Morris Area FFA & Ag Education

05/03/2025

The Morris Area FFA Chapter had 27 members attend the State Convention at the U of M Twin Cities on Monday and Tuesday. 🌆🚜

5 members received their State Degrees: Angela Albrecht, Alivia Butterfass, Justin Miller, Joshua Price, and Jacey Lonergan. 🎓 This degree is the highest that can be earned in the state FFA association and is a very high honor to receive!

The Companion Animal Science Team (Alivia Butterfass, Jacey Lonergan, Joshua Price and Josie Swanson) made it onto stage for CDE awards at the final session and placed 3rd out of 60 teams 🐾 with Joshua Price placing 2nd individually out of 200 students! 🥈

The Meats Evaluation Team (Reid Wulf, Emerson Reuter, and Kendall Waldbeser) placed 7th as a team out of 38 teams, with Emerson Reuter placing 10th individually out of 132 students! 🥩

The Livestock Evaluation Team (Bethany Backman, Britney Woodke, Allie Staples, and not pictured: Jaxon Hilbrands) placed 8th as a team out of 65 teams, with Jaxon Hilbrands placing 8th individually out of 237 students! 🐖

MaKena Haack was recognized on stage for earning 6th place in the Creed Speaking Contest 🎤 at the State Leadership Development contests back in December!

The Farm Business Management Team (Angela Albrecht, Mason Koehl, Lance Koehl, and Brenton Schmidgall) placed 15th out of 42 teams! ✏️ Thank you Deron Erickson for coaching!

The Ag Mechanics Team (Will Zeltwanger, Aaron Staples, Tate Olson and Joseph Lonergan, not pictured: Logan Miller) placed 26th out of 39 teams. 🛠️ Thank you Mark Staples and Mike Lonergan for coaching!

The Best Informed Greenhand Team (Olivia Olson, Mona Quiram, Mari DeVries and Hailee Lucus) placed 27th out of 75 teams. 📘

Additionally, Justin Miller and Nolan Wulf served as Foundation Ambassadors throughout the convention. They assisted with various events, welcomed FFA Alumni and Supporters, and told their FFA story and how it has impacted their lives. 💬

Justin Miller was also recognized on stage for being selected to receive one of the James Tracy Scholarships! 🎉

03/22/2025

The Morris Area FFA chapter competed in several regional CDE contests the past few weeks:

🥇The Livestock Evaluation team consisting of Jaxon Hilbrands, Allie Staples, Bethany Backman and Britney Woodke placed 1st as a team with Jaxon placing 3rd and Britney placing 4th individually! This team is coached by Mrs. Borash

🥇 The Meats Evaluation Team consisting of Emerson Reuter, Reid Wulf, Kendall Waldbeser and Max Rohloff placed 1st as a team with Emerson placing 1st and Reid placing 9th individually! Drew Koehl and Chad Wulf competed also! This team is coached by Mrs. Socha.

🥈The Farm Business Management Team consisting of Angela Albrecht, Brenton Schmidgall, Lance Koehl, Mason Koehl and Nolan Wulf placed 2nd as a team with Angela placing 3rd, Brenton placing 5th, Lance placing 6th and Mason placing 7th individually. Thank you Deron Erickson for coaching this team!

The Ag Mechanics Team consisting of Logan Miller, Joseph Lonergan, Tate Olson, Aaron Staples and Will Zeltwanger placed 5th as a team. Thank you Mark Staples and Mike Lonergan for coaching this team!

All 4 teams will advance to compete at State FFA Convention in April! Congratulations!

03/14/2025

Thank you to everyone that supports our program! Please see below about how to become a member of our alumni for just $1 per week!

02/22/2025

Putting on Ag Olympics is always a fun way to end our FFA Week activities!

02/14/2025

Today we had 9 students attend Skills Fest at Ridgewater College. Students competed in the Ag Mechanics, Welding and Veterinary Science contests.

Congratulations to Josh Price placed who placed 1st individually and Jacey Lonergan who placed 2nd individually in Vet Science!

01/25/2025

We had so much fun at DonkeyBall on Thursday night! We were excited to win the championship game this year! 🏆

Thank you to all the people that helped us put this event on and to all the student riders and helpers that participated! 🫏

Most of all thank you to everyone who attended the event which will help support local families in our school district!

01/17/2025

Get some some awesome DonkeyBall shirts from Kings Media & Merch!

And come watch the Donkey Basketball Tournament next Thursday at 7:00 PM at the Tiger Center!

***Free-Will Donation meal at 6:00 PM catered by the Old No. 1

Get Your Donkey Ball Gear On! 🏀🐴

Support a great cause and show your Morris Area School spirit with our official Donkey Ball t-shirts!

These comfy cotton tees feature the full-color Donkey Ball logo and are available in a variety of sizes.

Only $20! Partial proceeds will be donated to BPA, FFA & Student Council who are raising money for local families in need.

Don't miss the Donkey Ball event:
🐴Thursday, January 23rd at 7:00 PM
🏀Morris Area Tiger Center

Proceeds benefit local families in need.

Order your Donkey Ball t-shirt online or visit us in-store today!

Online order: https://shop.kingsmnm.com/shop/view_product/23172441/Donkey-Ball-T-Shirt

01/12/2025

Mark your calendars for Thursday, January 23rd!
"Donkeyball" is coming back to Morris Area School District!

-6:00 PM catered meal by The Old No. 1 (Free-Will Donation Style)
-7:00 PM DonkeyBall Tournament Begins!

Advanced Tickets can be purchased online via this link:
https://my.cheddarup.com/c/morris-ffa-bpa-stuco-dairyland-donkeyball-advance-ticket-e-sale/items?cart

OR tickets can be purchased from MAHS FFA, BPA or Student Council members. Tickets are $9 in advance or $13 at the door!

Please spread the word about this event!

***Proceeds from the event will be donated to multiple families in need in our school district.***

12/09/2024

Morris Area FFA member MaKena Haack made Top 6 for Creed Speaking! We are waiting to hear further results tonight at the Awards Ceremony here at the State Leadership Conference ⭐️

State LDE finals have begun! Congrats to the following teams and individuals:
Conduct of Meetings - Glencoe-Silver Lake FFA, MACCRAY, Pipestone Area FFA, Mountain Lake FFA, United South Central FFA, and Dassel-Cokato FFA
Parliamentary Procedure - Dassel-Cokato FFA, PaynesvilleArea Ffa, Rockford FFA, Litchfield FFA Chapter, HLWW FFA, and Rocori FFA
Creed - Audrey Aronson, Buffalo FFA; Katelyn Runge, St James FFA; Weston Witte, Hutchinson FFA;; Makena Haack, Morris Area FFA; Camryn Maher, Sleepy Eye FFA; and Isaac Marquette, HLWW FFA
Extemporaneous Speaking - Riley Rickford, Barnesville FFA; Henry Lemke, Eden Valley-Watkins; Taylor Bierwerth, PaynesvilleArea Ffa; and Luke McCrea, Bethlehem Academy
Prepared Public Speaking - Paisley Vonberge, Hutchinson FFA; Brielle Brown, Maple River; Aracely Martina, Park Rapids; Lilly Kallevig, Sleepy Eye FFA; Edward Winters, Zumbrota-Mazeppa FFA; and Chris Schafer, Grand Rapids MN FFA

Good luck this afternoon! Results tonight ...

11/16/2024

We had 7 Morris Area FFA members travel to Indianapolis for the National FFA Convention. They toured Notre Dame along the way and while at the convention they attended sessions, leadership workshops, the career expo, the rodeo and the Megan Moroney concert!

On the last day of convention MAHS alum, Justus Moser received his American Degree- the highest degree attained in the FFA! ⭐️

10/16/2024

We missed posting for National Farmers Day, but still wanted to say THANK YOU to all of the producers and farm families that provide food, fiber and fuel to keep our world going! 🌎

🌽 Thank you also to our community members who donated grain or monetarily to our Corn Drive yesterday! We appreciate your ongoing support of our program! 🌽

We hope everyone has a great, safe rest of the harvest season!