Worth County FFA Competes in Proficiency Awards

Many Worth County FFA members recently competed in Agricultural Proficiency Award areas at the Area II FFA Proficiency Screening.  The Agricultural Proficiency Award Program recognizes excellence in a supervised agricultural experience (S.A.E.) program.  Students who qualify are able to compete at the area, state, and national levels.  Worth County FFA members competed in twenty-one different proficiency categories relating to their individual agricultural project.  Students placing in the top three at the area level will be recognized at the Area II FFA Banquet in April.  Area winners will go on to compete at state competition in April. 

Area Proficiency Award winners from Worth County were Chase Thummel in Beef Production-Placement and Kacey Smyser in Equine Science-Entrepreneurship.  Worth County FFA members placing in the top three at Area included Kristen Chitty in Ag Communications (3^rd), Wyatt Rush in Ag Mechanics Fabrication and Design (3^rd) and Sheep Production (3^rd), Kacey Smyser in Ag Processing (2^nd) and Food Science and Technology (2^nd), Brandon Allee in Ag Services (2^nd), Diversified Livestock Production (2^nd), and Poultry Production (2^nd), Chase Thummel in Diversified Ag Production (2^nd), Diversified Crop Production-Entrepreneurship (2^nd), and Grain Production-Placement (2^nd), Grant Parman in Diversified Horticulture (2^nd), and Shannon White in Small Animal Production and Care (3^rd). 

Other Worth County FFA members competing on the area level included Wyatt Rush in Ag Mechanics Energy Systems and Ag Mechanics Repair and Maintenance, Chase Thummel in Beef Production-Entrepreneurship and Fiber and Oil Crop Production, and Grant Parman in Landscape Management and Turf Grass Management.