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FFA president sees organization growing amid ag industry challenges

From the Q&As with influential people in agriculture. series

Gene Lucht
Dec 16, 2019
Dec 16, 2019 Updated Dec 19, 2019

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Koleson McCoy is national president of FFA for 2019-20. McCoy, 19, is a native of Springfield, Ohio, and is a student at Ohio State University. He took over as president at the FFA national convention on Nov. 2.

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