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MO FFA President: the FFA opportunity

The outgoing president of the Missouri FFA Association says the FFA continues to have many opportunities for its members.

Sam Tummons tells Brownfield “it’s a place everyone can be successful, not just farm kids. Traditionally, it’s a very agricultural rooted organization, but you don’t have to be a farm kid to be successful. The things we do revolve around feeding the world.”

Tummons says he plans to become an ag teacher after he graduates from the University of Missouri. He says ag education is just as important in rural areas as it is in urban areas.

“Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s import there, but it’s important to take ag education back to the farm. We’re losing a lot of people in rural counties providing forage and food for the state.”

The Missouri FFA Convention wraps up in Columbia on Friday.