MO FFA Today - October Issue

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FFA TODAY Contents

1 SHOP VIEWS: LEARNING TO DO 2 president’s perspective 3 GROW THE LEGACY 4 meet the 2021-22 state officers 4 fall speaking contest details 9 SHOW SOME LEADERSHIP 12 CELEBRATIING SUCCESS 14 BLUE JACKET BRIEF

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Oct 7 NWMSU Fall CDEs - Maryville Oct 8-24 American Royal Livestock Show - Kansas City Oct 12 MSU Ag Expo (for HS Juniors & Seniors) - Springfield nov 13 Celebrate Agriculture - NWMSU, Maryville

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LEARNING TO DO TEACHERS ARM STUDENTS WITH THE TOOLS TO PURSUE THEIR PASSION IN AG MECHANICS earning to do. Doing to learn.

These first two lines of the FFA motto guide classroom instruction for many agricultural education teachers. One sector of the industry driven by this hands-on approach is agricultural mechanics. Students across the state enrolled in agricultural education hit the shop each day to explore the technical side of wood working, welding, project planning and more.

While in the shop, learning hard skills is important. However, the lessons between the lines matter just as much.

“I hope students gain problem solving skills on how to fix projects they have and how to follow a plan to create a project,” said Amanda Sullivan, Montgomery City agricultural education teacher and FFA advisor. “I also hope they gain welding experience to where they can create a good quality weld.” continued on pAGE 6

Problem-solving is just one of the skills agricultural education instructors hope to teach their students in agricultural mechanics.

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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

earning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve. As FFA members we hear these 12 words of the FFA motto frequently throughout our FFA career. This year, I have continuously been impressed by the amount of grit, passion and work ethic every FFA member has had to fully live out these words. Whether it is actively participating in class, competing in leadership or career development events or developing their own unique Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) projects, FFA members know the importance of their role in agriculture and in life and continue to put forth the effort to be successful.

with Area 11 officers and members of the St. Joseph FFA chapter as we worked with the All-American Beef Battalion to cook and serve hundreds of steaks to troops at the Rosecrans Air National Guard Base. The sun was beating down on us and we had to work quickly, yet every single member had a smile on their face and joy in their heart.

Every single member showed gratitude as military men and women walked past. I know for a fact that chapters across the state put together countless community service projects throughout the year, and every FFA member participating gains an even greater understanding for what the word service truly means.

One of the things I have been most impressed by is FFA members’ ability to live out the last line of the motto. Living to serve. I have been blessed and humbled to watch FFA members be truly selfless and giving. I admire every single FFA member I have met and the true servant’s heart they possess. I watched at FFA camp as members wrote cards to veterans and soldiers. During the Missouri State Fair members grasped the opportunity to pack over 200,000 meals for food banks around the state. Most recently I got to work

Anne Frank once said, “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” This year I have watched repeatedly as members take the leap into service to improve themselves, their community, and the world. I am proud to be serving a state association that makes me want to be more like the members.

As the year continues, keep taking advantage of those opportunities to give to others and change the world.

Kaitlin

Missouri FFA President Kaitlin Kleiboeker let her boots hit the ground recently to help with the All American Beef Battalion, which served steaks to troops at the Rosecrans Air National Guard Base.

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.

Inquiries related to department programs and to the location of services, activities, and facilities that are accessible by persons with disabilities may be directed to the Jefferson State Office Building, Director of Civil Rights Compliance and MOA Coordinator (Title VI/Title VII/Title IX/504/ ADA/ADAAA/Age Act/GINA/USDA Title VI), 5th Floor, 205 Jefferson Street, P.O. Box 480, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0480; telephone number 573-526-4757 or TTY 800-735-2966; email civilrights@dese.mo.gov

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Grow the

Legacy

lanning for and investing in the future is a key principle in effective long-term farm management. Likewise, the Missouri FFA Association team and ag leaders believe that a healthy future for agriculture education also requires investing in the future. They’ve been planning how to create an organization with a vision of cultivating the next generation of leaders for the agriculture industry and our communities. To accomplish that vision, the organization’s mission would focus on securing strategic partnerships and financial resources to bolster, enhance and strengthen the educational and leadership opportunities that promote premier leadership, personal growth and career success for Missouri

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youth in agricultural education. The result of their planning is a newly incorporated nonprofit, the Missouri FFA Foundation.

By working with individual donors, corporate and group sponsors, local FFA chapters, local FFA Alumni and supporters’ groups, and other foundations, the Missouri FFA Foundation will focus on acquiring the assets to primarily fund programs developed by the Missouri FFA Association and the Missouri Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association, SAE Grants, and Living to Serve Grants. If funding allows, the foundation will also offer grant opportunities to classroom teachers/FFA advisors, to Missouri FFA Alumni and supporters’ groups, to collegiate agriculture student groups,

and to individual high school agriculture students.

The Missouri FFA Foundation’s leadership includes a board of directors and an executive director. The board of directors develops policies and sets priorities for the foundation while the executive director oversees the daily management of the foundation.

If you’d like to learn more about the Missouri FFA Foundation, please visit https://missouriffa.org/foundation or email Heather Dimitt-Fletcher, executive director, at heather@missouriffa.org

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Meet the 2021-22 State FFA officers

Top left to right: Rachel Grimes, Archie, vice president; Emily Hoyt, Audrain Co. R-VI, secretary; and Meagan Forck, Blair Oaks, vice president.

Stairs top to bottom, left to right: Hannah Shanks, Vienna, vice president; Abigail Miller, Eldon, first vice president; Caitlyn Kleffner, Rolla, vice president; Riley Spurgeon, Cuba, vice president; Grant Norfleet, Mexico, vice president; and Izabella Hutton Kidwell, Troy, vice president.

Bottom row from l to r: Dakota Pemberton, Richland, mentor; Trent Jones, Higginsville, vice president; Vanessa Enslow, East Newton, vice president; Kaitlin Kleiboeker, Pierce City, president; Chris Ebbesmeyer, Paris, vice president; Seth Hansen, Chillicothe, vice president; Kraysen Leonard, El Dorado Springs, vice president; and Anna Triplett, Memphis, vice president.

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MISSOURI INSTITUTE OF COOPERATIVES www.mic.coop/ Contact: Kristi Livingston LivingstonK@missouri.edu MISSOURI PET BREEDERS ASSOCIATION www.mpbaonline.org Contact: Kevin Beauchamp 4agfriends@gmail.com MISSOURI PORK ASSOCIATION http://www.mopork.com/Youth_ FFASpkngCntst.asp Contact: Diane Slater diane@mopork.com MISSOURI QUARTER HORSE ASSOCIATION www.MoQHA.com Contact: Joe Eddy joe.eddy2814@gmail.com 4

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Amanda Haeberlin, agricultural education teacher and FFA advisor at Palmyra, added a student’s future career choice doesn’t negate the value of experience in the shop.

our community. We have done a raffle before where we built a trailer and then raffled the trailer off to pay for material and used the extra money for our FFA chapter.”

“I think most importantly they gain work ethic and life-long skills, whether they want to go into that field or not, and the knowledge that there are a lot of jobs in trade industries that are important,” she said.

This lesson was nearly as valuable as the skills learned building the trailer. The hands-on experiences of the shop not only prepare students for careers in the industry, but also set them up for success in related higher education, like a technical school.

In addition to teaching hard and soft skills, agricultural mechanics classes also teach students how to overcome challenges in the industry.

“Metal costs are higher right now and being able to create projects that are cost effective and teach valuable skills can be difficult to do,” Sullivan explained. “To overcome this challenge, we find projects that either the kids want to pay for or projects that we can sell in

“What we’ve learned from high school ag classes is that a good group of well-rounded students enjoy ag and are passionate about their background,” said Travis Koengisfeld, agribusiness instructor for State Technical College of Missouri. “By us bringing the agribusiness program to State Tech and using some curriculum that is positioned toward their interests, I think it allows us to help students combine their fields of study and interest in ag.”

For those interested in hands-on careers such as agricultural mechanics, attending higher education like a technical school can also help build connections for job opportunities in the future.

“A lot of our programs have what we call a partnership,” said Brandon McElwain, director of marketing for State Technical College of Missouri. “For example, MFA is one of them. We have a Caterpillar service technician, and the students will spend eight weeks in classes here, then spend eight weeks with their employer working to use what they learned on campus.”

In the field of agricultural mechanics, there is no shortage of demand for students entering the field.

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“I think the job market has demand for every field in the country right now,” Koengisfeld said. “That’s why we’re promoting business knowledge to our ag students as well. What I’ve seen is ag students have a work ethic unmatched by most, so even if they get an ag mechanics degree, they have the potential to run businesses in and out of agriculture.”

As students well equipped with skills in agricultural mechanics remain in demand, Missouri agricultural education will continue promoting learning to do and doing to learn both in and out of the shop.

—BY BRANDELYN TWELLMAN

Skills learned in high school ag mechanics classes helps students not only discover their passions, but also helps position them for the future careers in the industry. Trade schools such as State Technical College of Missouri created partnerships with ag businesses like MFA to further develop student skills and interests.

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The MFA Foundation has awarded more than 14,000 scholarships to students from rural communities where MFA Incorporated and MFA Oil Company and their affiliates conduct business. The foundation also contributes to the Missouri 4-H Foundation, Missouri FFA Association, Missouri Young Farmers Association and other programs consistent with its mission to provide educational opportunity for youth.

Eligible high school seniors can apply for the scholarship online from December 1, 2021 through February 15, 2022.

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Shane & Whitney Kinne Home FFA Chapter: Shane: North Harrison Whitney: Clinton What Shane & Whitney Do: Shane: Learning analyst for Vivayic and real estate agent with Trophy Properties and Auction.

Whitney: Career and leadership coach.

what They LEARNED IN FFA: Through FFA, Shane was able to broaden his horizons. He values putting himself in others’ shoes and learning from their experiences. FFA taught Whitney how to get things done, lead projects and work in a team environment as well as how to bring an idea to life.

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leadership rom barnwarmings to banquets and camp to the American Royal, Shane and Whitney Kinne were immersed in all things FFA from a young age.

The son of an agricultural education instructor, Shane’s youth was filled with his family’s Angus and commercial cattle operation and golden retriever dogs on their farm near Eagleville. Beyond the typical leadership opportunities many members experience in the organization, he says FFA gave him an opportunity to broaden his horizons by being exposed to people with differing interests and backgrounds from other areas of the country.

“I really value putting myself in others’ shoes and learning from their experiences,” Shane explains.

Similarly, Shane’s wife Whitney embraced the early memories she had of FFA, having joined her ag teacher father in countless FFA activities; she joined the organization herself in high school with sheep production for her supervised agricultural experience.

“Growing up, my dad always told me to ‘show some leadership,’” Whitney says. “It became a mantra that FFA continued to teach me. I learned to take chances and do things that stretch me to grow.”

Shane and Whitney Kinne tell you how FFA broadened their horizons and prepared them for the future.

By Joann Pipkin Today, the former FFA members are married and live with their two young children, Charleston, 6, and Hunter, 3, outside of Clinton on the property where Whitney was raised.

Shane is a learning analyst for Vivayic, assisting companies and agricultural organizations through their learning experiences and programs. He’s also growing a real estate business with Trophy Properties and Auction where he assists clients with the purchase and selling of agricultural and recreational farms.

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“My ag ed degree from Mizzou (University of Missouri) prepped me for this role as I get to put my curriculum knowledge to work while helping companies advance their goals,” Shane explains.

Whitney, too, leans on her FFA experiences in her role as a career and leadership coach.

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Working one-on-one and in team settings, she assists clients with defining and achieving their career goals while helping them understand and apply their natural talents.

“I credit FFA to planting the seed for the work I do today, and so many of my clients have a leadership background that began in a blue corduroy jacket,” Whitney says.

“I remember doing an activity at WLC (Washington Leadership Conference) and thinking it would be really fun to facilitate workshops like this. Little did I know I would have my own set of markers and sticky posters to work with clients of my own a couple of decades later.”

For Whitney, FFA not only taught her how to get things done, but also how to lead projects, work in a team environment and how to bring an idea to life. She encourages FFA members to show up every day as their best self and trust that there is enough success available for everyone.

“Who do you want to be, where do you want to live, who do you want to spend time with? If you view your career through that lens, it will help bring a lot of clarity.

–Shane Kinne Learning Analyst, Vivayic

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“To be a good leader, you show up to the roles you’ve been given, and you do the best job you can do to serve the people you are serving,” she says. “Agriculture and FFA benefit when we see our peers as a community to collaborate with, instead of framing them as our competition.”

While charting a course for yourself is important, Shane advises FFA members to think less about what they want to do and more about the type of life they want to live.

“Who do you want to be, where do you want to live, who do you want to spend time with,” Shane says. “If you view your career through that lens, it will help bring a lot of clarity.”

Whitney adds that cultivating a relationship with a mentor can be a tremendous resource. ‘’Choose this person wisely,” she says. “Make sure you can trust their advice and don’t always expect them to give advice but to ask the right questions. There is great power in the wisdom that comes with experience.”

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Shane (left) and Whitney (right) Kinne are both children of agricultural education teachers and ffa advisors?

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Do your homework: Spend time digging deep to research and learn about the organization and the position.

Shane is a former member of the North Harrison ffa chapter. He raised cattle and golden retriever dogs for his supervised agricultural experience (SAE).

Practice being conversational: Stand in front of your mirror and practice sharing responses to questions.

Whitney’s sae consisted of sheep production on her family’s small farm near clinton. she and shane recently purchased the property where whitney was raised.

Prepare your questions: Have a written list of questions you’d like to ask in the interview.

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Celebrating

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The following FFA members have been named a national finalist in their respective award area at the National FFA Convention Oct. 27-30 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Visit www.missouriffa.org for a complete list of National FFA Convention participants and honorees.

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