Blaine Martin, a senior at Winston High School, recently received the State FFA Degree. This is the highest degree FFA members can receive at the state level.
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Awarding of the degree is based on a member’s Supervised Agricultural Experience Program in agribusiness or production agriculture, and leadership ability as demonstrated through involvement in FFA, school, and community activities.
The State Degree award charms were sponsored by MFA Inc., Columbia.
State FFA Executive Secretary Steve Brown noted that the number of State Degree Recipients is up and the highest ever.
"FFA membership and the number of State FFA Degree recipients have reached an all time record high. The State FFA Degree is the highest recognition a state can award, representing three percent of the total Missouri FFA membership per year," said Brown, "Schools, communities and youth continually recognize the outstanding leadership opportunities through FFA and want to be a part."
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The Missouri FFA has approximately 23,700 members representing 305 chapters. The national organization has over 495,000 members representing 7,242 local chapters in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands.
The FFA Mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.
was the theme for this year’s state FFA Convention. Over 8,000 youth and guests were in attendance.