State FFA Convention moves West River first time in history of organization SD State FFA AssociationApril 7, 2021Agriculture News SD FFA AssociationState FFA officers are: State Reporter Dirby Bawek, back left, Vice President Jackson McFaden, Secretary Hunter Eide, and Sentinel Ryder Mortenson with President Samantha Olson, left front, and Treasurer Elizabeth DeBoer. All are SDSU students. RAPID CITY, SD – For the first time in nearly 100 years the South Dakota State FFA Association annual convention will not be held in Brookings. The 93rd South Dakota State FFA Convention will be April 11-13 in Rapid City. Events will take place at the Central States Fairgrounds, Kjerstad Events Center and Western Dakota Technical College.
Pierre, SD, USA / DRGNews Feb 24, 2021 3:29 PM For the first time in nearly 100 years the South Dakota State FFA Association annual convention will not be held in Brookings. The April 11-13, 2021, event will be held in Rapid City at the Central States Fairgrounds, Kjerstad Events Center and Western Dakota Technical College. FFA executive secretary Dani Herring says COVID-19 caused the 2020 convention to take place virtually and is also behind the move to Rapid City. She says with restrictions on social gatherings and outside visitors still in place on the South Dakota State University campus, the Association Board of Directors voted to move the convention last month (Jan. 22). Additionally, if case numbers spiked, Herring says there was a possibility the event would have to be canceled last-minute.