THE FFA VISION
Students whose lives are impacted by FFA and agricultural education will achieve academic and personal growth, strengthen American agriculture and provide leadership to build healthy local communities, a strong nation and a sustainable world.
Missouri FFA is 25,920 members strong —and growing! FFA continues to help the next generation rise up to meet the challenges of feeding a growing population by helping its members to develop their own unique talents and explore their interests in a broad range of career pathways through their experiences in agricultural education. Today’s FFA members are future biologists, chemists, veterinarians, engineers and entrepreneurs! Thanks for helping us pave the way to being tomorrow’s leaders.
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Dairy Scholarship Submission Deadline Extended
The Missouri Dairy Scholars Scholarship Program was created to support students pursuing careers in the dairy industry. Students may qualify for up to $5,000 in scholarships if they are enrolled in a two-year or four-year Missouri college and work on a dairy farm or have a dairy-related internship. Students will also make a commitment to work in Missouri’s agriculture industry as a condition of receiving the scholarship.
Applications are now being accepted through Oct. 31, 2018. This year, a total of $40,000 will be awarded.
MPA Youth Pork Ambassador Program Applications Available
The Missouri Youth Pork Ambassador Program is designed to provide youth with an opportunity to become actively involved in the pork industry. The program will help youth develop strong relationships with both pork producers and allied industry members. It is an opportunity to learn about pork production and the industry and to improve communication and leadership skills.
Missouri Agriculture Bands Together to Combat Childhood Hunger
JEFFERSON CITY, MO. – The 2018 Drive to Feed Kids officially kicks off today. The goal for this collaboration is to raise funds to provide food for hungry Missouri children, pack 100,000 nutritious, kid-friendly meals at the Missouri State Fair and to stand in the gap for the Missouri children who face food insecurity.
Listen Up!
The Missouri State FFA officer team presents the “Living to Serve Network” again this year.
Now Available: October E-newsletter!
This month’s E-newsletter is at your fingertips! Take a look through the latest news in Missouri FFA at the link below.
2018 SAE Grants Available
Supervised Agricultural Experiences are a core part of agricultural education. Thanks to our sponsors, the National FFA Organization is pleased to announce this year 148 SAE grants of $1,000 each are available to help FFA members start or expand an SAE.
Online registration deadline: Nov. 15 at 8PM EST
Need a Guest Speaker?
Your Missouri State FFA officers have spent the past few months working on presentations and would love to meet with your chapter! Find out which officers are available in your area.
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How is your chapter Living to Serve?
Help highlight how Missouri is putting our leadership into action through service projects that benefit local communities. Right now there are two opportunities to receive funding to support service activities.
The Semester-Long Living to Serve Grant is now open and due by Sept. 1. This grant provides middle/high school FFA chapters with up to $1,200 to implement a service-learning project in their community for one semester.
The Day of Service Mini-Grant offers alumni or middle/high school chapters with up to $400 to conduct a one-time service event. This application is open all year.
The application process is easy, and you can pick which grant best suits your chapter’s Program of Activities. Apply today at FFA.org/LivingToServe.
If you have any questions about the grants, reach out to the Living to Serve team, LTS@FFA.org.
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