It can be difficult to earn the money needed to get a college education. Raymond Hagan graduated high school in 1935 and wanted to go to the university. But a simple desire to go was far from all he would need to make the dream become a reality…

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Today we take things like a high school education for granted. If you want a diploma, you usually have access to a school where you can earn it. It once was not so easy…

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Many schools take field trips. They’re usually fun events for students to get some time out of the classroom. But some field trips don’t go as planned. That was certainly the case for this ag teacher who was convinced to allow some of his students to try their hand at rodeo…

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There are major awards like Oscars, Grammys and Nobel Peace Prizes; then there is the Battered Bucket Award. You’ve probably never heard of it, but if you won it, you probably messed up in a memorable way to get it…

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Every year the National FFA selects one student as the Star Farmer of America. It’s quite an honor. Today we visit with the oldest living person to have won that award–a man that’s still speaking at chapter FFA banquets each spring…

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Wayne Booth resides in Cordell, Oklahoma thanks to a snowstorm over a century ago. The story of that storm and the farm that made him national news is today’s edition of The American Countryside…

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Happy New Year! The National FFA will be highlighted in front of millions of people in attendance and watching the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California…

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