Four RLC Agriculture Students Earn Their American FFA Degree
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Four RLC Agriculture Students Earn Their American FFA Degree

November 8, 2024

INA, Ill. (November 8, 2024)—On October 26, 2024, four RLC Agriculture students, Wyatt Hamson, Marshall Schuster, Wyatt Pilson and Tucker Dearmond, received the gold standard American FFA Degree at the 97th annual National FFA Convention in Indianapolis.

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Wyatt Hamson and Marshall Schuster
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Tucker Dearmond
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Wyatt Pilson

The gold standard is the highest degree achievable in the National FFA Organization, the American FFA Degree shows an FFA member’s dedication to their chapter and state FFA association. It demonstrates the effort FFA members apply toward their supervised agricultural experience and the outstanding leadership abilities and community involvement they exhibited through their FFA career.

American FFA Degree recipients show promise for the future and have gone above and beyond to achieve excellence. To be eligible to receive the American FFA Degree, members must meet qualifications such as receiving a State FFA Degree, holding active membership for the past three years, completing secondary instruction in an agricultural education program and operating an outstanding supervised agricultural experience program

The National FFA Convention & Expo is about growing the next generation of leaders. At this convention, attendees find inspiration and direction to become leaders and influencers, ready to make an impact.


For more information about the RLC Agriculture program, please visit rlc.edu/agriculture

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