Eligibility
This application is for the 2024-2025 contest term. Applicant shall be a Farm Bureau member between the ages of 18 and 35 in good standing with their county Farm Bureau. The individual shall have reached their 18th birthday at the time they qualify for the state competition and shall not have reached their 36th birthday by Jan. 31, 2025. Applicant must be actively engaged in agriculture. Applicant may only compete in one national YF&R competition per year. Past and present members of the AFBF Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee and/or their spouse are not eligible to compete. Previous AFBF Discussion Meet competitors are not eligible to compete. Current employees or agents of county, state and/or the American Farm Bureau organizations and their affiliates are not eligible to compete. An affiliate is defined as an entity owned or controlled in whole or in part by another entity through, for example, ownership (including partial ownership)or positions on the board of directors. Professional speakers are not eligible to compete. Professional speakers are those who have received a fee, royalty or honorarium for speaking (i.e., paid speaking appearances or speaking engagements) within 24 months prior to this annual competition. This excludes reimbursement for travel or expenses attendant to the appearance.
Mock Media Interview - Nov. 7, 2023
Each competitor will be paired with an interviewer from Ag Media to conduct a virtual interview around one predetermined topic. The interviewer will ask each competitor a series of questions as if this were a formal media interview. Competitors will be evaluated on their delivery, critical thinking, Farm Bureau engagement and overall context of their interview. In this round the competitors will have 8 minutes to conduct the interview. The top eight scoring media interviewees will be invited to participate in the Semi-Final round of the Discussion Meet competition. Media Interviews will be held remotely through a video conference call on November 7th.
Semi-Finals - Dec. 7, 2023
The top eight individuals from the media interview round will be invited to participate in the semi final round of the discussion meet contest. During this round competitors will discuss pre-selected topics using four bases for the general discussion: cooperation, constructive criticism, problem solving and communication. The semi-final round will begin with a 30-second opening statement, then move to 25 minutes of open discussion, and end with a one-minute closing statement by each participant. The eight competitiors will be randomly assigned to rooms of four competitors. There will be two rounds during the semi finals. The four competitors with the highest combined scores will move forward to the Final Four round of competition. Semi Finals will be held at the Ohio Farm Bureau Annual Meeting at 9 am on December 7th.
Final Four - Jan. 27, 2024
The four competitors with the highest overall score from the semi final round will participate in the discussion at the 2024 Winter Leadership Experience. There will only be one round of discussion for the final four, the individual with the highest score will be named the state winner and will move on to the AFBF competition in January 2025.
I have read and understand the rules and eligibility requirements for the 2024 Discussion Meet contest.
Yes
I understand that by applying for this contest, I am available to participate in the following contest times: December 7th 9 am - 10 am and January 26th 5 pm.
Yes
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