{"id":42585,"date":"2025-01-23T06:59:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T06:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/agriculture\/ffa-following-the-future-of-agriculture-the-ferguson-family\/"},"modified":"2025-01-23T06:59:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T06:59:45","slug":"ffa-following-the-future-of-agriculture-the-ferguson-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=42585","title":{"rendered":"FFA: Following the Future of Agriculture: The Ferguson Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<head>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/static\/v1\/widgets\/3566091532-css_bundle_v2.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\"\/>\n<meta content=\"width=1100\" name=\"viewport\"\/><br \/>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=UTF-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\/><br \/>\n<meta content=\"blogger\" name=\"generator\"\/>\n<link href=\"http:\/\/ffaindiana.blogspot.com\/favicon.ico\" rel=\"icon\" type=\"image\/x-icon\"\/>\n<link href=\"http:\/\/ffaindiana.blogspot.com\/2025\/01\/the-ferguson-family.html\" rel=\"canonical\"\/>\n<link rel=\"alternate\" type=\"application\/atom+xml\" title=\"FFA: Following the Future of Agriculture - Atom\" href=\"http:\/\/ffaindiana.blogspot.com\/feeds\/posts\/default\"\/>\n<link rel=\"alternate\" type=\"application\/rss+xml\" title=\"FFA: Following the Future of Agriculture - RSS\" href=\"http:\/\/ffaindiana.blogspot.com\/feeds\/posts\/default?alt=rss\"\/>\n<link rel=\"service.post\" type=\"application\/atom+xml\" title=\"FFA: Following the Future of Agriculture - Atom\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8820360521015510783\/posts\/default\"\/>\n<link rel=\"alternate\" type=\"application\/atom+xml\" title=\"FFA: Following the Future of Agriculture - Atom\" href=\"http:\/\/ffaindiana.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1061078136558304378\/comments\/default\"\/>\n<!--Can't find substitution for tag [blog.ieCssRetrofitLinks]--><br \/>\n<meta content=\"http:\/\/ffaindiana.blogspot.com\/2025\/01\/the-ferguson-family.html\" property=\"og:url\"\/><br \/>\n<meta content=\"The Ferguson Family\" property=\"og:title\"\/><br \/>\n<meta content=\"\u201cHome is where the heart is.\u201d We have all heard this expression making it easy to believe it is overused. 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I remember hearing these words and thinking to myself \u201cYeah right. Home is where my family is, and my family is in Earl Park, Indiana.\u201d I never believed I would find a home anywhere other than where I grew up.<\/span><span style=\"color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: white;\">That was until I stepped onto Oklahoma State University\u2019s campus during spring break of my junior year of high school. When I got out of the car I felt a sense of excitement that I had never experienced before. At that moment, I knew this would be the best college visit I would ever experience.<\/span><span style=\"color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: white;\">As I toured the campus, I noticed a few things: the beauty of the buildings, Boone Pickens Stadium, the world\u2019s largest student union, and the people. The people at Oklahoma State make this university more than any other college. Students would smile at you as they passed you on the street, hold the door open for you even when it inconvenienced them, and speak about their school with genuine love and pride. I soon recalled the handwritten note I received in the mail after I visited the OSU booth at National Convention. The people in Stillwater are through and through the nicest and most sincere people you will ever meet.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: white;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: white;\">The last stop of my tour was the Ferguson College of Agriculture. While I was there, I met with two ag ambassadors who tailored a tour specific to my interests. I wasn\u2019t a number. I was special. As the ag ambassadors talked about Oklahoma State, they stated that the College of Agriculture was more than a collection of majors. It is a family. It is the Ferguson Family.\u00a0 At that moment, I knew I found a home in Stillwater. 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