[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14993]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AGRICULTURE HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Thompson) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of 
two Future Farmers of America teams from my district after they placed 
first and second at a national competition this past weekend.
  The competition, known as ``The Big E,'' hosts teams from schools 
from the East Coast and the Mid-Atlantic regions which compete in a 
wide variety of categories, including poultry science, equine events, 
dairy science, and much more.
  A team from Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Centre County, placed first in 
the poultry science career development event and was responsible for 
judging the birds and rating their quality along with other criteria.
  The second team, from the Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science 
and Technology in Pleasant Gap, Pennsylvania, Centre County, placed 
second in the nursery and landscaping division. They were tasked with 
designing and selling a landscaping plan. The team is now working on a 
landscape project for Pennsylvania's farm show in January.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate the accomplishments of these 
future farmers and also recognize the important work performed by the 
FFA. The success of these young people shows that the industry is in 
good hands and agriculture has a bright future.

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