Wessington Springs FFA Chapter

05/13/2026

Thank you so much for the pictures of our members!

05/13/2026

Last night we celebrated our year in style at our 88th annual FFA banquet. The 2025-2026 officer did a wonderful job and we had a LOT to highlight through the year. We thanked the seniors who helped to build this program and carry on our traditions, we also named the 2026 Award of Merit recipient Addyson O., and installed the 2026-2027 chapter officer team consisting of...

Alexis R. - President
Lily R. - Vice President
Bailey R. - Secretary
Taryn B. - Reporter
Ella K. - Treasurer
Teagan S. - Sentinel
Brooklyn C. - Historian

Thank you everyone for supporting the WS FFA and we are excited to start the next round on our unending journey of building Premier Leadership, Personal Growth, and Career Success!

05/08/2026

We are so grateful for our wonderful community and grateful to be home. Full results and more pictures will come later but for now we are just happy to be back!

05/08/2026

We are so blessed to have such incredible support in our community. Thank you to our many sponsors for helping to make this trip possible. One set of jackets and sponsors was done a little late and so we will get pictures of those jackets once complete.

05/08/2026

Say Hello to the 2026 NATIONAL HOMESITE CHAMPION TEAM!!!!! Max K. Is the national champion and Ella F. is 7th individual. Way to go WS FFA!!!!!!!

05/07/2026

We have been busy here in Oklahoma every day practicing and experiencing. This is a great group and tomorrow we get to compete. Good luck to all 3 teams!

05/03/2026

Good morning from Oklahoma! We have made it down here to start our National Land and Range Judging Contest journey! We have 12 young people again this year competing in all 3 areas of this national contest. Land, Range, and Homesite all start working towards competition on Thursday. Keep following us as we work and journey through OKC. Practice and horse racing are on the agenda for today.

04/30/2026

Thank you Kristi for doing a wonderful story! We are excited to see this made!

A documentary celebrating 100 years of the National FFA Organization in South Dakota is now in production, and the idea for the project began in Wessington Springs. Filmmaker Zeke Hanson and agricultural journalist Lura Roti visited Wessington Springs earlier this year to film scenes for the upcomin...

04/23/2026

Full State Convention CDE Results!

At State FFA Convention the students can earn Bronze, Silver, or Gold based on placing. Those are what you see below.

Agronomy - Team 2nd - Gold
Max K. - 3rd - Gold
Madilyn G. - 9th - Gold
Mercedes J. - 18th - Silver
Taryn B. - 52nd - Bronze

Vet Science - Team 4th - Gold
Ella F. - 23rd - Silver
Addyson O. - 25th - Silver
Remie R. - 34th - Silver

Meats Evaluation - Team 7th - Silver
Hayes C. - 15th - Gold
Tucker T. - 28th - Silver
Brooklyn C. - 40th - Bronze
Rylan F. - 43rd - Bronze

Floriculture - Team 16th - Bronze
Haiden B. - 37th - Silver
Alexis R. - 61st - Bronze
Jalene R.
Holden J.

Horse Evaluation - Team 28th - Bronze
Alexis R. - 77th - Bronze
Isabella K.
Lily R.

Livestock Evaluation - Team 29th - Bronze
Tenley O. - 14th - Gold
Teagan S. - 22nd - Silver
JR H.

Individual

Kohen M. - Milk Quality and Products - 78th - Bronze

What an incredible season. Great work to all those involved and thank you to all the volunteers who help make this happen! This community is wonderful and we are appreciative for the continued support.

04/22/2026

Our Agronomy team got 2nd! Really proud of the group. Max K. got 3rd, Madilyn G. received the 9th, and Mercedes J. received 18th. Full results will be posted later.