Upcoming events:

• June 4-6 - SD Youth Range Camp, Sturgis
• June 25-26 - SD Soils & SD Rangeland Days, Kadoka
  
• July 19-12 - FFA Leadership Retreat, Bob Marshall, Custer
  
• July 16-18 - FFA Leadership Retreat, Swan Lake, Viborg
  
• July 21 –FFA Day with the Twins, Target Field-Minneapolis

FFA and Baseball - a winning combination

Celebrate summer as a family, group of friends or FFA chapter with a Twins game.  Purchase your ticket for FFA Day with the Twins and participate in an on-field pregame parade.

Selected FFA members perform the National Anthem and 7th Inning Stretch, and throw out the first pitch! Click here to get tickets now!

Sponsors make FFA Scholarships Possible for Seniors

Spring is scholarship season for graduation seniors. Did you know the SD FFA Foundation awarded $14,000 in scholarships to 26 SD FFA seniors at convention? These high school students devoted much time and effort to academic studies, FFA, Supervised Agricultural Experiences, leadership, and community activities.

• Agricultural Education Scholarship - MaKayla Heisler, Newell
  
• Blue and Gold Scholarships- Samuel Simons, Miller; Audrey Souza, Milbank; Kyle Kramer, Flandreau; Kaelyn Dammann, Mitchell, and, Landon Bushong, Hitchcock-Tulare
  
• Bob Titus Memorial Scholarship - Laura Alexander, Clark
  
• DuPont/Pioneer Scholarships- Melissa Nelson, McCook Central; Luke Eide, Deuel; Eric Worth, Gettysburg; and, Trevor Larson, Winner
  
• Mary Hanson Memorial Scholarships - Liz Renner, West Central; Katelyn Burggraff, Tri-Valley; Kelsey Kennedy, Beresford; and, Krista Smit, Lennox-Sundstrom
  
• Monsanto Scholarships - Kayla Gilbertson, McCook Central; Shala Larson, Webster; Caleb Long, Freeman; and, Lexi Slack, Viborg-Hurley
  
• Northland Ford Scholarships- Tyler DeRouchey, Hoven; Reid Kaiser, Hoven; Elizabeth Bertolotto, Sturgis; and, Zach Bies, McCook Central
  
• Wade Lang Memorial Scholarship - Maggie Kringen, Madison
  
• Wosje Agricultural Business Scholarships - Dean Christensen, Beresford and Jean Skoglund, McCook Central

In addition, the National FFA awarded $29,000 in scholarships to 19 SD FFA members in amounts ranging from $1,000 to $5,000.

• Jessica Broer, Huron Vocational -Ford Trucks/ Built Ford Tough
  
• Dean Christensen, Beresford - Fastline Publications
  
• Kirstyn Fiala, Miller - AGCO Dealer
  
• Paige Hermanson, Sturgis - Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Co. of Iowa
  
• Kyle Kramer, Flandreau - John Deere Dealer
  
• Jorry Lammers, West Central - Ford Trucks/ Built Ford Tough
  
• Caleb Lang, Freeman - Wilbur-Ellis Company
  
• Kimberly Leber, Parker - Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)
  
• Katelyn Loutsch, Milbank - John Deere Dealer
  
• Kyle McGuire, Deubrook - John Deere Dealer
  
• Janelle Paulson, Clark - AGCO Dealer
  
• Lacey Quail, Deubrook -Tractor Supply- Growing Scholars
  
• Elizabeth Renner, West Central - John Deere Dealer
  
• Gretchen Rops, Lennox-Sundstrom - AGCO Your Agriculture Company
  
• Jean Skoglund, McCook Central - BNSF Railway Company
  
• Tyler Swan, Newell - Bunge North America
  
• Brian Van De Stroet, Canton - Hormel Foods Corporation
  
• Alexandria Zanter, Menno - AGCO Dealer

Featured Fundraisers:

Drive with FFA Pride! –              
Put a FFA License plate on your vehicle!

1. When renewing your license plates or buying plates for a new vehicle at your County Treasurer's office, ask for “organization plates.”  Plates are free for new issues and $10 for renewals.
2. Purchase a set of SD FFA license plate decals from the SD FFA Foundation at 39393 133rd St., Bath, SD 57427, 605-765-4865, or www.sdffafoundation.org. Decals are $15 for FFA Alumni and supporters of the FFA and Agriculture Education. Make checks payable to the SD FFA Foundation.
3. Put the decals on your organization license plates.

Red Brand fence supports local chapters
Ag dealers throughout the country who stock Red Brand fence are helping to financially support local FFA chapters. The initiative is called Home Grown. How does Home Grown work? For every roll of Red Brand field fence, sheep and goat fence, barbed wire, and horse fence a participating dealer orders, $1.00 is donated directly to your FFA Chapter. It’s the easiest money that a chapter can receive! But to make it successful, people need to know about it. To share this exciting program, go to http://www.redbrand.com/homegrown/ for details. You will find all the information you need along with downloadable materials to distribute to local ag stores, chapter members, friends and family. The potential for funds is unlimited - the more people in your community who know about Home Grown, the more money local chapters can receive.

Invest in the future - plan a gift to the SD FFA Foundation in your annual budget.  You can donate online here or mail a donation to: SD FFA Foundation, 39393 133rd St., Bath, SD 57427