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The National FFA Convention and Expo is officially underway in Indianapolis, Indiana, and the city has welcomed back the blue jackets with open arms. No sooner did a person step off of the plane then visitors were greeted with a large emblem on the ground at the airport.

On Wednesday evening I was asked to speak at the annual Waterville-Elysian-Morristown FFA banquet. It is always an honor when you are asked to speak, but this one was special. Legendary farm broadcaster Dean Curtis was from Elysian so I was able to speak at Dean's home school...

A record 3,649 FFA members are at the State FFA Convention being hosted by the University of Minnesota-St. Paul campus. Yes, blue jackets, the official dress of the FFA, are here in mass! This is a picture of one of the business sessions this morning...

It was a busy week during National FFA Week. On Thursday morning I was at the Owatonna FFA Appreciation Breakfast. The breakfast was a small way for the Owatonna FFA to say thank you to supporters of the FFA including teachers, administration, parents and business...

FFA Week is being observed February 21-28. It all began in 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri. More young men were becoming interested in leaving the farm for jobs in the city. The FFA chapter began when 33 young men from 18 states gathered in Kansas City to form FFA in an attempt to make farming more attractive...

It was 1947 when the tradition began of celebrating National FFA Week. The week of George Washington's birthday was chosen by the FFA Board of Directors to recognize Washington's legacy as a farmer. This year National FFA Week will be celebrated February 20-27...

This morning I was in Rochester helping with the Region 8 FFA Winter Leadership Day. FFA members were there for Region Officer interviews, State FFA degree interviews, Creed contest and many others. Chapter advisers in the region take charge of organizing the different contests and events...

Earlier this week, the entire National FFA Officer Team visited Randolph. Each year one state is chosen for the National Officers to visit and this year it was Minnesota. The National FFA Officers spent a week visiting Minnesota FFA Chapters...

This is the 88th National FFA Convention being held in Louisville. Kentucky. More than 64,000 FFA members and guests are at the convention. This is one of the largest conventions held in the United States. There are more blue jackets then you can envision...

Once again this year, KDHL and KRFO will be bringing you reports from the 88th National FFA Convention in Louisville, Kentucky, on Oct. 29-30. Farm Director Jerry Groskreutz and Kelly Krage will be talking with area FFA students, advisers and some national FFA members about the latest goings on...