North Carolina Farm Bureau President Larry Wooten, center, congratulates Polk County students Shalyn Brown, left, and Carlos Chavez, right, for earning a certificate of completion after participating in the organization’s Institute for Future Agricultural Leaders (IFAL). The program assists exceptional rising high school seniors from across the state in exploring the wide-variety of agricultural-related college majors available at the state’s two land-grant universities – North Carolina A&T State University and North Carolina State University. (photo submitted by Samantha Meekins)