National FFA Organization

Both men face theft and conspiracy charges.

Four Beaver Dam FFA students are bringing home national honors after competing against some of the country's top poultry evaluation teams.

Cole Hemling, Twilight Heinzen, Samantha Schwan, and Jelani Schwan earned a national silver emblem after qualifying with a first-place finish in Wisconsin.

Heinzen also earned a top individual gold emblem, placing in the top third of competitors nationwide.

The competition tests students on poultry science, including live bird evaluation, carcass grading, and federal regulations.

The Beaver Dam FFA credited the students' hard work, along with support from coaches and others, for the team's success.

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Both men face theft and conspiracy charges.

Four Beaver Dam FFA students are bringing home national honors after competing against some of the country's top poultry evaluation teams.

Cole Hemling, Twilight Heinzen, Samantha Schwan, and Jelani Schwan earned a national silver emblem after qualifying with a first-place finish in Wisconsin.

Heinzen also earned a top individual gold emblem, placing in the top third of competitors nationwide.

The competition tests students on poultry science, including live bird evaluation, carcass grading, and federal regulations.

The Beaver Dam FFA credited the students' hard work, along with support from coaches and others, for the team's success.

Your WBEV news will continue in just a moment.

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She will visit with State FSA Director Bill Graff.

tomorrow's leaders today that's a great segment we have here on the network talking Illinois Farm Bureau young leaders also Collegiate Farm Bureau stuff and today we'll learn a little bit more about the Western Illinois University Collegiate Farm Bureau celebrating our great Illinois FFA traditions and today on the program Jaron Black from the Streeter FFA congratulations to him he's the American star in agricultural placement just walking off the stage this past Saturday in Indianapolis.

And we'll finish today's show talking weather with state climatologist Mr. Trent Ford.

Stick around.

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Always great to cover the FFA beat in Illinois.

Much to be proud of.

Well, how big a school is

this? Newark averages about 180 students, and I had a little over half of them in FFA or more.

Oh,

my gosh.

That is really fantastic.

I mean, I can't believe how many kids that are even off-farm now that are so involved with FFA.

I mean, I would say it has grown so much over the past few years, wouldn't you?

Oh, yeah.

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This week's Mid-State Equipment WBEV FFA Student of the Week is Anita Barris of Mayville High School.

Anita is the Vice President of the Mayville FFA and her SAE project was Environmental and Water Science.

Her plans after graduation are to become a hairstylist and go to college for cosmetology.

Once again, congratulations to Anita Barris of Mayville High School.

She's this week's Mid-State Equipment WBEV FFA Student of the Week.

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Yeah, that was very different.

For those of us kids who learned how to ride horses before bikes, we know what Future Farmers of America is.

And everyone knows 4-H, but Future Farmers of America is where it's at.

Oh, Brian, this has been a fantastic conversation.

If people want to find more about you or ShopSense, where should they go?

He was always there to encourage me and help me with goal setting and help me achieve my goals and giving me a system so that I could succeed.

You know, he's like, one thing that I remember really, really clearly is I was in the FFA.

Do you know what the FFA is? Future

Farmers of America.

You got it.

And then later in the year, Walla Walla School District has a CTE program, sheep management.

I think it's a Future Farmers of America program.

And a number of their sheep were unfortunately attacked and killed.

And I saw this news story and kind of read about it.