The Minnesota FFA is separating its career development events from its leadership development events These contests have traditionally been held together in the Twin Cities. Minnesota FFA Career and Alumni Coordinator Nasha Mortenson said most state FFA programs do it this way, but it is new for Minnesota. “The State Fair is remodeling the coliseum, putting a new roof on, which meant we’d lose a bunch of space for the FFA convention next year and the year after,” said Mortenson. “All of the leadership development events are going to be held at St. Cloud State University December 9th and 10th for all of our preliminary and final events for those LDEs. We also have leadership conferences and workshops happening during the conference as well.” The Leadership Development events include parliamentary procedure, extemporaneous, public, and creed speaking. Mortensen expects attendance to top 475 students for the new Minnesota State FFA Leadership Conference.
