Letter: Thanks for supporting FFA
Editor;
Thank you for sponsoring our Ag Comm contest, and for also sponsoring the plaque our team will be receiving.
This was the first time that...
Letter: Thanks for sponsoring state FFA contest
Thank you, Farm and Dairy, for supporting FFA.
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