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Jasper and Carl Junction FFA chapters were honored by the agriculture-technology company Monsanto Saturday at the Jasper County Youth Fair awards ceremony.
Both FFA chapters earned first place in Monsanto’s FFA Chapter Challenge competition.
The competition included over 360 FFA chapters across seven states and began in early March.
FFA members met with local farmers to learn about their jobs as well as share what FFA was doing in the community.
“This program is designed to enable students to establish meaningful relationships with farmers and learn about their livelihoods,” said Jon White, a Monsanto representative present at the ceremony Saturday.
After the FFA members visited the farmers they asked the to go online and vote for their local chapter in the competition.
There were a certain number of first places, second places, and third places to be awarded, based on the number of votes chapters received. Both the Jasper and Carl Junction chapters received enough votes to claim a first place designation.
“I’m extremely proud to be here tonight,” White said. “I cover 26 counties and my only first place winners were both in Jasper County.”
The first place title also came with a $1,500 prize paid to the each FFA chapter.
The money is meant to help the programs participate in more projects and help the members gain more experiences in the agriculture industry.
Monsanto’s business, as well as a lot of American business, revolves around agriculture, so Monsando does all they can to ensure that the agriculture has bright young adults entering the field.
“Our goal with this program is to encourage more young individuals to purse careers in agriculture,” White said. “The more they experience, the more they learn.”
Jasper and Carl Junction FFA chapters were honored by the agriculture-technology company Monsanto Saturday at the Jasper County Youth Fair awards ceremony.
Both FFA chapters earned first place in Monsanto’s FFA Chapter Challenge competition.
The competition included over 360 FFA chapters across seven states and began in early March.
FFA members met with local farmers to learn about their jobs as well as share what FFA was doing in the community.
“This program is designed to enable students to establish meaningful relationships with farmers and learn about their livelihoods,” said Jon White, a Monsanto representative present at the ceremony Saturday.
After the FFA members visited the farmers they asked the to go online and vote for their local chapter in the competition.
There were a certain number of first places, second places, and third places to be awarded, based on the number of votes chapters received. Both the Jasper and Carl Junction chapters received enough votes to claim a first place designation.
“I’m extremely proud to be here tonight,” White said. “I cover 26 counties and my only first place winners were both in Jasper County.”
The first place title also came with a $1,500 prize paid to the each FFA chapter.
The money is meant to help the programs participate in more projects and help the members gain more experiences in the agriculture industry.
Monsanto’s business, as well as a lot of American business, revolves around agriculture, so Monsando does all they can to ensure that the agriculture has bright young adults entering the field.
“Our goal with this program is to encourage more young individuals to purse careers in agriculture,” White said. “The more they experience, the more they learn.”
