Musician and FFA Alum Dillon Carmichael helps us Countdown to Convention and talks music!

We are just eight days away from the National FFA Convention and Expo.

Dillon Carmichael is an FFA alum who comes from a family dynasty of country music, and he will be hitting the road soon with Tracy Lawrence and Josh Turner.

He stopped by RFD-TV Studios to help us continue our Countdown to Convention, Presented by Culver’s by discussing his time in the FFA, being presented with a blue jacket, and his excitement for accompanying Tracy Lawrence and Josh Turner.

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