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Published May 05, 2008 12:39 pm - CARL JUNCTION, Mo. — Brad McWilliams, of the Carl Junction FFA Chapter, was named State Star Farmer at the 80th annual FFA Convention held April 17-18 at Columbia. He is the son of Elmer and Brenda McWilliams. His FFA advisers are Kelli Nolting and Travis Wait.


Students, schools earn FFA honors



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CARL JUNCTION, Mo. — Brad McWilliams, of the Carl Junction FFA Chapter, was named State Star Farmer at the 80th annual FFA Convention held April 17-18 at Columbia. He is the son of Elmer and Brenda McWilliams. His FFA advisers are Kelli Nolting and Travis Wait.

McWilliams is a senior at Carl Junction High School. His Supervised Agriculture Enterprise (SAE) started with four show pigs and has expanded to 10 sows bred to produce show pigs, 12 registered Gelbvieh cows and 16 commercial cows.

Other area FFA members who earned honors were:

Brandon Hays, McDonald County, Area 11 Star Farmer.

Dalton Coberley, Neosho, State Star in Placement. He works at Christy Dairy, Neosho, where he has taken on more responsibilities in recent years.

Daniel Kahre, Miller, Area 9 Star in Placement.

Dustin Miller, Aurora, second in Agricultural Mechanics Energy Systems Proficiency Award.

Trent Manning, McDonald County, Area 11 Star in Agribusiness.

David Berry, Everton, Area 9 Star in Agribusiness.

Stephanie Morgan, Lamar, second in Prepared Public Speaking-Advanced.

Samantha Whittaker, Miller, state winner in Prepared Public Speaking-Division 1.

Rebecca Neill, Purdy, third in Prepared Public Speaking-Division 1.

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