R-V aggies headed for FFA convention
ALANNA WOLF Staff Writer
The Northeast Nodaway R-V students shown here will travel to Louisville, Kentucky, this week to attend the National FFA Convention. Pictured back row from left: Chet Spire, Maggie Schmitz, Gerry Runde, Emily Redden, Dakota Auffert, Amanda Standiford, and vocational agriculture teacher Phil Doty. Pictured front row from left: Brayden Welch, Allie Runde, Talina Nelson, Jill Spire, and Dylan Boulting. Not pictured in FFA member Wyatt Henggeler.
Twelve students from the Northeast Nodaway R-V FFA program are traveling to Louisville, Kentucky, this week to attend the annual National FFA Convention.
The students, who range in age from freshmen to seniors, will spend their time in the Bluegrass State listening to keynote speakers, attending job fairs, participating in development sessions, meeting with college representatives, and taking part in various agriculture-related activities.
The group will also travel to various points of interest in the Louisville area, including the Churchill Downs racetrack, home of the Kentucky Derby, and the Louisville Slugger baseball bat museum.
Students attending the National FFA Convention this year include Allie Runde, Jill Spire, Amanda Standiford, Talina Nelson, Brayden Welch, Gerry Runde, Chet Spire, Dylan Boulting, Maggie Schmitz, Dakota Auffert, Wyatt Henggeler, and Emily Redden.
According to vocational agriculture teacher Phil Doty, the trip will be a mix of fun and education. He added that he hopes his students will have experiences that deepen their commitment to agriculture.
“We have a great group of kids participating this year,” Doty said. “I want it to be educational, and I want them to see that ag can be fun.”
Doty said he can foresee a future in agriculture for a number of his students, and he wants them to understand that there is more to the industry than just farming.
“There’s so much more to ag than just milking cows or hooking machinery onto a tractor,” Doty said. “There are so many different careers out there in the agriculture field, and I just want to open my students up to that.”
