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Farmers
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projects. Board
members include:
Bob Hull, Sisseton;
Mark Gross, Sioux
Falls; Bill Hansen,
Center ville; Chuck
Jepson, Ft. Pierre;
Jim Doolittle, Belle
Fourche; Marcia
Hendrickson, Chancellor; and Nathan
Jensen, Beresford.
For information
on the financial
programs offered
through SDDA,
please contact one
of the board members or Terri LaBrie, SDDA finance
administrator at
605.773.5436 or
terri.labrie@state.
sd.us.
Agriculture is
South Dakotas No.
1 industr y, generating $25.6 billion in
annual economic
activity and employing over 115,000
South Dakotans.
The South Dakota
Department of
Agricultures mission is to promote,
protect, preser ve,
and improve this
industr y for today
and tomorrow. Visit
us online at http://
sdda.sd.gov or find
us on Facebook and
Tw
witter.
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The 2014-2015 South Dakota State FFA Officer Team
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Skylar Mix, Arlington and Shania Jensen, Beresford.
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(front, from left to right): Dean Barr y Dunn, SDSU College of Ag & Biological Sciences; Vice President Kaden
Eisenbraun, Wall; Jack, the SDSU Jackrabbit. (2nd row,
from left to right): Secretar y Ellen Minihan, Brandon;
Repor ter Jennifer Emer y, Wall. (3rd row, from left to
right): Treasurer Nicole Hamilton, Hitchcock Tulare; PresiHitchcock-Tu
dent Taylin Albrecht, DeSmet; Sentinel Andrea Collins,
Sturgis.
Agribusiness
Fr
riendliness
riendlines
Friendliness Index
ranks states
onal F
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Students Use National FFA Week to
Share Impor tance of Agriculture
INDIANAPOLIS
(Monday Feb. 23
(M d y, F b 23,
2015/National FFA
F
Organization) More
than a half-million
students in all 50
states will share the
importance of agriculture in our daily
lives, spread their
passion for agriculture and host communitywide events
to help others in
need this week.
Its National FFA
F
We and a host
eek
of activities are
planned to raise
awareness about
the National FFA OrF
ganization and the
role it plays in the
development of the
agriculture industr ys future leaders
and the importance
of agricultural education.
The week-long
tradition started
in 1948. Each y r,
year
National FFA We
F
eek
runs Saturday to
Saturday, encomy
passing President
George Wa
ashingtons Feb. 22 birthday in recognition
of Wa
ashingtons
legacy as an agriculturist and farmer.
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FFA was founded
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by a group of young
farmers in 1928. Its
mission is to prepare future generations for the challenges of feeding a
growing population.
Since the founding members the
organization has
taught generations
that agriculture is
more than planting
and har vesting it
involves science,
business and much
more.
Today, FFA cony F
tinues to help the
next generation rise
up to meet new agricultural challenges by helping members develop their
own unique talents
and explore their
interests in a broad
range of career
pathways. Members
prepare for careers
as biologists, chemists, veterinarians,
engineers and entrepreneurs.
National FFA
F
eek
We is sponsored
by Tractor Supply
Co., National FFA
F
eek
We activities can
be followed on Twitter at #FFAweek.
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South Dakota State FFA
According to
responses on Facer
book and Twitter,
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local FFA chapters
plan to host parties
in appreciation of
their agriculture
F
teachers and FFA
advisors. Members
will host local farmers’ markets, visit
elementar y and
middle schools to
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talk about FFA and
agricultural education, complete
community-ser vice
projects, participate in spirit days
at their schools
to promote agricultural education
and much more. A
round-up of some
planned National
F
eek
FFA We activities
include:
Through Suny
day, participating
Tractor Supply Co.
stores encourage
customers to donate $1 at checkout
FA.
to support FFA
Donations will fund
$1,000 scholarships
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for FFA members
while 10 percent
will support state
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FFA association
programs. Last
year, Tractor Supr
ply raised more
than $447,671 in 48
states to provide
334 college scholarF
ships for FFA members.
St. Amant FFA in
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Louisiana will be
working to collect
enough food to
feed 1,000 people
through a help a
farmer feed a family event, which will
tie into their local
livestock show.
The National FFA
F
Officers will travel
around the countr y
F
to visit local FFA
chapters. States
that will be visited
include: Arizona,
y
Illinois, New Jersey,
North Carolina,
Massachusetts and
Oregon.
The New RichF
mond FFA chapter in Wisconsin
F
is hosting an FFA
eek
We Kickoff Snowtubing Event in
their area with all
interested chapters
invited to participate. It’s an annual
tradition and members from up to 12
Students
South Dakota is the number #1 Agribusiness-friendly state according to a
new index created by a couple of Colorado State University professors.
Their Agribusiness Friendliness Index
takes into consideration 38 variables
including local and state government
policies, geography, climate and the
y
overall state business climate. It considers ag inputs; crop, fruit and vegetable production; meat and livestock
products; and, agricultural processing.
New Hampshire was rated second after
South Dakota, both given overall grades
of A. The report says both earned high
marks for less government regulation,
higher efficiency and greater ser vices
offsetting relatively weak performance
in the business climate area.
The bottom five states for Agribusiness Friendliness are: California, Hawaii,
waii New Yo Alabam and Mississipork,
ork Alabama
pi scoring low in government ser vices
important to agriculture, high levels
of government regulation and less vibrant business climates.
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