Edwards County FFA

10/13/2026

Sometimes support looks like the little things everyone can enjoy. Our office was happy to donate popcorn bags to Edward County Highschool! Go Lions!

10/13/2026

The nominees for the October Edwards County High School Student of the Month were Konor Bailey, Brodie Dardeen, Mia Emge, Levi Gill, Cody Greathouse, Landon Greathouse, Eli Hart, Roy Markman, Lydia Shelby, and Ashlyn Weaver. Landon was randomly selected as the winner. He was nominated for doing a great job keeping up with homework in class.

For his efforts, he will receive $25 cash from Matthes Farms, a cooler bag from Doug Raber State Farm, a water bottle from Kelli Savage Country Financial, a $10 gift card from Effie Faye & Co., a water bottle from Erin McKinney Zyia, 3 games from The Hope Center, John Deere gear from SN Partners, and a bag of goodies from Waters Farms. Congratulations to Landon!

10/08/2026

Congratulations to Hayley Perry, who competed in the Section 23 Ag Education competition. She placed 4th in her lesson about rabbits!

10/07/2026

We’re so happy to have Maddison here at Edwards County!

We are excited to welcome Maddison Oliver, student teacher at Edwards County High School to the Ag Education Family! Maddison is a student at Western Illinois University and will be graduating in December 2026. Congratulations Maddison and we look forward to working with you in your career! Special thanks to Mrs. Michelle Wiseman and Mr. Steve Clodfelter for hosting her during her student teaching experience.

10/07/2026

2 more students are needed to work popcorn for the Homecoming football game Friday night.

10/06/2026

The Horse Judging team competed at the Duquoin State Fairgrounds last Friday. The team placed 11th. Highest individual scores were Carsyn Jones in 17th place and Sydney Williams in 28th place!

10/05/2026

Congratulations to the Ag Sales team, who placed first at the Section 23 competition on Thursday! They also held the top 4 individual spots: Cody Greathouse in 1st, Quentin Pike in 2nd, Hallie Shelton in 3rd, and Simon Greathouse in 4th. They will compete at district on Tuesday, October 27 at Rend Lake.

10/02/2026

Mrs. Michelle Wiseman serves as a voting member of ILCAE, Illinois Leadership Council for Ag Education. This grassroots agriculture industry group represents all segments of the ag industry within Illinois and focuses on the expansion and improvement of Agricultural Education programs at all levels.

The September meeting was held at the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Food, Agriculture, Nutrition Innovation Center at East St. Louis. The Council was joined by Jackie for a discussion about the agricultural offerings of this center for youth.