Montezuma FFA continues to achieve

March 20, 2008

Montezuma FFA

2007-2008 Accomplishments

• State champion business management team
• State champion agriculture communications
• State champion conduct of meetings
• Third place state soils judging team
• Third place state parliamentary procedure team
• Fourth place national agriculture communications team
• National qualifying soils judging team
• Silver national business management team
• Fifth place radio broadcasting

FFA Mission Statement

“The National FFA Organization makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.”

The FFA Creed

“I believe in the future of farming, with a faith born not of words but deeds – achievements won by the present and past generations of farmers; in the promise of better days through better ways, even as the better things we now enjoy have come up to us from the struggles of former years.”

“I believe that to live and work on a good farm is pleasant as well as challenging; for I know the joys and discomforts of farm life and hold an inborn fondness for those associations which, even in hours of discouragement, I cannot deny.”

“I believe in leadership from ourselves and respect from others. I believe in my own ability to work efficiently and think clearly, with such knowledge and skill as I can secure, and in the ability of organized farmers to serve our own and the public interest in marketing the product of our toil. I believe we can safeguard those rights against practices and policies that are unfair.”

“I believe in less dependence on begging and more power in bargaining; in the life abundant and enough honest wealth to help make it so – for others as well as myself; in less need for charity and more of it when needed; in being happy myself and playing square with those who happiness depends upon me.”

“I believe that rural America can and will hold true to the best traditions in our national life and that I can exert an influence in my home and community that will stand solid for my part in that inspiring task.”

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