MO FFA Today - February 2022

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FFA TODAY Contents

1 practice makes champions 2 president’s perspective 4 The science Behind the Food 9 Life-Changing Experience 11 STATE CONVENTION ANNOUNCEMENT 12 IT’S TIME TO MARKET YOU 14 MAXIMIZE YOUR IMPACT 15 BLUE JACKET BRIEF

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PRACTICE

makes champions The secrets behind a successful national-winning CDE experience he key to having a successful year of Career Development Events (CDEs)? Practice, practice practice. Missouri FFA was well represented at National Convention last fall, with four teams walking across stage as CDE champions.

Amanda Haeberlin, agricultural education teacher and advisor of the Palmyra FFA Chapter, attributes her floriculture team’s national win to routine practices, goal setting and a plan to get them on stage.

“We have scheduled practice times and a plan for success,” she says. “For Nationals, we outlined what day we would do what items and focused on that. I try to be prepared

for a practice before it starts. I have them set goals and once those goals are set, I lay out the expectations I have and the plan that will get them there. They know they also have to study on their own, not just during our practice times.”

Clinton agricultural education teacher and FFA advisor Tanner Robertson says his firstplace horse evaluation team used a similar approach.

“We have weekly practices outside of class,” he notes. “We spend a lot of time studying for tests, and we talk a lot of reasons. The best practice we get is live, in-person judging on continued on pAGE 6

feb 26 MU CAFNR Unlimited Banquet & Auction march 1 FCS Financial Scholarship Applicaton Due march 15 Charles E. Kruse Scholarship Applications Due Members of Palmyra FFA’s floriculture team worked with experts in color theory and horticulture as they prepared for competition in the career development event (CDE). The chapter earned top honors in the Floriculture CDE at the 2021 National FFA Convention.

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2021-22 State ffa officers Officer • Chapter Kaitlin Kleiboeker • Pierce City President Abigail Miller • Eldon 1st Vice President Emily Hoyt • Audrain Co. R-VI Secretary Vice Presidents Chris Ebbesmeyer • Paris Vanessa Enslow • East Newton Meagan Forck • Blair Oaks Rachel Grimes • Archie Seth Hansen • Chillicothe Trenton Jones • Higginsville Izabella Hutton Kidwell • Troy Caitlyn Kleffner • Rolla Kraysen Leonard • El Dorado Springs Grant Norfleet • Mexico Hannah Shanks • Vienna Riley Spurgeon • Cuba Anna Triplett • Memphis State Officer Mentor Dakota Pemberton Department of Elem. & Sec. Education P.O. Box 480, Jefferson City, MO 65102 Phone: (573) 751-3544.

District Supervisors: Teresa Briscoe, Marie Davis, Keith Dietzschold, Lisa Evans, Phil Fox, David Higgins & Jim Spencer.

President’s

Perspective

his year has been a giant step out of my comfort zone. From serving as a state officer to moving away from home to starting college, I have been faced with new experiences. Part of starting college is having a random roommate. I can still remember how nervous I was to meet my roommate.

From looking at her Instagram, I discovered she was a 22-year-old model from Egypt. I am an 18-year-old farm girl from the middle of nowhere. I did not think we would have anything in common, and I would have an awful roommate experience. Long story short, she has become one of my closest friends and has taught me so much. She lived without fear and limits and knew the only way to grow herself was to take chances.

The past month I have seen hundreds of members leap out of their comfort zones.

I watched first year FFA members during Greenhand Motivational Conference answer questions in front of their peers. I was amazed by the passion they already have for the agricultural industry. The greenhands set big goals for themselves that I know they

will accomplish because of their persistence and determination. I also had the chance to attend Public Speaking Institute in Springfield and Columbia. At PSI members not only learned about public speaking, but also gained tools to improve their own skills.

Every single member took a chance by going to these activities and opened themselves up for growth.

FFA members, spring is nearly upon us and that means it’s time for contest season and convention. It can be scary to try a career development event you know nothing about, be on a team with older members, or go to a contest surrounded by strangers. I encourage you to take that chance to experience growth.

Discover what is on the other side of that line you call comfort. Your opportunities are endless, and the potential inside of you is limitless. Take chances and try new things this spring. After all, there is no growth in your comfort zone, and no comfort in your growth zone.

Kaitlin

State FFA President Kaitlin Kleiboeker met with members last month at the Public Speaking Institute in Columbia.

Missouri FFA Association Joann Pipkin, Director of Communications Email: joann.pipkin@missouriffa.org Phone: (417) 827-2756 Brandelyn Martin Twellman, Social Media Manager Email: brandelyn.twellman@missouriffa.org The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, veteran status, mental or physical disability, or any other basis prohibited by statute in its programs and activities.

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The science Behind the Food

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ylie Cline knew some food products needed to be visually observed for effective marketing. Through her agriscience project, the Tuscumbia FFA member sought to provide the food packaging industry a means of comparison for viable, edible films.

“Meat and produce both are more marketable if they can be seen,” Kylie said. “That edible film must be highly transparent. Cottage cheese and yogurt on the other hand use an edible film within the container for the purpose of ensuring freshness.”

Kylie’s reasoning and findings helped her rise to the top in the Food Products & Processing Systems Division 5 of the National Agriscience Fair at the 2021 National FFA Convention.

According to Kylie, strength rather than transparency is important in edible films. She says her study allowed specific areas of the food industry to determine what edible film type would best meet food packaging needs.

“When looking at both transparency and tensile strength, the edible films produced from polysaccharide materials perform better,” Kylie explained.

Her study included different polymers including guar gum, whey protein, sodium alginate, sodium alginate with calcium chloride, gelatin, pectin, chitosan, carrageenan and collagen.

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Tuscumbia FFA member Kylie Cline uses a texture analyzer to perform the tensile strength test for her national-winning Agriscience Fair project.

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test the transparency of the films. Transparency testing was completed for three replicates of each film produced as well as the commercially available films used for comparison.

Once transparency testing was complete, Kyle prepared the films for tensile strength testing. Working with the University of Missouri’s agricultural engineering facility, she used a textural analyzer to monitor film strength.

Kylie said carrageenan had the highest average percent transmittance at 80, while chitosan had the lowest.

“Transparency may or may not indicate the promise of an edible film for food packaging since end-use application is important,” Kylie explained. “For example, as a protective film inside cottage cheese or yogurt containers, transparency would not matter. However, if the food product needed to be visible through the packaging, such as bread or salad, then transparency is important.”

As Kylie surveyed tensile strength results, she found gelatin to be the strongest. She said carrageenan, guar gum and chitosan had higher strength values than some commercially available plastic films.

“This research showed that viable edible films were possible to make,” Kylie concluded. “It also demonstrated that at least some of the edible films were potential food packaging materials. Perhaps a composite film using these biopolymers combined would produce an even better food packaging material.”

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farms that I take students to tour to put their skills to the test.”

Robertson also calls upon tough love to provide an extra push.

“One of the biggest contributors to my students’ success is building their mental toughness,” he says. “I push them pretty hard, and that pays off in their results. They sometimes hit mental blocks, and showing them how to overcome those is critical when it comes down to contest day.”

In addition to her own preparation for practices, Haeberlin brings in reinforcements to help her teams excel.

“I called upon experts in individual areas, for example, an art teacher for color theory, and we took tours of a variety of horticulture businesses,” she says. “The broader their experience in practice, the more likely they will have experienced what comes up in a contest.”

Passion and drive play a big role in performance. Haeberlin sparks interest in CDEs through an integrated approach to classroom instruction.

“I will often integrate ID (identification) lists into corresponding, relevant classes,”

she explains. “If you are teaching a relevant curriculum, a lot of times the stuff that shows up on the test is coming up in your lessons.”

This same approach is taken in Clinton.

“I integrate CDE material into almost every unit I teach,” Robertson says. “For example, it is important that students learn correct parts of animals and correct conformation. I teach

“(Students) sometimes hit mental blocks, and showing them how to overcome those is critical when it comes down to contest day.”

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This well-rounded method of integrating CDEs and classroom instruction also helps identify students with a passion for the subject matter.

“This team was a very unique group of individuals,” Haeberlin says. “Hard-working, incredibly intelligent and extremely fun to work with. I feel so fortunate to have experienced this. Being able to watch my students experience this level of success creates a feeling that is hard to describe. I think the best way to put it is that my heart is full.”

Robertson also had a memorable year, filled with relationship building and growth.

“This team was memorable because of their relationships with each other,” he says. “These four girls cared for, respected and valued each other as teammates. They worked extremely well together and always kept things fun.

Coaching them was an awesome experience, and they showed a huge amount of growth as a team and individually.”

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Ben luebbering Home FFA Chapter: fatima What Ben does: After graduating from the University of Missouri-Columbia, Ben returned home to work full-time on his family’s hog, cattle and row crop operation near St. Thomas. what Ben LEARNED IN FFA: Ben says FFA taught him that it’s okay to step outside your comfort zone and that sometimes failures can lead to your biggest successes.

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life-changing experience

rowing up, Ben Luebbering spent a lot of time following his dad around the family’s farm near St. Thomas. In fact, he says it didn’t take long before he was raising his own pigs for the county fair.

“My dad had been very involved in FFA when he was in school, so I always knew I wanted the same,” Ben explains. “He was a member of the national champion Farm and Agribusiness Management team while in FFA, and to me that was the coolest achievement.”

Hearing about his dad’s success only made Ben want to shoot for his own stars once he was old enough to join FFA. In addition to working for his family’s operation, Profits Point Farm, Ben’s Supervised Agricultural Experience was centered around raising pigs.

“I had 15 sows for my project, and I routinely sold market hogs, pigs for local fairs and replacement breeding stock,” he explains.

On the farm, Ben also cared for the family’s cattle herd and helped raise corn, soybeans, wheat, and barley. Active in FFA, he served as historian, vice president and president of the Fatima chapter. Additionally, he was area treasurer and president as well as a state vice president.

However, Ben’s involvement encompassed much more than serving on officer teams.

He was the fourth high overall individual in the National FFA Farm and Agribusiness Management Contest with his team taking home second place honors. He also earned

Ben Luebbering honed his business and communication skills, prepared for the future through FFA activities.

By Joann Pipkin a gold rating in the National FFA Swine Production Entrepreneurship Proficiency award area, was selected as Missouri’s state star farmer and holds the coveted American FFA degree.

“FFA was life-changing for me in many ways,” Ben notes. “It was the place where I felt the most at home in high school, yet it also pushed me outside of my comfort zone.

Without my experience in FFA, I would not have gained essential speaking skills, countless friendships and connections that continue to serve me today.”

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farm where he currently works full-time in the operation.

While a lot of preparation for his career took place growing up on the farm, Ben says FFA provided essential business and communication knowledge that he uses every day. Public speaking and officer positions prepared him for communicating with a variety of audiences, ranging from negotiating prices for cattle to simply making calls to locate products for the farm’s day-to-day operation.

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“The Farm and Agribusiness Management career development event also provided me with the basic knowledge of business that was needed for me to smoothly transition into the farming operation,” Ben explains.

Embarking on a career in production agriculture that is filled with first-glance challenges, Ben says he’s excited for the future as a farmer.

At first glance, I will be honest; the future is scary,” he explains. “Every agriculture commodity market has variability that sees

“(FFA) was the place I felt most at home in high school, yet it also pushed me out of my comfort zone.”

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drastic changes every day. For someone who is a planner, that is something hard to plan around.”

Still the young farmer is anxious to embrace a future in the industry. From technological changes to consumer demand for meat, Ben says he’s eager for the experience.

“All of these changes simply tell me that there will be challenges worth tackling because at the end of the day, to me, there is not anything better than working with God to raise new life from the soil and livestock.”

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oin us April 21-22, 2022 for the 94th State FFA Convention!

After taking the convention to Sedalia in 2021, FFA members will be back at the Hearnes Center in Columbia to compete in Career Development Events and to celebrate their accomplishments.

Ben Luebbering is a former state star farmer and competed in the National ffa farm and agribusiness management career development event, taking home fourth-high individual honors.

The 2019 National Pork Board’s Pig Farmer of Tomorrow says he always planned to return to the farm after finishing college to pursue his farming passion.

And he says FFA played a big role in sparking his interests.

Through his involvement in FFA, Ben says he learned that it’s okay to step outside of one’s comfort zone and that failures can lead to some of life’s biggest successes. He also says FFA

Watch for additional convention details, including guest speakers, in the April issue of Missouri FFA Today. Meantime, sharpen your skills and we’ll plan to see you in Columbia!

quickly taught him that the connections you make in life can become your biggest asset.

“Take advantage of every opportunity presented to you,” Ben advises FFA members. “You never know who you might meet or what you might learn.

Before you know it, your time in the blue corduroy will be over and you don’t want to regret missed opportunities.”

What is it?

The Swine Facility Management Evaluation Contest is a 4-person team contest that will test the knowledge of youth in issues pertaining to swine production– feed, water, air, facility management and recordkeeping. The event is based on the principles of We Care, PQA Plus and TQA to ensure producers are raising pigs in a safe environment and train youth in all skills that translate to careers in the swine industry.

Introducing the 2022 Missouri FFA Swine Facility Management Evaluation Contest

This statewide contest is limited to the first twelve teams who enter, and will be held in May at the University of Missouri’s Swine Teaching Center in Columbia, Missouri.

It will consist of a written exam and a hands-on evaluation.

A resource guide will be provided to chapters upon acceptance of application.

As an incentive to encourage entries during this initial year, a participation honorarium will be given to those teams who enter and compete, at the rate of $400 per chapter.

Questions? Contact Rob Christine, National Pork Board, at 660-651-6792.

Applications due by March 1, 2022 to Diane Slater at diane@mopork.com.

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MAXIMIZE YOUR IMPACT very year in mid- to late-February, right as it feels like winter will never end, a special week comes along. In 1948, the first National FFA Week was celebrated by chapters across the nation. In 2022, National FFA Week is Feb. 19-26. It’s observed with days featuring students’ Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) projects, promoting service and advocacy, honoring alumni and ag teachers, and showing FFA pride by wearing blue.

However, one day you might not know much about, Give FFA Day, which was first commemorated in 2016.

In Missouri, we haven’t previously promoted Give FFA Day but it’s an important part of National FFA Week that brings in vital resources to FFA chapters in many states. This year, you can help make it big in Missouri, too! Give FFA Day is an opportunity for individuals to make personal donations of any dollar amount to state FFA programs.

Together, there is one large collaborative impact supporting FFA members and agriculture education teachers.

Over the past three months, the Missouri FFA Foundation supported individual Missouri FFA members with a total of $25,000 in grants to support their SAE projects. Another $1,250 was provided to FFA chapters across the state to support Living to Serve projects. Soon, the foundation will award $11,500 in funding for Learning by Doing classroom grants and teacher recruitment activities.

Your help is needed to continue providing this crucial support to FFA members and agriculture education teachers.

With more than 300 FFA chapters and 25,000 student members in Missouri, there is also a great need to help offset local chapter and individual student costs to attend district, state and national FFA programs. Some of these programs include the Missouri FFA State Convention, Area Officer Institute, Show-Me Leadership Conference, Public Speaking Academy, FFA Camp, and Washington Leadership Conference.

When you make a tax-deductible gift to the Missouri FFA Foundation, you help keep the costs of attending these valuable career and leadership development opportunities affordable for Missouri FFA Chapters.

Perhaps you’re thinking that you don’t have much to give right now but you’d still like to help. That’s why Give FFA Day is powerful! It’s focused on the collective power that donors from all over the state giving together can have. Here’s an example: Over the past five years, more than 25,000 Missouri FFA members have graduated high school. If even 10% of those graduates gave $10, there would be another $25,000 to support agricultural education in Missouri! Can you imagine the impact if every Missouri FFA member who graduated in the past 50-60 years donated, even $10, to the Give FFA Day campaign?

Maybe you’re wondering why giving at a statewide level is important.

When talking with agriculture education teachers or reading SAE and Learning by Doing grant applications, it’s noticeable that some areas of our state have better financial resources to support agriculture education at the local level than other areas. However, for agriculture to continue being one of Missouri’s most robust industries, we need agri-literacy and agri-industry skills taught across our state. This requires financial support. By making a donation to the Missouri FFA Foundation, you are helping ensure students all across Missouri receive high quality and high impact agricultural education and a chance to participate in FFA activities.

Anytime during February, you can make a make a tax-deductible donation in support of Give FFA Day at: https://donorbox.org/mo2022giveffa You can also mail a check to: Missouri FFA Foundation, P.O. Box 480, Jefferson City, MO 65102. (If you mail a check, please include Give FFA Day on the memo.)

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Take a chance. Make the decision to give a speech, chase your dreams. You might need some guidance along the way, and that’s okay. Learn from those that help you and apply it when you take that chance.

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