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Nov. 3, 2025 By Heidi Crnkovic, Associate Editor, Ag Daily INDIANAPOLIS -- The roar of blue corduroy filled Lucas Oil Stadium as thousands of FFA members rose to their feet to welcome U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, an FFA alumna herself, to the stage at the National FFA Convention & Expo's Session 2 on Thursday afternoon. Rollins delivered a keynote that was equal parts patriotic address, call to service, and testimony of faith. "The world consumes our food," Rollins began. "They are not worried about who produced it or where it came from. They only want to know that we have the healthiest (which we do) the most abundant (which we do) the safest and the most efficient food supply in the world." America's strength, she said, "has always rested on the shoulders of those who feed, fuel, and clothe our people." Speaking to thousands of FFA members, Rollins wove together themes of agriculture, faith, and civic duty. "We cannot continue to be the global leader in agriculture without all of you sitting in this room," she said. "You are the future of agriculture." Rollins described leadership not as power but as purpose. "Everything that you and I -- all of us -- do has a purpose that goes beyond what you can get out of it for yourself," she said. "FFA is all about service leadership, which is rooted in self-sacrifice." Farming, she added, embodies that same ethic: "It's about working for the good of your local community, acting for the good of your state and your nation, and serving the Kingdom of God. That's what farming is about too." To read the entire report, Click Here. Tweet |
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