First Session

FIRST SESSION
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 • 6:00 pm
  • Opening Ceremony — 2025-2026 State FFA Officers
  • Session Moderators—State Vice Presidents Cash Honeycutt, Orrick FFA and Gage Swindler, Braymer FFA
  • Invocation – Braxton Watts, State Vice President, El Dorado Springs FFA
  • National Anthem — Cheston Wilson, Dixon FFA
  • Session Reflections – Seth Engemean, Taylor Notdurft, Lindsay McDonald & Noah Groose
  • Swine Facility Management Contest – Missouri Pork Producers – Diane Slater
  • Remarks from Missouri Department of Agriculture – Director Chris Chinn
  • BOAC Missouri Department of Agriculture Grant Awards
  • Missouri Agribusiness Academy Recipients
  • FFA Talent
  • Convention Keynote Speaker — Joel Cruikshank, National FFA Western Region Vice President
    • Sponsored by Columbia Convention & Visitors Bureau
  • FFA Talent
  • Proficiency Awards
    • Food Products & Processing Pathway
      • Food Service
    • Natural Resources/Conservation Systems Pathway
      • Environmental Science & Natural Resource Management
      • Forest Management & Products
      • Outdoor Recreation
      • Wildlife Production & Management
    • Power, Structural & Technical Systems Pathway – Sponsored by Heritage Tractor
      • Agricultural Mechanics Design & Fabrication
      • Agricultural Mechanics Repair & Maintenance–Entrepreneurship
      • Agricultural Mechanics Repair & Maintenance–Placement
  • FFA Talent
  • Chapter Activity Awards — Gold, Silver and Bronze Emblem Chapters
    • Sponsored by FCS Financial
  • Closing Ceremony
FIRST PRE-SESSION