The event will start at 10 a.m. with the Weak End Antique Pullers. In the afternoon, there will be farm stock and the night will end with truck pulls and exhibition hooks.

Sterling High School's FFA program held its 10th Farmapalooza event Thursday, May 7, 2026, in the high school parking lot.

The Forreston FFA Chapter recently announced the success of its newly implemented “Harvest for All” program, an initiative designed to give back to the local community while promoting service, leadership and agricultural awareness among its members.

The Forreston FFA and high school agriculture program is preparing to once again open their greenhouse doors to the community.

The Polo Woman’s Garden Club will be having its annual perennial plant sale on Saturday, May 2, at the Polo Community High School ag department.

Newt Wright of Oregon High School was recently selected as the District FFA Proficiency Winner in forest management and products.

Around half of the over 200 students at Amboy High School are enrolled in at least one class, with enrollment in the agriculture program hovering right around 105 students.

"Agriculture education is big." That was not the theme but it was the message Friday at the fourth Cultivating Connections in Agriculture, which celebrates agriculture education and FFA in the Sauk Valley and the larger northern Illinois region.

The way some Dixon High School students recently learned about food science and meat science is an example of how Dixon agriculture teacher Grace Klein uses hands-on learning and finds topics to hold students' attention.

Cultivating Connections in Agriculture, an FFA event in Nachusa, brought together FFA programs from across the area to meet, learn and exchange ideas.

A majority of the students in Kelly Viall's seventh and eighth grade agriculture classes at Amboy Junior High School probably have never met an emu. But those students may have the chance to meet five of them soon.

A year after opening, Morrison High School’s greenhouse is growing more than plants — it’s also growing their connections to food, as well as leadership and research.

Three state FFA officers visited Julie LeFevre’s agriculture classes Thursday at Challand Middle School in Sterling in preparation for National FFA Week that runs through Friday.

The Forreston FFA Alumni will host the 38th annual Farm Toy and Craft Show on Saturday, March 14, at Forreston Junior/Senior High School in Forreston.

Fifteen members from the Forreston FFA Chapter traveled to Stillman Valley High School on the evening of Feb. 4 to compete with their SAE (supervised agricultural experience) projects.

Three Illinois FFA leaders from northwest Illinois talk about the lessons they’re learning, the lessons they’re passing along, and what it’s like to be part of something bigger than themselves.

Stillman Valley High School recently announced that sophomore Bryce Files was awarded a grant for his supervised agricultural experience project from Valent USA.

Rochelle FFA horse judging teams recently competed at the Kewanee Hog Capital Horse Evaluation competition.

After investing many years into their Supervised Agricultural Experiences projects, two Illinois FFA members were named top in the nation as American Star winners. Nevin Erbsen from the Eastland FFA Chapter in Carroll County is one of the honorees.

Amboy Junior High School signed the charter and celebrated the establishment of its very own National FFA Organization chapter at an open house Nov. 10, 2025.

With a 10% cut in flights coming Friday, O’Hare International Airport’s two major carriers offered advice to passengers about what to expect on what will be a challenging day for thousands.

With the warm, dry conditions, harvest is almost complete at Riskedal Farms, where some corn and sunflowers remain to be picked.

Seeing a fistulated cow at a young age triggered Delana Erbsen’s interest in research that has led her to develop FFA award-winning projects.

The Forreston FFA Chapter is gearing up for its annual Test Plot Dinner and Awards Night on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, and they’re inviting the community to join the fun.

The Rochelle Township High School FFA Land Use Evaluation team placed fifth at the Section 2 competition on Sept. 30.

The Foundation will offer soft-serve ice cream, flurries, sundaes and root beer floats from Aug. 5 to 9, 2025, during the Carroll County Fair.

The Youth In Ag Foundation presentation of scholarships and the Brownfield Ag awards will begin at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. The auction starts at 7 p.m. in the Carroll County Fairgrounds' Poultry Barn.

Payton Frueh, Lydia Hardy and Karlie Schultz of Princeton High School participated in the Section 3 FFA Summer Fair held July 1 at Black Hawk East in Kewanee and July 2 in Cambridge.

The three-day event recognizes achievements of Illinois FFA members, elects the major state officer team, and celebrates agriculture

Natalie Pratt, who graduated from Amboy High School this year, has family ties to FFA that reach back to her childhood. Her mother, aunt and uncle all served as state officers, and Pratt often traveled with her mother to FFA conventions and workshops.

Makes, models and modified versions of trucks and tractors took part in the 14th annual Forreston FFA Alumni Tractor and Truck Pull held during Leaf River Daze on Saturday, June 7, 2025.

Event is a major fundraiser for the Mt. Morris-Oregon FFA Alumni Association that helps fund activities in conjunction with OHS FFA chapter.

The pull begins at noon with antique tractors, followed by farm stock tractors at 2 p.m., MTTPA trucks at 4 p.m., and finally MTTPA and ISP Trucks and Tractors at 7 p.m.

The weather was perfect and the animals and tractors did not disappoint as Oregon Elementary School students flocked to the Oregon High School's FFA Petting Zoo and Ag Event on Friday, May 9, 2025. FFA students brought their tractors and animals to the lawn of the elementary school for kids to learn about agriculture.

Annual banquet is May 5

The tractor, a 1949 Case, was sold Saturday, April 5, 2025, at Hazelhurst auction.

Sale to be in the Polo High School's FFA greenhouse.

The ag program offers a variety of interactive classes, including crop and animal sciences, agriculture mechanics, horticulture, woodworking and landscape design.

Emma Lenkaitis was selected as the District FFA Proficiency Winner in Dairy Entrepreneurship and Justin Myers was selected as the District FFA Proficiency Winner in Diverisfied Crop Entrepreneurship.

Farm toy and craft exhibitors, a silent auction, a coloring station for kids, and a Farm Toy Display Competition were all part of the fundraiser for the Forreston FFA program

Sunny skies and spring-like temperatures didn’t deter visitors from stopping by the Forreston FFA Alumni’s 37th Annual Farm Toy and Craft Show at Forreston High School on Saturday, March 8. Farm toy and craft exhibitors, a silent auction, a coloring station for kids, and a Farm Toy Display Competition were all part of the fundraiser for the Forreston FFA program.

Challand Middle School Agriculture Education teacher Julie LeFevre wants people to know that “agriculture is for everyone, not just for farm kids.”

Agricultural students at Belvidere North High School learn a variety of skills, including how to raise and care for quail and chickens.

Spearheaded by Sterling FFA Sentinel Kadielynn Nelson and President Grace Wetzell, the group worked with Meals from the Heartland, an organization made up of volunteers who package meals that are then sent to underserved communities.

FFA students from several local high schools work Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, to make easy meals for the underserved.

New high school ag programs also sprouting in Sterling, Dixon amid growing student interest.

Both districts’ growing attention to ag offerings has been spurred by two things, teachers say: the hands-on nature of ag programs and the lessons students can directly apply to their own lives.

Event was Saturday at the Ogle County Fairgrounds

Ken Duncan has donated 6 acres of farm land to the Sterling FFA program.

The June 1 event begins at noon with antique tractors followed by farm stock classes at 2 p.m., trucks at 4 p.m., and then classes from the MTTPA professional pulling circuit at 7 p.m.