Eleven students from Hamilton Heights FFA Chapter competed in the State Livestock Skillathon Judging Contest on Saturday, Sept. 16. Purdue 4-H Extension played host to the contest, held at the Purdue ASREC.
These students worked hard practicing for their contest. To advance to a national contest teams must place first or second in 4-H or first in FFA divisions.
(FROM LEFT) Josiah Allee, Lane Slaton, Katie Anderson and Brady Brennan. This team was the top placing team at the Clinton Central Livestock Skillathon Invitational on Sept. 9.
4-H Senior Team
- Lane Slaton – Soph. (5th)
- Josiah Allee – Sr. (7th)
- Katie Anderson – Jr. (20th)
- Brady Brennan – Jr. (32nd)
FFA Senior Team (6th)
- Grace Dent – Jr. (40th)
- Blake Webel – Soph. (14th)
- Chase Brennan – 8th (43rd)
- Brody Piel – Frosh (99th)
FFA Senior Team (25th)
- Emily Peterson – Sr. (77th)
- Bridget Williams – Soph. (44th)
- Grace Allee – 7th. (137th)
The 4-H Senior Team placed second and is advancing to the National Livestock Skillathon Judging Contest in January held at the National Western Livestock Show in Denver, Colo. Two members from our 4-H team placed in the Top 10 individual division; Lane Slaton placed fith and Josiah placed seventh. This 4-H team also was the Top Team at the Clinton Central Skillathon Contest on Saturday, Sept. 9. In total on Saturday, there were 307 individuals making up 94 teams. All of the teams placed in the top third of the contest. The FFA teams were sixth and 25th overall.
Livestock Skillathon is a contest for 4-H and FFA members to identify meats, equipment, breeds and feeds. They are also engaged in placing classes of hay, wool, meats and livestock. Contestants must also be able to read medicine and feed labels and understand the basics of the livestock industry.
Hamilton Heights FFA is very proud of their members and their dedication and commitment to making our program stronger.
The National FFA Organization provides leadership, personal growth and career success training through agricultural education to 610,240 student members who belong to one of 7,665 local FFA chapters throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.