N.C. Farm Bureau President Larry Wooten (right), along with North Carolina A&T State University’s Antoine Alston (back left) and N.C. State University’s David Jones (back center) recently congratulated Bladen County rising high school seniors on their successful completion of NCFB’s Institute for Future Agricultural Leaders Program. The program assists exceptional students from across the state in exploring the wide variety of agricultural-related college majors available at the state’s two land-grant universities. Students receiving recognition were: Imari Beatty, Sierra George, Danika Spaulding, Martino Rhone Jr., Djimon Faulkner, Jerod Faulkner, Ashley Anderson and Allison Morris.