Ag Briefs: State FFA chapters receive $20,000 for COVID-19 challenges
FFA chapters across state receive $20,000 in grants
The Wisconsin FFA Foundation and Wisconsin FFA Alumni & Supporters Association have partnered to provide $20,000 in grants to local chapters facing challenges posed by COVID-19.
Forty chapters each received $500, from Amherst to Medford and Pittsville to Wisconsin Dells. Director of WFFAF John Hromyak said, These important activities help support everything on the local level – dues payments, classroom supplies, competition resources, and agricultural projects – and will be critical for continued FFA participation and sustained membership this school year and into the next.
The program, called Wisconsin FFA Chapter Assistance Grant Program, is supported by the Star Mission from WFFAF and is also sponsored by Alliant Energy Foundation, Armor Animal Health, Compeer Financial, Culver’s, Investors Community Bank, Organic Valley/CROPP Cooperative, and Ru
Wisconsin Farm Bureau elects president
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Waushara County dairy farmer elected WFBF president
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Dec 11, 2020
Kevin Krentz was elected president of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation and Rural Mutual Insurance Co. on Dec. 7. He is a dairy farmer from Berlin in Waushara County.
Krentz was first elected to the WFBF board of directors in 2012 to represent District 5, which includes Adams, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Juneau, Marquette, Waushara and Winnebago counties.
He is president of Krentz Family Dairy Inc. Krentz started his farming career in 1994 when he purchased his father’s 60 cows. He has grown the farm to 600 cows and 1,300 acres of crops. He and his wife, Holly, have a daughter and three sons.