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American Farmers and Ranchers Annouce Fall Speech Contest Dates

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:02:17 CDT

American Farmers & Ranchers (AFR) announces the dates for the 67th Annual American Farmers & Ranchers Fall Speech Contest. The theme for this year's contest is "I Believe in Oklahoma Agriculture."


For many years, AFR and its sister organization, Oklahoma Farmers Union, has continued to strive to provide the youth of Oklahoma many opportunities to develop into the leaders of tomorrow. Approximately 500 young people compete across the state in the five AFR district contests, with over 160 finalists advancing to the state competition.


"Over the years, our speech contests have been an AFR/OFU priority activity in which the youth of Oklahoma can compete. There have been thousands of participants-never a loser. Every participant is a winner by just participating. We constantly meet leaders from the forks of the creek to Washington D.C. who tell us they got their start participating in the AFR/OFU speech contest. We encourage every parent and grandparent to do their kids a favor and insist they take advantage of this tremendous leadership training opportunity."


Grades 4th-12th can compete in these five categories: American Farmers & Ranchers, Natural Resources, Student Organizations, Agribusiness and Agriscience.


Qualified individuals are needed to serve as judges at this year's contest. Forty-eight judges are required for each district.


The contest dates are as follows:

District I, Lonestar School, Sapulpa - Thursday, Nov. 17

District II, EOSC, Wilburton - Monday, Nov. 14

District III, Newcastle - Thursday, Nov. 10

District IV, Fairview - Monday, Nov. 21

District V, Cache - Thursday, Nov. 3

State Finals, OSU Stillwater - Saturday, Dec. 10


The speech contest is just one of several exciting AFR Youth Program traditions; as AFR offers a poster contest, summer youth camp, scholarships, livestock judging, livestock handling and skills contest and leadership opportunities. For more information on how to participate and/or volunteer to be a judge, visit the AFR website- which you can visit by clicking here, or e-mail Lin Fariss, AFR Youth Coordinator at lfariss@afrmic.com.



   

 

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