Area youth compete in district agriculture contest at Northwest

Northwest's Agricultural Learning Center played host to Northwest District Agriculture Career Development Events April 5-6. (Photo by Todd Weddle/Northwest Missouri State University)

More than 1,000 students from 53 northwest Missouri high schools competed April 5-6 at Northwest Missouri State University as its School of Agricultural Sciences hosted Northwest District Agriculture Career Development Events.

The annual contest is coordinated and facilitated by members of the Northwest agricultural sciences faculty, staff and students. Events take place at the University’s Agricultural Learning Center, R.T. Wright University Farm and Ed Phillips Memorial Arena.

“The success of this huge undertaking is due to the excellent work of Northwest faculty and staff, district agriculture teachers, Northwest students and members of the Maryville community,” Jackie Lacy, a Northwest senior instructor of agricultural sciences, said.

The top-ranking teams in each category are listed below. A complete listing of team and individual results is available at www.judgingcard.com.

• Ag Mechanics: Rock Port
• Ag Sales: Trenton
• Agronomy: Gilman City
• Dairy Cattle: Trenton
• Dairy Foods: Northwest Tech School
• Entomology: Gallatin
• Farm Management: Jamesport
• Floriculture: North Andrew
• Food Science: Trenton
• Forestry: Gallatin
• Horse: Savannah
• Livestock: Chillicothe
• Meats: Savannah
• Nursery/Landscape: Northeast Nodaway
• Poultry: Chillicothe
• Soils: West Nodaway
• Sweepstakes (single teacher department): North Harrison
• Sweepstakes (multi-teacher department): Savannah

Results from FFA Leadership Development Events March 23 at Cameron High School

• FFA Knowledge: Gilman City
• Ag Issues: Savannah
• Parliamentary Procedure: Chillicothe
• Conduct of Chapter Meetings: Chillicothe
• FFA Creed: Molly Lund, Savannah
• Division 1 Prepared Public Speaking: Memphis Pickering, Braymer
• Division 2 Prepared Public Speaking: Kennedy Heil, Norborne
• Advanced Prepared Public Speaking: Colton Roy, Trenton
• Extemporaneous Speaking: Lola Hofmann, East Buchanan
• Job Interview: Andrea Riley, Jefferson