If the jacket still fits …

It’s appropriate that National Ag Week fell this year at the same time we were fortunate enough to have two current members of the National FFA Officer’s Team, President Levy Randolph and Central Region Vice President Chase Rose, visit our Brookfield office.National FFA Central Region Vice President Chase Rose (left) and President Levy Randolf (right) offer encouragement as I try to fit into my FFA jacket from 1979.

As part of their year of service to the National FFA Organization they will travel more than 100,000 miles over 300 days to meet with the organization’s 500,000 members, government officials and corporate sponsors. They also had the opportunity to travel to Japan to study international trade and meet with government and agriculture officers there.

We are proud to be a sponsor of the National FFA Organization. We currently have more than 20 associates that were involved with FFA in high school or at the collegiate level, so we know first-hand how this organization prepares young men and women with skills that will be instrumental as they enter their careers.

Meeting Levy and Chase, and witnessing their enthusiasm and optimism for agriculture was refreshing. It reminded me of the great experiences I had as an FFA member and the need for me to “continue to wear my jacket” by supporting educational ag programs like this one.