Pictured: Cody Morris (left) and his father Rodney Morris (right) pose with their FFA President jackets.

A Mattoon father and son recently broke into the record books of the Illinois State FFA. Rodney Morris, whose son Cody was elected as the 2014-15 Illinois State FFA President, tells Regional Radio News that they are the first father-son duo to be elected president:

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Cody says it was a special moment to him when he found out the news:

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Cody recently showed cattle and sheep at this year’s Coles County Fair.