Thomas Boggs of Warsaw is a student at Huntington University where he is studying agronomy and agriculture business. He earned numerous awards while in FFA and 4-H. Photo provided by Thomas Boggs.

By Phoebe Muthart
InkFreeNews

WARSAW — Thomas Boggs is a student at Huntington University, where he is studying agronomy and agriculture business.

He grew up on a 1,300-acre family farm outside Warsaw with his parents, Ed and Tammy Boggs. He has two older brothers.

“We had 60 heads of Angus freezer beef,” he said. “We are a farming family.”

He was in both 4-H and FFA. He was in 4-H for 10 years and spent six years in FFA.

He first began 4-H when he was younger, called “mini 4-H.” While in 4-H, he showed beef and did shooting sports for the club and as a 4-H project.

He graduated from Warsaw Community High School in 2023. He ran track and played football while in high school.

Working on the family farm, he learned the basics of working hard, Boggs said.

“We were always learning while we grew up,” Boggs said. “You learned while you were working and enjoying what you do.”

While in FFA, he competed in crop judging, horticulture and parliamentary procedure.

“Crop judging was fun, and I continued to learn about agriculture,” Boggs said.

He also learned about crops, especially seeds, diseases, and pests.

He earned numerous awards while in FFA. One was in crop judging and the other was running a meeting, also known as parliamentary procedure.

His senior year, his SAE project earned him a spot in the final four in Indiana. His project was on forage production. He got sixth in the nation for the same project.

Boggs especially enjoys agronomy, which is the science of soil management and crop production. He enjoys collecting soil samples, which helps farmers’ crops.

“I enjoy going out to a field and finding a solution to fix it,” he said of finding problems in crops.

Soil samples, he said, help farmers by getting the best yields to understand nutrients and the levels they need to be at.

At Huntington University, he is a representative-at-large for the Student Government Association.

“I like to speak in front of people,” Boggs said. “So, when you are under pressure, you can handle that.”

He is a member of the school’s trap and skeet club on campus.

His future plans are to get his degree and eventually get a job in grain merchandising, go back and help on the Boggs’ family farm and take over the family business.

“I will be the fifth generation,” he said of the Boggs’ family tradition.