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We love our tractors!

Mar 28

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Spring is here and so is the opportunity for students to drive their tractors to school! It’s fun to see the tractors lined up in their honorary spot in the front row and then at noon they drive “around the section”. It’s our own little parade. There was even candy thrown out! FFA sponsors this event every year.

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Iowa Mennonite FFA Job Fair

Mar 13

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2011-12 FFA: Back: Jesse Shetler, Spencer Schrock, Justin Boller, Levi Schrock, Randy Ropp, Jordan Miller, Joel Shetler, Artemiy Sayfutdinov, Nikhil Thacker. Middle: Brent Brenneman, McKayla Brush, Rex Yoder, Whitney Gibbs, Breana Stout, Riley Schmieder, Jacayla Litwiller, Kaycee Miller, Cris Lopez. Front: Sponsor Karen Van De Walle, Lane Schrock, Reggie Hostetler, Cody Miller, Quinlan Schrock, Cameron Gingerich, Elaine Ropp, Laura Yoder.

Thanks to a grant awarded from the Iowa Food and Family Project (Iowa FFP), the IMS FFA will be hosting a job fair on Thursday, March 15^th. The job fair will showcase local businesses in various sectors of agri-business to our students.

Students will have the opportunity to meet local business representatives in the morning. They will learn what each company does, the skills needed, skills they can acquire, and what job opportunities are available. Following lunch, students can practice their interviewing skills by being interviewed by the job fair participants.

Karen Van De Walle, Iowa Mennonite Agriculture Instructor and FFA Advisor, is looking forward to the day as a cooperative learning event. She feels the time the businesses put into volunteering on Thursday could have years of local impact. The event will give students an opportunity to learn about the diversity of job opportunities in our local agricultural economy and could have an impact on their career choices in the future.

Businesses participating include: Federation Bank, Gingerich Well & Pump Service, Hills Bank & Trust, Kalona Auto, Progressive Grower Solutions, Schnoebelen, Inc., BT Farms, Syngenta, and Wellman Farm Center. The job fair will be held from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm.

Students attend Pork Congress

Jan 31

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Twenty-four students and AG Instructor, Karen Van De Walle attended the Iowa Pork Congress at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines on January 26th. The trade show/exhibitors included; feed and nutrition, marketing, equipment, publications, regulations and animal health of the pork industry.

FFA students help can meat for MCC

Jan 6

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Jordan Miller

Artemiy Sayfutdinov

Advisor Karen Van de Walle took FFA volunteers to Helmuth Repair, Kalona to help with the MCC meat canning.

MCC’s portable canner treks across the country canning our abundance for meals around the world. The goal for this stop in Kalona is 17,500 pounds of deboned turkey. Most of the turkey is sent overseas, but some of the cans are kept for local distribution. MCC is a channel for global sharing and mutuality of the Mennonite Church. The canning tradition dates back to 1946. Mennonites developed the idea of a portable canner during World War II. They wanted to help the numerous Europeans who were left hungry due to the war.

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Cody Miller and Breana Stout

Reggie Hostetler

Rex Yoder

Spencer Schrock and Jamilya Masylbekova

FFA picks up corn

Oct 17

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Back: Advisor Karen Van De Walle, Riley Schmieder, Levi Schrock, Randy Ropp, Joel Shetler, Artemiy Sayfutdinov, Lane Schrock; Front: McKayla Brush, Breanna Stout, Rex Yoder, Quinlan Schrock, Jamilya Masylbekova

Saturday found FFAers picking up ears of corn on the Palmer Farm near Keota. The rock trap on the combine had opened while it was running and the corn dropped to the ground in six full and two partial rows. The Palmer’s generously offered our FFA the opportunity to pick up the corn and sell it. The Palmers are even paying to get the corn shelled. The kids worked hard on the beautiful Saturday morning and found that it was a really fun fundraiser!

Artemiy Sayfutdinov

Nancy Van De Walle

33rd Annual Tractor Driving Contest

Sep 22

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IMS appreciates Lower Deer Creek church sharing their parking lot for the Tractor Driving Contest.

Cody Miller, Randy Ropp, Cameron Gingerich

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The 33rd Annual Iowa Mennonite FFA Tractor Driving Contest was held Thursday, September 22, 2011 at the Lower Deer Creek parking lot across from the school. The Tractor Driving Contest is designed for students to demonstrate their abilities to operate tractors safely. It included a written exam, a troubleshooting section, obstacle course and backing a trailer into a barn. Senior Randy Ropp took first followed by junior Cameron Gingerich in second and junior Cody Miller in third. For the first time the contest included a garden tractor competition. Junior Cameron Gingerich earned first place in that.

The Iowa Mennonite FFA would like to thank our judges, Derrick Bontrager, Chase Gingerich, John Schrock, P.R. Schrock and Brian Yoder for taking time out of their day to help with the contest. Thanks to individuals and businesses for providing equipment, labor or money: Maynard Gingerich, Randy Yoder, Farmers Supply Sales Inc., Kalona Veterinary Clinic, Morning Sun Farm Implement, Progressive Grower Solutions (Terry Erb), P.R. Schrock, Twin County Dairy, Y & H Trucking (Gaylord & Shirley Yoder) and Wellman Farm Center.