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UW Platteville FFA Career Development Event
The Johnson Creek FFA participated in the UW Platteville Career Development Event on Thursday March 21st in Platteville, WI. The FFA had many teams competing so they could attend the State Competition in April. They took many teams including: Vet Science, Agricultural Mechanics, Horses, Dairy Products, Dairy Cattle, and Floriculture. Some highlights from the contest were: Olivia Piper an 8th grader placed 69th individually out of 200 other individuals in the Horse Contest. Megan Karczewski placed individually 20th in the Vet Science contest out of over 100 participates. The Vet Science Team also placed 13th out of 32 teams which is exciting since it was their first year competing. The Dairy Products team did very well too placing 29th out of 67 teams.
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Johnson Creek Middle School FFA Lock-In
The Middle School FFA had a lock-in on Friday March 1st at the Johnson Creek Middle/High School. FFA members participated in many activities such as sledding, volleyball, dodge ball, made cookies and watched movies. It was a much needed relaxation and bonding time.
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COOPS Yes Conference
Three members from the Johnson Creek FFA attended COOPS Yes Conference in Eau Claire, Wisconsin on Monday March 18th and Tuesday March 19th which is run by the Cooperative Network. COOPS Yes is a youth leadership conference that teaches students from Minnesota and Wisconsin about the purpose, operation and scop of cooperative business. Students have the opportunity to do:
• Develop new friendships and meet youth leaders
from all over Minnesota and Wisconsin.
• Learn from exciting speakers with powerful
messages about leadership and the value of
cooperation.
• Discuss and develop important leadership skills.
• Solve challenging cooperative case studies.
• Attend the dance, and enjoy recreational
activities.
• Watch a hypnotist perform and volunteer to
participate in this hilarious session.
• Have FUN!
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Ag Day at the Capitol
The Johnson Creek FFA attended Ag Day at the Capitol on Wednesday March 6th to learn more about legislative issues important to Wisconsin farmers. Ag Day at the Capitol is the largest gathering of farmers from across the state representing a variety of farm groups to learn more about state issues and meet with their state legislators.
Hot topics on the legislative plate are expected to be agricultural economic development, use value assessment of farmland, animal welfare and environmental issues according to the Wisconsin Farm Bureau.
The Rural Mutual Insurance Company and GROWMARK Inc. are major sponsors of the event. Cosponsors of the event with the Wisconsin Farm Bureau include a variety of other dairy, beef, pork, horse, corn, soybean, cranberry, potato and vegetable groups.
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FFA Farm Toy and Craft Show
The Johnson Creek FFA Alumni had their Annual Farm Toy and Craft Show on Sunday February 3rd at the Johnson Creek High School from 9 am to 2 pm. Admission was 3 dollars at the door, children under 10 were free. Lunch was served all day and door prizes were given out. The Alumni would like to thank all the sponsors that donated and thank the Johnson Creek FFA members for helping set up for the event. The Toy Show featured over 120 vendors of Toy Tractors and Crafts, 10 Toy Displays and had over 500 people attend the show.
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ABS Global
The Johnson Creek Animal Science Class went on a field trip on Friday January 18th to ABS Global an agricultural genetics company in DeForest, Wisconsin. The Animal Science class visited ABS to learn about current reproduction methods used on beef, dairy and swine farms. Students viewed the semen evaluation labs, semen collection, toured the barns where bulls were located, rearing barns and check out their new facility in Dekorra, Wisconsin.ABS Global, Inc. has had a significant impact on the world livestock scene for nearly 70 years. By following a concept of breeding superior livestock through artificial insemination, ABS and A.I. together have made immeasurable impact on providing the world with a dependable supply of meat and milk.Today, ABS has wholly owned business units or joint venture marketing operations in Canada, the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Australia, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, Germany, France, Ireland, South Africa, India and China. These business partnerships are augmented by a network of distributors and agents around the world bringing ABS products, programs and services to an ever-increasing percentage of the world's livestock producers. Working with people who know the cultures, markets, languages and needs of their respective countries has proven an effective method of building strong, productive relationships.
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FFA Half Time Conference
The Johnson Creek Chapter of FFA attended the Half-Time Leadership Conference held at the Holiday Inn & Convention Center in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, January 11-12, 2013. Over 450 FFA members, advisors and state FFA officers participated. The Half-Time Leadership Conference
provides FFA chapter leaders from around the state the opportunity to set goals and prepare for the second half of their year of service
in their local FFA chapters. FFA members attended workshops focused on leadership and personal development, membership and
chapter development, and opportunities in FFA. They learned about preparing for FFA events and getting involved in community
service. In addition, FFA members heard from Jason Troendle, 2011-2012 National FFA Secretary from Minnesota who presented a
motivational address to the members on Saturday morning.
The Half-Time conference has an over 27-year tradition for Wisconsin FFA members to bring top leaders together to assist in
leadership development. This year’s leadership conference was designed and conducted by the 2012-2013 Wisconsin State FFA
Officers. The theme of the conference was “Tell Your Story.” "Half-Time is one of the premier leadership conferences in our state
and designed by student leaders. It allows FFA chapter leaders to develop their leadership skills, learn more about FFA activities and
meet people while having fun," said Cheryl Zimmerman, State FFA Executive Director. “We are able to provide young people with
an excellent experience to develop their leadership skills and get them excited about Agriculture, Agricultural Education and the FFA
so they can build their local programs.”
FFA advisors were also busy during the weekend as they attended training sessions in the areas of Meat Animal Quality Assurance,
Career Days, electronic student financial record keeping and promoting agricultural education in the community. Teachers were also
involved in the Wisconsin Association of Agricultural Educators (WAAE) Board Meetings and Committee meetings.
The Wisconsin Association of FFA comprised of 253 local chapters in high schools across the state prepares over 19,000 students
for leadership and careers in the science, business and technology of agriculture. FFA activities and programs complement instruction
in agriculture education by giving students practical experience in the application of agricultural skills and knowledge gained in
classes. FFA's mission is to develop premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.
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Plant Science
The high school Plant Science Class has been exploring the different careers choices in Plant Systems which is one of the Seven Career Clusters of Agriculture. The Plant Science class objective was to make Corsages in class. The students by completing this project learned the different various floral materials used in making corsages and had to select the proper way to wire and tape their corsages.
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FFA Lock In
The Junior High FFA members has a FFA lock-in November 31st at the Johnson Creek Middle and High School. FFA members got to hang out with fellow FFA members. The group played number of different sports, had a cookie decorating contest and watched movies.
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FFA Halloween Party
Saturday November 3rd the Johnson Creek FFA Alumni hosted the annual FFA Halloween Party at Greg Knaack's farm out on Saucer Drive. The FFA Alumni sets up a haunted shed for the FFA members. The FFA members enjoyed the haunted shed, a costume contest and a bon fire.
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2012 National FFA Conference
The Johnson Creek FFA Chapter attended the 2012 National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. FFA members Abbie Hildreth, Joey Przybylski, Adela Martinez, Autymn McDaniels, Sammi Woodward, Kayla Wright and Brandon Knaack attended the convention this year. FFA members attended motivational sessions with guest speakers and award winners. The Johnson Creek FFA also got to participate in the FFA Rally to Fight Against Hunger. FFA members help feed children and adults suffering from food insecurity. Working with Kids Against Hunger, a humanitarian food-aid organization, FFA members from across the nation assembled meals and gather additional supplements to provide relief from hunger and malnutrition. Half of the meals will be distributed through Gleaners Food Bank in Indianapolis. The other half of the meals will be shipped overseas and distributed in Haiti. We also attended the conventions concert, rodeo, tours and the FFA dance. The favorite tour was attending the Environmental Water and Soil Quality Tour. The FFA members were educated about no-till farming practices and use of cover crops in Indiana. They were also taught how these practices help out soil structure and nitrogen levels in the soil along with improving aeration. The FFA members were able to test the soil and water for nitrates, phosphorus, pH, turbidity, and much more. The eighth session was also very exciting because two members from Johnson Creek FFA chapter received their American FFA Degrees, Kayla Wright and Brandon Knaack. The American FFA Degree is the highest FFA Degree. The award honors FFA members who have developed outstanding agricultural skills and competencies through their supervised agricultural experience; demonstrated outstanding management skills.
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F.I.R.E. Conference
The Johnson Creek FFA attended the 2012 Foundations in Reaching Excellence Conference in Madison on Saturday September 29th at UW-Madison Campus. The conference is designed to help beginning FFA members get excited about the FFA, members gain valuable information about the FFA organization while developing self?confidence in meeting other members. State FFA Officers plan and conduct these one?day conferences. Topics such as personal development, FFA opportunities and programs, developing an SAE and learning what the
FFA organization is all about are covered in the fun?filled, hands?on workshops.
FFA FIRE Conferences are for younger FFA members 7th, 8th and 9th graders who are just getting started in the FFA organization. Over 700 total FFA members attend FIRE Conferences during the three weekends that the conference is held.
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World Dairy Expo
The Johnson Creek Animal Science Class attended the World Dairy Expo on Tuesday October 2nd at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin. Students who attended the expo were busy checking out huge commercial exhibit display areas, watching the virtual farm tours, relaxing in the Coliseum to see the dairy cattle exhibitors compete, observing the latest fitting and showing techniques as well as participating in the FFA Dairy Judging events.
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FFA Leadership Workshop
A couple members from the Johnson Creek FFA Chapter attended the Section 10 FFA Leadership Workshop on Monday September 24th at the Elkhorn High School. Section 10 State Officer Emily Watson hosted the Section 10 Leadership Workshop. This year's theme for the workshop was "I'm Possible." The workshop's focus was training members to be an effective FFA member and training chapter officers and committee chairs. The State FFA Officers also had workshops about Member Recruitment, Awards and Programs, SAEs, CDEs, Chapter management, Community Service and Partnerships. FFA members were lucky to be able to meet, work with and hear an outstanding speech from one of our National FFA Officers Kenneth Quick from the state of New York. It was great workshop and had high attendance about 250 FFA members were present.
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Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Fest
Autymn and Adela volunteered Friday September 7th at the Jefferson Fair Grounds. Autymn and Adela were working at the Jefferson Co Agribusiness food stand at the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Fest that was September 7th through the 9th.
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Johnson Creek FFA
If you have questions or concerns please contact any of the FFA Officers, or Ms. Schutt. We are happy to answer anything that you need. If you want something added on the website please contact Ms. Schutt. Thank You!!
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