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South Dakota Family Awarded FFA Honor

South Dakota Family Awarded FFA Honor

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The Jason and Alicia Knutson family of rural Centerville has received the South Dakota FFA Foundation’s 2022 “Family of the Year” award.  The award honoring a family’s long-term involvement in the South Dakota FFA-Agriculture program was presented during the recent State FFA Convention at Brookings.  The Knutson family has a long history of involvement in the South Dakota FFA, spanning three generations.   Each of the family’s FFA members have held chapter and district offices and have received their state FFA degree.  They were especially active in showing sheep and leadership and career development events, with each of the Knutson children being part of state champion teams.

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