INDIANAPOLIS – During the National FFA Organization’s recent convention, awards, honors and degrees were handed out to members and chapters. Members also participated in two days of service in the Indianapolis area.

Recipients from Farm World’s primary readership area included:

American Star winners:

Agribusiness:

Landon Haney, Arcanum-MVCTC FFA chapter, Ohio

Agriscience:

Lizzie Schafer, Taylorville FFA, Illinois

Premier chapters:

Growing leaders:

Cambridge FFA of Illinois

Building communities:

Felicity-Franklin FFA of Ohio

National Agricultural Proficiency Awards:

Gracie Sprague, agricultural sales – entrepreneurship. She is a member of the Genoa-Penta FFA chapter in Ohio.

Troy Homan, dairy production – placement. He is a member of the New Bremen FFA chapter in Ohio.

Hannah Miller, swine production – entrepreneurship. She is a member of the Prairie Central FFA chapter in Illinois.

Emma Brandenburg, veterinary science – entrepreneurship/placement. She is a member of the Felicity-Franklin FFA chapter in Ohio.

Alethea Dunn, agriscience research – plant systems. Dunn is a member of the Stewarts Creek FFA chapter in Tennessee.

Anna Chaliff, nursery operations – entrepreneurship/placement. She is a member of the Rockcastle County FFA chapter in Kentucky.

Cailey Elizabeth Markley, specialty crop production – entrepreneurship/placement. She is a member of the Argos FFA chapter in Indiana.

Riley McDermott, vegetable production – entrepreneurship/placement. McDermott is a member of the Waterloo FFA chapter in Illinois.

Agriscience Fair:

Grace Spooner, social science, division 1. Spooner is a member of the Middle Tennessee Ag Academy FFA chapter.

Joslin Henderson and Aubrie Overly, animal systems, division 2. They are members of the Ridgemont FFA chapter in Ohio.

Nate Mason, animal systems, division 3. Mason is a member of the Cocke County FFA chapter in Tennessee.

Mason Swavel and Owen Kearns, animal systems, division 4. They are members of the Ridgemont FFA chapter in Ohio.

Logan Brand and C. Isaac Schweitzer, animal systems, division 6. They are members of the DeKalb FFA chapter in Indiana.

Addison Smith, food productions and processing, division 1. Smith is a member of the Millcreek-West Unity FFA chapter in Ohio.

Breann Vermillion and Laney Elsasser, food productions and processing, division 4. They are members of the Ridgemont FFA chapter in Ohio.

Elise Hess, environmental services and natural resources, division 3. Hess is a member of the Global Impact FFA chapter in Ohio.

Isaac Hefty, plant systems, division 1. Hefty is a member of the DeKalb FFA chapter in Indiana.

Lilly Amstutz, power, structural and technical systems, division 5. Amstutz is a member of the Oakland FFA chapter in Tennessee.

VIP Citation recipients:

Bruce Bye, Beech Grove, Ind.

Steve Pruitt, Indianapolis, Ind.

Ronald Tilford, Hamilton, Ohio