STONINGTON, Ill. — Ben Curtin has endured a dozen surgeries on his left leg in his young life, but that hasn’t slowed him from hitting the ground when running when it comes to accomplishments.
Ben Curtin, the 2018 FFA Star in Agribusiness from Christian County, Illinois, uses tools in a building on his family farm to make signs and implements out of metal.
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Ben Curtin holds one of his metal art pieces that shows pork cuts. He said a variety of farmers request pieces that highlight their work or farms.
Ben Curtin thrives in inventing practical agricultural equipment. His FFA supervised agricultural experience project was this design for ADM with a grapple that is used to remove the aeration system once a large pile of corn is shipped out.





