The 96th National FFA Convention & Expo is being hosted Nov 1-4 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The winners of Career & Leadership Development Events, Proficiency Awards, Agriscience Fair participants, and American Degree Recipients were recognized during the seven sessions of the National FFA Convention & Expo. We are more than thrilled to share the results of how our Idaho FFA members did at Nationals with you! Results come out each day. Not everything has been announced yet! We’re working on updating as best as we can during working hours.
Agricultural Communications: Rigby FFA 10th Place Team
Agricultural Issues Forum: American Falls FFA National Silver Team
Agricultural Sales: Fruitland FFA
Agricultural Technology and Mechanical Systems: Payette FFA
Agronomy: Fruitland FFA Silver Emblem Team
Conduct of Chapter Meetings: Fruitland FFA
Creed Speaking: American Falls FFA
Dairy Cattle Evaluation and Management: Wendell FFA 5th Place Team
Dairy Cattle Handlers’ Activity: Lainey Volkers Nampa FFA
Employment Skills: Kamille Mirkin Jerome FFA
Environmental and Natural Resources: Rigby FFA
Hailey Stucki
Levi Simmons
Hayden Yearsley
Travis Grant
Extemporaneous Public Speaking: Meridian FFA
Farm and Agribusiness Management: Rigby FFA 5th Place Team
Floriculture: Middleton FFA – 2nd Place Team
Annie Harrison 5th High Individual – Gold Emblem
Madilyn Cable 7th High Individual – Gold Emblem
Ryann Moore 10th High Individual – Gold Emblem
Kayelee Austin Silver Emblem
Food Science and Technology: Meridian FFA 9th Place Team
Forestry: Vallivue FFA Silver Team Award
Paul Agenbroad – Top 10 Individual
Riley Shearn
Brynley Hyer
Adrian Franco
Horse Evaluation: Rigby FFA
Livestock Evaluation: Moscow FFA
Marketing Plan: Meridian FFA Silver Emblem
Meats Evaluation Technology: Kimberly FFA Silver Emblem Team
Connor Porath Gold Individual
Keatin Smith Gold Individual
Carter Hamilton Silver Individual
Jace Hall Silver Individual
Milk Quality and Products: Preston FFA 5th Place Team
Nursery/Landscape: American Falls FFA 9th Place Team
Parliamentary Procedure: American Falls FFA – 4th Place Gold Team
Poultry Evaluation: Preston FFA
Prepared Public Speaking: Jerome FFA
Eliza Dugan, 2nd Place in the Nation
Veterinary Science: Meridian FFA Silver Emblem Team
American Degree Recipients 2023
Congratulations to Idaho’s 51 (37 in 2022) American FFA Degree recipients! The American FFA Degree is the highest degree that can be attained in the organization and signifies a member’s dedication and perseverance in their ag, food and natural resources coursework, Supervised Agricultural Experience and in leadership and competition through FFA.
Codi Askew – Notus
Alexis Atkinson – Parma
Kenna Barker – New Plymouth
Colby Barry – Rigby
Synovia Bates – Nampa
Courtney Beene – Burley
Amie Betzold – Nampa
Halee Bohman – Troy
Kaeden Clemens – Notus
Gavin Coffman – Nampa
Chase Conley – Nampa
Courtney Conley – Nampa
Boden DeMeerleer – Troy
Vivian Dugan – Jerome
Morgan Edwards – Rigby
Jaycee Ferguson – Rigby
Cambree Floyd – Kuna
Julian Gallegos – Notus
KaLisi Griggs – Sugar-Salem
Colton Gross – New Plymouth
Caleb Hampton – Mackay
Katie Hebdon – Nampa
Wyatt Hunt – American Falls
Matea Jaca – Melba
Thomas Jenson – Bear Lake
Baylee Kelly – Filer
Brenna Kelly – Filer
Kimball Killpack – Firth
Jacob Krick – Genesee
John Lejardi – Homedale
Korby Lindsey – Rigby
Brooklyn Lowe – Kuna
Mackenzie Malson – Fruitland
Ember Mendoza – Rigby
Isabella Mickelsen – Madison
Cassie Moody – Middleton
Tomie Moody-St. Clair – Meridian
Delfina Murillo – American Falls
JW Powers – Raft River
Jaycee Rees – Parma
Elizabeth Shaw – Parma
Claire Shelton – Meridian
Levi Smuin – Rigby
Clay Stapelman – Minico
Madison Tesnohlidek – Fruitland
Seth Tracy – Raft River
Naveah Villalobos Studer – Minico
Lane Wassmuth – Highland-Craigmont
Jack Weymouth – Notus
Hannah White – Marsing
Kaytlyn Winters – Mackay
Honorary American Degree Recipients
Clara-Leigh Evans – Idaho FFA Association Executive Director
Joe Blackstock – Melba FFA (Previously Kuna FFA)
Shawn Dygert – Kuna FFA
Kimi Povey Taylor
Model of Excellence Finalist:
American Falls FFA Chapter: Top Three Finalist
National Band
Shaylee Taylor – Flute – American Falls FFA
Anna Hernandez – Baritone – American Falls FFA
National Chorus
Congratulations to all of the outstanding Idaho FFA members on your accomplishments at the 96th National FFA Convention & Expo!
National Proficiency Finalists 2022 Results (2023 coming soon!)
Agricultural Proficiency Awards honor FFA members who, through supervised agricultural experiences, have developed specialized skills that they can apply toward their future careers. Our Idaho FFA National proficiency finalists were:
Agricultural Mechanics Design and Fabrication –Entrepreneurship/Placement
Delfina Murillo American Falls National Finalist
Area: Agricultural Mechanics Repair and Maintenance – Placement
Levi Smuin Rigby FFA National Finalist
Area: Beef Production – Entrepreneurship
Morgan Edwards Rigby Idaho National Finalist
Area: Outdoor Recreation – Entrepreneurship/Placement
Brooklyn Lowe Kuna Idaho National Finalist
National FFA Agriscience Fair 2022
The National FFA Agriscience Fair recognizes students who gain real-world, hands-on experiences in agricultural enterprises. Students use scientific principles and emerging technologies to solve complex problems related to agriculture, food, and natural resources. Congratulations to our Agriscience Fair winners!
Animal Systems: Division 4: Samantha Ty Smith and Simon Salisbury of the Moscow FFA Chapter in Idaho
National Chapter Award 2022
American Falls 3 Stars
Cambridge 3 Stars
Highland-Craigmont 3 Stars
Rigby 3 Stars
Kuna 2 Stars
Mackay 2 Stars
Meridian 2 Stars
Vallivue 2 Stars
Marsing 1 Star
Parma 1 Star