Marvin Wilburn Receives R-6 Chain Gilt
Audrain County FFA chapter of Community R-6 Schools selects Marvin Wilburn for the annual chain gilt. A registered Duroc gilt from a three year breed program, named Rita after the Chapter Sweetheart Rita Fennewald, will be bred after the gilt is issued. Previous recipients were Bob Swaim and Steve Goshorn. gilts average 10 to 11 pigs and receive vaccines for lepto and erucipilus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Goshorn
Audrain County
Marvin Wilburn
Rita
Rita Fennewald
FFA Leadership Training Emphasized in Nation Wide View
Many Americans see the Future Farmers of America as farming only but its training covers leadership. The FFA teaches parliamentary procedure for clear public speaking and public speaking itself to voice opinions confidently. Members learn pride in work and to consider others, giving everyone a fair chance.
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United States
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Mike Ray Captures Champion and Reserve at Missouri Show
Mike Ray of Vandalia exhibited the Champion and Reserve Champion Spotted barrows at the 1974 Missouri Spring Barrow Show in Columbia on February 9. He also placed third in a commercial pen of five with a Spot Duroc cross. He sold two purebred Spot boars in the Tested Boar Sale for 475 and 275 dollars. The sophomore animal husbandry student plans to exhibit at the 1974 National Spotted Type Conference in Columbia mid July, noting the breed once known as spotted Poland Chinas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Ray
Clarence Ray
Vandalia
Missouri
Columbia
Mike
University
Ray
Girl Earns FFA Membership and Greenhand Dream
A high school junior shares how she fought gender bias to join vocational agriculture and the FFA at Community A-6. She aims for the Star Greenhand award while learning to manage her heifer calf and crops, proving girls can excel in the program despite opposition.
FFA Members Learn About Agri-Business
A discussion on FFA reveals agri-business as a growing field linked to farming. The essay explains how farmers borrow from credit agencies to buy inputs and sell produce through elevators, illustrating the synergy between farming and agri-business.
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FFA
Freyer
Food For Peace Budget Signals Price Decline
Washington AP report notes Nixon administration forecasts for the Agriculture Department indicating lower unit prices for major grains in 1974 due to abundant harvests. The Title I Food for Peace program expects $739.3 million in commodity sales to foreign countries, down from $765.8 million, with increased quantities like 37.2 million bushels of wheat valued at about $167.3 million.
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Washington
Nixon
Agriculture Department
Food For Peace
FFA Week Involves You Theme Rally 1974
FFA Week in 1974 centers on Involved in America s Future as chapters at local state and national levels highlight involvement in agriculture leadership teamwork and career preparation. The kickoff aligns with National FFA Week in February near George Washington s birthday with promotional materials from the National Future Farmers available through the supply service.
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FFA
America
George Washington
National
Future Farmers
Future Farmers Supply Service
Training Teaching For The Future By Dwayne Davenport 2 6
This piece explains the FFA motto fourfold: Learning to do learning to learn earning to live and living to serve. It defines each phrase as guiding steps for members to acquire trades such as welding or farming, test skills, start careers, and use agricultural work to serve communities.
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Dwayne Davenport
FFA
FFA. Bers
Area Residents Attend Sixth Annual Irrigation Short Course
A number of area residents attended the sixth annual irrigation short course held in the Hearnes Multi purpose Building at the University of Missouri in Columbia. Attendees included Howard and William Fairchild Benton City. Mr and Mrs Dean Peery Laddonia. Dan C Botts Henry Finch Dale Schwarre Mexico. Gene L Shellabarger A Hugh Williams James W Williams Thompson. Bob Moore Carl Moore Jr Bob Hoehn Bill Kohl Vandalia. Wayne Benoit Mr and Mrs Harry Jennings David Sims Centralia. Lawrence Hendrix Auxvasse. Fred Terry Atkinson Robert Baxter Guthrie Kingdom City.
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Hearnes
University of Missouri
Columbia
Howard
William Fairchild
Benton City
Dean Peery
Laddonia
Dan C. Botts
Henry Finch
Dale Schwarre
Mexico
Gene L. Shellabarger
A. Hugh Williams
James W. Williams
Thompson
Bob Moore
Carl Moore Jr
Bob Hoehn
Bill Kohl
Vandalia
Wayne Benoit
Harry R. Jennings
David Sims
Centralia
Lawrence Hendrix
Auxvasse
Fred and
Terry Atkinson
Robert Baxter Guthrie
Kingdom City
Vocational Agriculture Learning From Experience
Richard Duthbert details FFA week theme For Tomorrow's Agriculture and how FFA trains today's boys in farm management soil and livestock production and other practical skills. The chapter rented its 1973 plot to Mark E Penn under an approved shared-expense agreement with all donations to the FFA and expenses totaling 27789 dollars.
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FFA
America
Mark E. Penn
Mr. Penn
Mark
FFA Chapter Receives Harvest and Donations From Garden Supplies
The Chapter arranged for all supplies and donations and all donations were given to the FFA Chapter. Mark paid $94.75 for his half of the supplies and for chemicals Mark paid Chem Gro. The crop of corn was harvested in late November from 20 acres yielding 2141 bushels and 50 pounds at an average of 107 bushels per acre. The FFA share of the crop, 50 percent, was sold at $2.20 per bushel for a total of $2358.96.
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FFA
Mark
Chem Gro
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Wehrman Camper Sales & Construction CO
F.F.A
Lacrosse Lumber Company
Biberty
Rex Klenke
Wren Olds and
Buick of
Fulton
North Callaway
Leo
Audrain Cooperative Ass'n
Coor
S. Missouri
Gary Becker Sentinel
Wieberg Implement CO
IHC
Martinsburg, Mo
Richard Duthbert
Timmy Jesse
Bob Trabue
W. Monroe
Gary Wyre
ALL America
Consolidated Electric Co- OP
Ffar-Vn
Fennewald
Martinsburg
FFA Boys
Kenny Fairchild
Strength of America
Martins Burg
Dank
R-Vi
Anna BB A Ae
Steve Maxwell
Martinsburg Farmers Elevator Bonded Warehouse
Gary Stuckenschneider
Phillips 66
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