Lyne Places 1st in FFA Career Development
by Jerry Schmidt
May 19, 2010
Minneapolis High School Ag students had many accomplishments at the state career development events competition hosted by Kansas State University on May 3 and 4.
In the Ag Sales contest, Dina Lyne placed 1st with Dylan Crosson also on stage receiving a medal for 10th place out of 88 contestants. The top ten individuals receive medals and the top five teams receive plaques and certificates. The team of Dina, Dylan, Kyler Macy and Meredith Clark finished in 6th place out of 22 schools. Team members took a written test, presented an individual sales presentation, and competed in a team activity of developing a marketing plan for a company.
The Dairy Foods Team of Tanner Davis, Cody Hamm, Jessica Smith, and Olivia Husted placed 5th out of 49 schools. Individually, Jessica placed 2nd out of 175 contestants. Students identified and scored six milk off-flavors, ten cheese samples, scored two milker units, evaluated four samples of milk for mastitis, evaluated six samples as real or artificial, and took a written test over milk production, marketing and problem solving.
The Entomology team of Kassi Smith, Tanner Davis and Garrett Daugherty finished in 5th place out of 34 schools. Tanner was on stage receiving a medal for 7th place out of 100 contestants. Students identified 50 insects and took a written test over insect habitats, food habits and pest management practices.
The Poultry team of Luke Eckert, Garrett Daugherty, and Daryl Simmons placed 10th out of 44 schools. Students judged a class of production hens, cull/keep class of broilers, placed broiler and turkey carcasses, identified parts, graded carcass quality, graded shell eggs, evaluated processed meat products, took an exam, candled eggs, and participated in a team event.
The Livestock judging team of Dylan Crosson, Meredith Clark, Jake Eckert and Daryl Simmons finished 35th out of 78 schools. They judged eight classes of livestock and gave three sets of reasons. This is the largest contest and most competitive of the state career development events. Students from 165 schools from 1A through 6A annually compete in the 15 career development areas.
