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Strickland wins 14th FFA/Farm Bureau Discussion Meet competition

[/title][fusion_text]Thursday, April 28th 2016

The Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation’s Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee and the Minnesota Farm Bureau Foundation worked with the Minnesota FFA to sponsor the 14th FFA/Farm Bureau Discussion Meet competition. Sixteen regional FFA finalists from across the state competed at the Minnesota State FFA Convention on Sunday, April 24 at the Continuing Education Conference Center Building on the University of Minnesota campus. Zachary Strickland of the Staples-Motley FFA Chapter won the competition and Justin Petersen of the Jackson County Central FFA Chapter took second place. Savannah Aanerud of the Morris Area FFA Chapter and Amanda Stafford of the Forest Lake FFA Chapter also advanced to the final round. Strickland and Petersen both receive a college scholarship sponsored by the Minnesota Farm Bureau Foundation. Students participated in two semi-final rounds, and the top four advanced to a final round. Contestants were judged on their basic knowledge of critical farm issues and their ability to exchange ideas and information in a setting aimed at cooperative problem solving.

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