Corn drive

Tomorrow October 14, we will be doing or annual corn drive. Some members of our chapter will be going around to local businesses and getting monetary donations while others drive to farms and get either monetary donations or donations of corn. Since the Arlington coop is no longer open, we will have a big truck at the football field and will empty our loads there. We will bring all of the corn to a different coop at the end of the day. All of the money we raise will go to Camp Courage, a camp for special needs children. We will also be taking the corn out at our test plot on Monday.

New School Year

Welcome to a new school year! Remember that this means you need to sign up for FFA and pay your dues for this year. You can pick up your registration form in the ag room. Dues are $20 and we would like those to be turned in by September 23. We have also recently made a facebook group to try to connect with all of our members, alumni, and supporters. Please add us!! Our group is called Sibley East FFA.

Corn Variety Trial Harvested!

The corn variety trial that was planted last spring was harvested on Monday of this week.   We used a weigh wagon to test each variety.  This year we planted 22 different varieties of corn.  We were able to rent nearly 7 acres of land from the Lilienthal Family of Arlington and harcested 1,376 bushels from this plot.   A big thank you goes to the Lilienthal's for helping us reestablish the Sibley East FFA Corn Plot.  Profits from this years plot will be used to rent land for next year and support the Summer FFA Program.  

Corn Drive

Friday, October 15, our chapter held its annual corn drive. The money is donated to Camp Courage to help disabled children.  We collected 1,300 buschels of corn and profited $6,000 from that.  This year, the group that collected the most corn consisted of Riley Brandt, Clay Mogard, and  Logan Reid .  They collected and astonishing 822 bushels of corn.  We also raised over $1,000 in  cash donations.  Thank you to everybody who contributed!  This is the most that the Sibley East FFA Chapter has rasied in recent memory. 

State Fair Landscape Booth

Hey Everyone, We just got home from the "Great Minnesota Get Together" from putting up our FFA Landscape booth.   It turned out well, and the FFA Members did a great job.   3 Members  (Vinz Karl, Andrew Thies, and Christy Woehler) went along to help plant, design, and put together the display.  The theme was edible landscape...   Stop by and see the Sibley East "Backyard Buffet" at the Horticulture building across from the Haunted House!  

Officer Retreat

Hey everybody! This is your reporter, Christy Woehler.  We are at the "Nut House" down here in Elysian on Lake Francis. Seriously, thats whats its called, the Nut House.  We came up here yesterday morning and got right to work on planning our events for this comming year and building relationshops with our fellow officers. After supper, we went over to a beach and played sand volleyball (which the girls won) and then went for a refreshing swim in the lake.  When we got back to the cabin, we had a little fire and more bonding time!  We woke up this morning to rain and thunder.  Stay tuned for more updates :)

Corn Variety Plot

The Corn Plot is looking good thanks to the great weather we have had so far this summer.   In the coming days students will be puting up variety signs to recognize those which were planted.