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FFA students report international internship, state fair duties and local ag projects
Summary
Students from Nevada R-V's FFA presented summer and recent activities including a World Food Prize internship in Nairobi, a leadership trip to Washington, D.C., state fair usher duties, and plans for test plots and ISU collaborations.
Members of Nevada R-V’s FFA presented to the school board Sept. 15 about recent regional, state and international experiences and upcoming agricultural education activities.
Gavin Eglin described qualifying through the Iowa Youth Institute and attending the Global Youth Institute, then receiving an international internship placement at the International Livestock Research Institute in Nairobi, Kenya, where he spent eight weeks researching index-based livestock insurance with senior economist Dr. Kelvin Chakuku. “Truly one of the greatest experiences in my life. I’m so grateful for it,” Eglin said.
Other students recounted a June leadership conference in Washington, D.C., where participants developed community projects and forged connections with peers from other states. Mackenzie Olsen and Abby Elwoody said they plan to bring community-focused projects and SAE (supervised agricultural experience) work back to Nevada.
Students reported participation at the state fair, with roughly six Nevada members serving as ushers and helping with grandstand duties, contests and volunteer events; speakers referenced scholarship opportunities of about $2,000 associated with some fair activities. Presenters also outlined academic collaborations with Iowa State University, an upcoming soils contest on Oct. 1, and approximately 72 acres of test plots used for learning and research purposes. One presenter gave a cash-input figure for FFA test plots “just under $21,000” and cited a crop-insurance indemnity value of $44,005.28 for certain fields.
Board members and administrators asked questions about logistics, including travel and bus parking during concurrent sporting events, and about career-technical offerings: a board member asked whether the district’s welding program would run this fall given staffing, and presenters said the welding program was not operating this fall because of a lack of an instructor, though the lab continues to be used for other classes.
Students thanked the board for support and described plans to continue FFA activities and community outreach through the school year.
