Owego FFA

02/06/2026

Support Owego FFA! Please contact us at [email protected] or [email protected] or one of our members.

19/05/2026

Contact one of our members or our advisors at [email protected] or [email protected] if interested!

19/05/2026

We had a wonderful time the past few days in Buffalo, for the New York State FFA's State Convention. Owego FFA had 14 members representing us at the 101 NYS FFA Convention. Students competed in the Employment Skills competition, Veterinary Science competition, Floriculture Competition and 8 students served as our delegates during the business session and district meeting. These are highly competitive contests that consisted of 68 teams for the Vet Science Contest and 73 teams in the Floriculture contest. Our teams did not place in the top 3 but we are waiting on the rest of the results. We are so proud of the students that participated in these events. Some other highlights included: two of our members served as officers on the delegate committees, Mikayla Wilbur received a Proficiency Award, and an alumni, Mahayla Walsh, received her Empire Degree. Between service projects, workshops and expos, our members had an outstanding experience during this opportunity to grow as leaders. Owego FFA is excited for next year's convention in Syracuse! Thank you to everyone who made this possible, including our advisors Ms. Armstrong and Mr. Hill.

19/05/2026

Less than 2% of the 16,000 NYS FFA members received the State FFA Degree, the highest honor a state association can bestow upon its members. Owego FFA was excited to celebrate with Mahayla Walsh as she walked across the convention stage last Saturday and received the Empire Degree. Some of the requirements to earn this degree include, received your Chapter Degree, completed at least 360 hours of systematic school instruction in agricultural education, productively invested $1,500-$2,000 and worked at least 300hrs in excess of school time as part of their SAE, participated in at least 10 different FFA activities above the chapter level, etc. As you can imagine this takes a dedicated, hardworking individual to accomplish all of these things, and if you know Mahayla, she does all of this and more! We are extremely proud of Mahayla and are fortunate to continue to have her as a supporter and alumni going forward. Congratulations Mahayla!

15/05/2026

One of our very own, Mikayla Wilbur, earned first place in the Diversified Livestock Proficiency Award Area. This prestigious honor includes representing New York State at the National FFA convention in October, along with a $250 prize. Her Proficiency/SAE includes working at the Owego FFA Farm where she cares for our beef cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, chickens and small animals on weekends, holidays, and over the summer. Over the course of the last two years, she has worked over 750 hours getting up at 5:00 AM to feed baby goats, to late nights checking on new born pigs. Mikayla has grown immensely in this area, and has decided to pursue a career in the animal science industry after attending Cornell University. A huge congratulations to Mikayla Wilbur, thank you for representing Owego FFA and the entire Owego community so well. We're so proud of you!

14/05/2026

Interested in seeing our members up on stage?
Visit https://youtube.com/?si=IY7LD82JTbezaJMB or go to on YouTube.
Tune in at 7:00 pm!
In the beginning there may be no volume.

12/05/2026

Butcher date is June 30th

12/05/2026

Congratulations to our Vice President, Mason Hill!

ALBANY, N.Y. — Two New York high school seniors have received the distinct honor of being named recipients of New York Farm Bureau’s 2026 Agricultural...