Thirteen Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapters sent representatives to the Judith Basin district leadership conference held last week in Chinook. Each fall the Montana student FFA officers and advisors take the half-day leadership training program to the eight FFA districts that make up the state organization. CHS's FFA advisor, Robin Allen, said all but one of the district chapters attended the conference.

Students were divided into two groups, one for the upper classmen and another for new FFA members attending their first regional event. The older students, seasoned leaders in FFA, sp...