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Area FFA members attend conference

More than 500 FFA members, County Farm Bureau managers and FFA advisers from 83 Illinois counties attended the 2014 Illinois Farm Bureau & Affiliates Youth Conference April 7-8 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Springfield.

"Planting Your Potential," the theme of this year’s conference, offered FFA members in their junior year of high school a unique opportunity for career and personal development.
This year’s attendees got the opportunity to visit with representatives about scholarships, internships, leadership programs and career opportunities from community colleges, universities, agriculture commodity groups, and the Illinois Farm Bureau and its family of companies at a career fair.
The conference also provided a series of  breakout sessions that outlined opportunities in agriculture and provided information about the Illinois Farm Bureau and its family of companies.
Participants brought 2,682 cans of food to the conference for the Harvest For All program.
The annual two-day conference is sponsored by Illinois Farm Bureau and its affiliated companies, which include GROWMARK, COUNTRY Financial, Prairie Farms and the IAA Credit Union.
 

Pictured above are local FFA members who attended the 2014 Illinois Farm Bureau & Affiliates Youth Conference April 7-8 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Springfield. In front, from left, are: Emily Aderman, St. Elmo FF

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