(Dorchester, Neb.) – Farmers Cooperative, has donated $3000 to the Nebraska FFA Foundation to directly support local FFA programming needs. Fairbury was one of seven FFA Chapters selected to earn a grant. The Fairbury Chapter has received $500 to be used for their student development.
The Fairbury FFA Chapter is looking to improve their plant science class with this grant. In their plant science class the students identify crop plants and seeds, weed plants and seeds, and discuss soil management that affects the growth of agronomic crops. The plant science class falls in the winter and spring months, therefore; the FFA Advisor is not able to collect all of the specimens necessary to show the class. With this grant the Fairbury FFA Chapter will purchase the specimens they are unable to collect from the Purdue Agronomy Club. This will help students prepare for the FFA Agronomy contest. This will also introduce students to a possible career in agronomy.
“We are happy to donate to these programs. The Farmers Cooperative knows that these young people represent our future customers, and employees, as well as our future community leaders. For these reasons, we believe that it important to support our local FFA Chapters and the work that they do.” Our slogan is “Investing in Our Owners’ Success! And the Farmers Cooperative believes that Investing in our Agricultural Youth today will insure our future success tomorrow. We are proud and happy to donate to the Nebraska FFA Foundation and support local FFA” says Ron Velder, Farmers Cooperative General Manager.
The mission of the Nebraska FFA Foundation is to enhance quality education/FFA programs in order to achieve excellence in leadership development, curriculum innovation and scholastic advancement of students.
