Ag Club - John Wood Community College

The Agriculture Club has its primary objectives: leadership, public relations, and recreation. The club's major activities include an annual spring banquet, participation in state and national ag competitions, and attendance at several major ag-related shows and exhibitions. Any JWCC student interested in agriculture is welcome to join the Agriculture Club.

The National Postsecondary Agricultural Student (NPAS) Organization as well as the Illinois Postsecondary Agricultural Student Organization are both educational and competitive at JWCC.


In 2004, JWCC Ag students traveled to Green Bay, WI for the NPAS convention. The following awards came home with JWCC students: Team Livestock Specialists Award Program - Swine Joe Mintle, Payson; Amanda Mowen, Liberty, Adam Taake, Perry, formerly of Waterloo, Illinois Indiv Livestock Specialists Award - Swine Joe Mintle, Payson Indiv Livestock Specialists Award - Swine Adam Taake, Perry Team Horticulture Contest - Floriculture Carol Thompson, Palmyra, MO; Lindsay Bailey, Kirksville, MO Indiv Horticulture Contest - Floriculture Carol Thompson, Palmyra Employment Interview Contest - Agribusiness Administration Aaron Bush, Mendon Award of Merit Career Planning - Agricultural Management and Marketing- Aaron Bush, Mendon Illinois Team Member - Livestock Specialist Award Program - Dairy- Adam Weiman, Quincy
2004 NPAS 1st Place Team Livestock Specialists Award Program - Swine Joe Mintle, Payson Amanda Mowen, Liberty Adam Taake, Perry, formerly of Waterloo, Illinois	2004 NPAS 2nd Place Team Horticulture Contest - Floriculture Carol Thompson, Palmyra, MO Lindsay Bailey, Kirksville, MO
2004 NPAS 1st Place Career Planning - Agribusiness Sales and Service Justin Meyer, Fowler	2004 NPAS 3rd Place Employment Interview Contest - Agribusiness Administration Aaron Bush, Mendon
In 1999, students traveled to Joplin, MO to the 25th annual NPAS convention. There, the JWCC College Bowl Team advance to the finals and won 2nd place team in the nation. Also, JWCC Swine specialty teams 1 and 2 placed second and third and the beef team was third in the nation. Besides team competition, there were several individual award areas represented, such as career progress, public speaking and more. In 1998, JWCC Ag Students traveled to Williamsburg, Virginia to the NPAS Convention. There students won first place Swine specialty team and those individuals were then the top four individuals of the nation.

The JWCC Ag Students are very involved in the Student Government Association. Agriculture students have been involved in SGA since the SGA was formed. Many have been officers. Further, about two thirds of the JWCC Board of Trustees Student Trustees have been agriculture students.

The Ag Club offers several activities for the students. These include Bowling, Basketball games at the local gym, volleyball games, Bar-B-Que Cookouts and many more fun and exciting activities. The Ag Club goes bowling

The Ag Club has a meeting every month where the students can plan activities, fund raisers, upcoming contests, etc. The members can sometimes enjoy meals provided by the Ag Club. During holiday months the Ag Club has canned food drives to be given as donations to families in the community.