Toston Rancher Runner-up at Speech Contest
Author: mt43news staff reporter
Toston Rancher Runner-up at Speech Contest
MT43 News Staff Repoter
Even though she never took speech and debate in high school, Toston rancher Samantha Ferrat won second place in a prepared speaking contest at the MFU national convention. She and her husband John attended the convention in Oklahoma City recently.
Samantha said in an email that Montana swept the contest when another Montanan, Rachael Prevost, earned 1st place in the contest. This was the Ferrats’ first time at a national convention: “It was quite the experience, one for the books! Our time spent with fellow farmers…from across the US, was well worth the efforts of being away from the ranch as we connected with like-minded folks and learned from our farming peers.”
Samantha also writes for the MFU quarterly magazine under “Field Notes” in which she covers activities of Central Montana farmers and ranchers.
The national farmers’ and ranchers’ organization meets annually to set policy regarding the US farm bill and other federal programs that affect the farming industry.
John has been an MFU member since 2000. Samantha joined when the couple married in 2017. The couple run a cow-calf operation of registered and commercial Limousin cattle.
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Image 1 Caption: Montana Farmers Union President Rob Larew presents Samantha Ferrat with her speech contest award in Oklahoma City.
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