FFA State Convention

Congratulations to Mrs. Yowell , Nebraska FFA Advisor of the Year

What a great end to the day as our Proficiency Finalists were recognized! These 5 individuals participated in an interview

on Wednesday about their SAE to determine their TOP 3 placing in the STATE!

Kyan Sones: 3rd Place- Beef Production Entrepreneurship

JD Adam: 2nd Place- Beef Production Placement

Landon Peterson: 2nd Place- Specialty Crop

McKenzie Hofstetter: 3rd Place- Residential Construction

Olivia Schafer: 3rd Place- Swine Production Entrepreneurship

The last general session proved to be one of excitement! Our Food Science team of McKenzie, Olivia, Taelyn, and Sam received THIRD OVERALL team in the state!

McKenzie Hofstetter: 32nd Overall Individual

Olivia Schafer: 75th Overall Individual

Taelyn Filipi: 11th Overall Individual

Sam Thomas: 3rd Overall Individual

Our Livestock Management team received State Runner Up in Sheep and were recognized at the 7th General Session!

Irving Alonso-Sandoval, Kyan Sones, Olivia Schafer, Taelyn Filipi, Samuel Thomas

Seniors receiving their state degree at the Nebraska state FFA convention which is the

highest FFA award given. McKenzie Hofstetter, Tucker Simms, Avery Harrington, Taelyn

Filipi, Samuel Thomas, JD Adam, Rebecca Vinsonhaler, Not shown Jaylee Sobotka

Today Braxton got to compete at State FFA in Agriculture Literacy where he gave his speech on biosecurity on a goat dairy.

His goal was to earn a gold medal. Not only did he earn a gold, he made it to finals and placed 6th!

Becca Vinsonhaler presented her speech on the importance of agricultural cooperatives and received a Silver! Way to go Becca

A very busy day at convention today as we wrapped the 2025 State FFA Convention and received results!

The Conduct of Chapter Meetings (CCM) team earned a Silver! This team has worked tirelessly to learn the ins and outs of parliamentary procedure and we couldn’t be more proud of them!

What a big day for Meridian FFA! This morning our chapter was recognized for our work and effort put into the Connecting Chapters Program. We were also named a Premier Chapter and received and Gold on our National Chapter Application.

We also had the privilege to listen to our very own Peyton Hinrichs deliver her retiring address! We are beyond proud of her and love watching her each session!