA members recently competed in the District VII Leadership CDEs.  The top two teams and three individuals advance to the state level competition held in December in Pierre. In Creed Speaking, Dalton Larson placed 3rd. Paytin Sullivan placed … Continue reading

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Teams Compete at Nationals

Career Development Event (CDE) Teams advance to the national competition by winning their state event.  Two such teams represented West Central and the state of South Dakota at the 86th National FFA Convention in Louisville, KY. The Ag Issues Team … Continue reading

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Jackets Awarded to Members

Five members of the West Central FFA Chapter were recently awarded FFA jackets through the South Dakota FFA Foundation and local sponsors.  The blue jacket is celebrating it’s 80th anniversary of representing agricultural leadership and the FFA.  The jacket is … Continue reading

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