Lone Jack FFA Chapter

11/01/2026

Today the LJ FFA wrapped up the 2026 Fall trapshooting season with our annual parent/member Annie Oakley shootout and potluck dinner. Members also had the chance to coach their parents in a round of trap. Thanks to those who were able to make it!!

11/01/2026

We had our first annual LJ FFA Alumni trapshoot today. Thankful for the small but mighty crowd for making the trip out this afternoon, had a great time! We’ll be back again next year, the Saturday after youth deer season. Congrats to Cash for taking home today’s trophy!

Lone Jack Activities Department
Lone Jack Middle and High School

10/27/2026

Reminder about the first FFA alumni shoot this Saturday at 1:00pm. See the original post for full details and reach out with any questions!

10/25/2026

Go get ‘em Cash Hale!

Hope to see you and other LJ FFA alumni members on Saturday afternoon at the alumni shoot!!

💙GAME DAY 💙
Magnolia College Clay Classic- Arkansas
📍Remington Gun Club
⏰ 10:00AM
State Fair Community College Athletics

10/24/2026

National FFA Convention Day 4&5 Recap

The group loaded up and headed home Friday. Made it back in time for the choir concert Friday as well as the football & softball sectional game today and opening day of youth deer season.

Saturday morning, three LJ FFA members walked across the stage to receive the American FFA Degree - one of the highest honors you can earn in the organization. This represents years of hard work and dedication to both the leadership activity involvement as well as their individual SAE projects outside of class time.

Congratulations to Lane Breshears, Hunter Gohdes and Nate McLaughlin for earning your American FFA Degrees!!

10/23/2026

National FFA Convention Trip Day 3 Recap

Started our day with a tour of the Fair Oaks Dairy Farm and swine experience. It was pretty neat to see in person the location of one of my favorite Dirty Jobs episodes! We learned about the entire operation from how they breed, feed, milk cows, market the milk and create fuel for the farm from the manure. We saw one of the 72 cow carousels and six of the robotic milkers in action. We walked through the crop experience building, calving barn, the apple orchard and pumpkin patch on our self guided tour.
We also saw the farrowing process in action as well as the swine growing barn and gestation barn.

Our next stop was at the Kankakee Sands Nature Conservancy. We learned about the process of rebuilding native prairies, restocking wildlife and also got to see the 100 head of native bison!

Third stop of the day was at RDM Aquaculture. These farmers traded raising pigs for shrimp and became the third company in the USA to raise shrimp indoors. We learned about their heterotrophic water production system and how it allows them to be successful.

From there we traveled to the student farm at Purdue University and toured the 3.5 acre farm that is run by students there. They have around 120 customers subscribe to their community supported agriculture (CSA) who receive biweekly boxes of dozens of different types of fresh produce produced on site.

What FFA trip would be complete without a wedding ceremony??

Headed home tomorrow!

10/22/2026

National FFA Convention Day 2 recap

Today members had the opportunity to visit with over 400 exhibitors & colleges at the career expo in the Indianapolis Convention Center.
Later in the day we attended the opening session of the 99th FFA convention in Lucas Oil Stadium. Members joined the largest dance party in Indiana, heard from Indiana Governor Mike Braun, National FFA Advisor Travis Park and our keynote speaker Scott McKain.
Wrapped up the day at the hotel with some time at the swimming pool and around the fire pit!
Industry tours tomorrow!

10/21/2026

Hey, we know her!! Way to go Allie Cook!!

🐾 TECH WEEK SPOTLIGHT: ALLIE! 🐾

Help us celebrate Allie, our newest graduate in our veterinary technician team at Lee’s Summit Animal Hospital!

Allie just finished her time at Maple Woods, and we are so excited to celebrate this next chapter in her veterinary journey! With her confident personality and sweet heart, she brings her own special touch to our team. You can find her floating around the clinic, helping wherever she’s needed! And if you know Allie, you know she’s a Border Collie lover!

We are so proud of you, Allie, and can’t wait to see all the amazing things you accomplish as you continue growing in vet med!

10/21/2026

National FFA Convention - Day 1 Recap

Eight LJ FFA members traveled to Indianapolis for the 99th National FFA Convention on Tuesday, Oct 20.

On the way, students spent 2 hours touring Bayer Crop Science Research Headquarters in Chesterfield, MO.

Students got an in-depth tour of the facilities engineering lab, research greenhouses, growth chambers, and heard presentations on bee health and biotechnology lab skills.

10/16/2026

Thank you to Mr. Jared Ripley and all of the fourth grade art students for participating in this year's poster contest to help celebrate National Farm Safety and Health Week! Members of the LJ FFA Officer team visited the Lone Jack Elementary school this morning to congratulate the students and award prizes to the top poster producers! The selected five will be on display in the Lone Jack Middle and High School agriculture classroom with previous year winners! Another good day for Lone Jack Activities Department and the LJ FFA Chapter!