Six Area Students Selected For 2023 Missouri Agribusiness Academy
Six listening area students are among the 30 Missouri high school sophomores that have been selected by the Missouri Department of Agriculture to participate in the 2023 Missouri Agribusiness Academy.
Selected students will spend a week in June in St. Louis exploring careers in agriculture, building leadership skills and learning more about farming, ranching and food production.
Beyond the summer agribusiness tour, Missouri Agribusiness Academy members will have the opportunity to participate in Missouri State Fair activities, a winter Legislative Day and the Missouri Agribusiness Academy graduation ceremony at the 2024 Missouri FFA Convention.
Among the 30 students to be selected for the program are Cash Honeycutt from Richmond, Hadley Cline of Maryville, HArle3e Beck and Yoo Jung Lee of Chillicothe, Jenna Edwards of Carrollton, and Samuel Jordan of Savannah.
Since 1988, the Missouri Agribusiness Academy has awarded 1,060 academy opportunities through a competitive application and interview process for high school sophomores interested in pursuing agriculture-related college degrees and careers.
Students selected for the 2023 class are:
Autumn Jones, East Prairie
Avery Ridgley, Jonesburg
Brayden Hallford, California
Cash Honeycutt, Richmond
Catherine Henke, Moscow Mills
Cierra Britton, Cuba
Hadley Cline, Maryville
Harlee Beck, Chillicothe
Jenna Edwards, Carrollton
Kendal Schroeder, Grandin
Kiley Evans, Galena
Lane Engelmeier, St. James
Lindsay McDonald, Mt. Vernon
Macie Winkler, Poplar Bluff
Marlee Jones, Cuba
McKenna Claborn, Silex
Nina Momphard, Troy
Pakey Matthews, Fredericktown
Raegan Pendleton, Stotts City
Raymond Cunningham, Salem
Reagan O’Farrell, Appleton City
Reid Ragsdale, Holliday
Rhett Keaton, Anderson
Saige Miller, Cassville
Samuel Jordan, Savannah
Skylar Wolfe, Slater
Sophia Binkholder, Hermann
Taylor Nothdurft, Friedheim
Tyne Wilson, Pleasant Hill
Yoo Jung Lee, Chillicothe
