Menno FFA officers- Pres-Cheyenne, VP-Kylee, Sec-Matt P., Tres-Nathan, Sent-Austin Herrboldt, Reporter-Emily, Student Advisor-Andrew, Historian-Dustin
Where the cotton used to make FFA jackets is grown- Tennesse
Where is the FFA jacket corduroy dyed- South Carolina
Number of yard of corduroy needed to make an FFA jacket- 1.5
State FFA jacket corduroy is woven in- North Carolina
Year blue corduroy jacket was adopted as the official jacket- 1933
Year National FFA was established- 1928
Degree given to 1st year members- Greenhand
Makes up the foundation of the FFA emblem- Cross Section of Ear of Corn
Represents progress and holds the promise that tomorrow will be a new day glowing with opportunity- Rising Sun
Reminds of us of our freedom and ability to explore new horizons- Eagle
Represents labor and tillage of the soil- Plow
Represents knowledge and wisdom- Owl
Author of the FFA Creed- E.M. Tiffany
National Convention Creed was adopted at- 3rd
Conventions Creed was revised at- 38th, 63rd
3 integral parts of Agricultural Education- Classroom/Lab, FFA, SAE
Places where FFA chapters can be chartered- Any public school with an agricultural education program
Year the Smith-Hughes National Vocational Education Act establish vocational agriculture classes in high schools- 1917
State FFA Advisor- Nora Kohlenberg
Current SD FFA President- Makayla Hisler
Number of National FFA Officers- 6
Year FFA changed its name for Future Farmers of America to National FFA Organization- 1988
Group that served as the model for the National Future Farmers of America- Future Farmers of Virginia
Year New Farmers of America (NFA) was established- 1935
Year the New Farmers of America (NFA) merged with the FFA-1965
3 South Dakotan’s to serve as National Officers- Wyatt DeJong, Jessie Gieb, Andrew Sundstrom
Year FFA opened membership to girls- 1969
Year the first National FFA Week was celebrated in-1948
President whose birthday is during the week that National FFA Week is always celebrated in- George Washington
Official FFA colors-National Blue, Corn Gold
FFA Moto- Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve
SD FFA Executive Secretary- Michelle Nelson
2012-13 SD FFA Ambassadors- Courtney Schaeffer, Kyle Krammer
2012-13 National FFA Central Region Vice President- Brennan Costello
Degree that is made of silver and given to third year FFA members- Chapter
Years someone must be an active FFA member to receive their State FFA Degree- 3
Number of months prior to receiving the American FFA Degree a member must have graduated- 12
Cities that have been home to the National FFA Convention- Louisville KY, Kansas City, MO, Indianapolis, IN
Office Andrew Sundstrom held at the National level- President
FFA’s official magazine- FFA New Horizon’s
SAE stands for- Supervised Agriculture Experience
Different types of SAE’s- Animal entrepenurship job placement, plant entrepenurship, agribusiness entrepenurship, directed lab
Place 2013 National FFA Convention be held- Louisville, KY
Menno FFA member that will be receiving American FFA degree in 2013- MaryJo Mettler
Median hourly earnings of a veterinary technician in 2008- $28,900
Universities/ colleges in South Dakota where you can earn a degree to become a veterinary technician-Globe University, SDSU, National American University
Degree that must be earned to become veterinary technician- Bachelors
Starting salary for a soil scientist-$30,000-40,000
Place someone can be trained to become an auctioneer- National Auctioneers Association
An auctioneer must be licensed.- True
Universities in South Dakota you are able to earn a degree to become an Agriculture Economist- SDSU
Duties of an Ag Economist- Look at the economy of agriculture production.
Act of Congress that works to prevent adulterated or misbranded meat and meat products from being sold as food and ensures that animals are slaughtered and processed in sanitary conditions- Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906
Year the USDA began to inspect poultry and poultry products-1957
Salary of a meat inspector- $40,000
Pounds of weight must a meat inspector must be able to lift, carry and push- 44
Career that specializes in the hoof care of horses, mules and donkeys- Farrier
Industry that is the nation’s largest employer- Agriculture
Percent of hides from slaughter plant that are exported-72%
Percent of the total by-products of cattle slaughter that comes from hides-65.3%
Number of pairs of boots Tony Llama produces daily- 2400
Location of the Tony Llama boot plant- El Paso, TX
Number of pairs of boots made at one time- 10
Total production capacity of the Tony Llama plant- over 4000
Price per pound of a finished pair of boots- $39
Number of pairs of boots can be made from a single hide- 2.5
Net value of a green hide-$0.60
Steps of the “wet blue” tanning process- Dehairing, Pickling, Chrome tanning
Length of time the wet blue tanning process take-48
Per pound value of a wet blue hide- $1.17
Location of IBP’s wet blue hide processing center- Dakota City, NE
Where the concentrate produced at Tipton is sent for further processing-Ontario, CA
Process the juice goes through after going through the evaporation tower- Plate Chilling
Why juice from different batches is mixed together- to provide a more uniform product
Highest temperature the juice ever reaches- 215 F
How juice is stored after processing- In 55 gallon drums or 100,000 gallon stainless steel tanks
Machine that separates juice from the peels and solids- juice machine
Qualities orange juice is tested for- Acidity, bitterness, cloudiness
Temperature the concentrate is put into cold storage and held at- 18 F
Why peel and pulp are chopped and fed into the juice press- extract any remaining juice
Citrus peel liquor – juice and oil combination extracted from the solids
What peel and pulp is used for-dairy cattle feed
Location of the Sunkist Growers Orange Juice Plant- Tipton, CA
Known as the “juice” orange-Valencia
Number of tons of oranges that can be processed each day at the Sunkist Plant-1500
The oil and water mixture removed from the orange peel is known as- Cream
Five steps in the scientific method- observe, hypothesize, predict, verify, publish, re-evaluate
Number of breeding seasons involved in the cattle operation at the research center- 2
Not a research projects of the swine division at the Meat Animal Research Center- weight gain
A rare human pathogen that kills about 50 per year and sickens about 60,000 people per year- E.Coli
Number of pigs produced at the Meat Animal Research Center each year-6000
Location of the US Meat Animal Research center –Clay Center, NE
Number of employees the research center has-260
Number of post doctoral students working at the research center-64
Number of head of livestock typically at the research center- 24,000
Annual operating budget for the Meat Animal research center- $24 million
Where funding for research at the Meat Animal Research center comes from-Congress, livestock sales
Crops produced at the Meat Animal Research center –corn
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Mrs. Fleshner’s home FFA Chapter- Wall
Mrs. Fleshner’s chapter offices held- President, Sentinel, Historian
Menno FFA District- 4