The second Oklahoman in about 15 years has become president of National FFA, commonly called Future Farmers of America.

Trey Myers did not have a traditional start in FFA at the Perkins-Tryon Chapter.

He jumped into the youth development organization to get out of some science classes, while also showing livestock.

“Back where I’m from in Perkins, we have like 17 acres and I like to call it the Myers’ Fun Farm,” Myers said. “So for a little bit we had chickens, we had pygmy goats, but nothing on the production side of things, just kind of a hobby farm and had some fun animals here and there.”

But his interest peaked during the FFA alumni camp. The three days at camp changed Myers' FFA path, and he said, his life.

At the camp, he saw how strangers became friends in a matter of days, an

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