The Minnesota FFA Stars for 2026 are Jada Hansen of Foley FFA as Star Farmer, Blake Siewert of Lake City FFA as Star in Production, Piper Rigge of Redwood Valley FFA as Star in Agribusiness and Andrew Mutchler of Grand Rapids FFA as the Star in Agriculture, Food and Natural Resource Sciences. Hansen’s Supervised Agricultural Experience focused on her feeder cattle operation. Siewert’s SAE is built around his work on his family dairy farm. Rigge developed her SAE around her family businesses, Grandview Valley Winery and Rivendell at Grandview. Mutchler is part of the family-owned contracting business, Mutchler’s Forestry Service.
