MVCTC Main Campus and Satellite Programs Perform Well at County Fairs
MVCTC FFA Students Win at Fair:
- Madelyn Elling (Brookville) from Retail Ag Services I, she received 2nd place in Western Pleasure, 2nd Place in Children’s Western Pleasure, 3rd Place in Ranch Horse Pleasure, and 5th Place in Western Showmanship at the Preble County Fair.
- Audra Burger (Preble-Shawnee) from Retail Ag Services II, she garnered great success at the Preble County Fair. Audra was the Showmanship Winner for Dairy, 4th Place Showman for Beef, 2 First Place Ribbons for Oats and Wheat, 2nd Place for Hay, and the 2019 Beef Queen. She also travelled to a District Dairy show in Wilmington, Ohio where she placed 5th.
Miami County Fair Participation:
The students from Miami East MVCTC FFA and Milton Union MVCTC FFA put together a fair booth to display some of the chapter’s activities throughout the year, including pictures, SAE projects, and various shop and crop projects.
- Miami East MVCTC FFA had numerous students competed in the junior fair contest at the Miami Co. fair over the summer to showcase the hard work they have put in during the school year. Below are a few of the winners:
- Jarrett Winner, of Piqua, won Champion FFA Shop project for his sawhorse.
- Paige Pence, of New Carlisle, won Champion FFA crop project for stalks of soybeans.
- Isabella Waite, of Troy, was the Reserve Champion FFA horticulture award winner for cherry tomatoes.
- Milton Union MVCTC FFA had many highlights from shows at the Miami Co Fair! Pictured are Malia Johns, Darby Welbaum, Joel Cress, and Garrett Stevens with their animals.
Preble County Fair Participation:
- National Trail MVCTC FFA: Members did very well at the Preble County Fair exhibiting their SAE projects. Four members represented the Chapter in the Sale of Champions. Members included Alyssa Zdobinski, Skyler Ward, Dawson Ward, and Rachael Kimball. In addition, Skyler Ward won champion showmen in three different species. This has never been accomplished by a junior fair exhibitor in Preble County.
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National Trail MVCTC FFA member Abbey Rodefer won outstanding Crop Projects at the 2019 Preble County Fair. Abbey exhibited crops, and produce that represent various parts of her SAE projects.
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All Preble County MVCTC FFA Chapters:
Preble County Fair FFA and 4-H Livestock Judging Contest was held on Thursday, Aug. 1. According to National Trail Ag Teacher Eric Kennel, this competition is to help the kids learn evaluation skills, compare and contrast different species, and learn what attributes make quality animals. This judging contest was hosted by National Trail Miami Valley Career Technology Center (MVCTC) FFA and sponsored by Farm Credit Mid-America. This is the second year this event was held. According to Kennel, the event was created as another activity to keep fair participants active throughout the week. “It is very important that we continue this judging contest, because students are trying to build evaluation skills, critical thinking, get them to put reasoning behind things that they do, develop those skills, and it adds back in to the things we do in the classroom every day with our students,” he said.
Mindy Ward served as one of the Superintendent Judges for the Livestock Judging Contest. For her, this contest is a way to teach kids valuable skills and get them interested in judging. “This gives the kids confidence on how to pick out the quality animals for them to show in the future,” she said. “I think this gives them a sense of competitiveness and decision making skills. It will also give them experience if they want to judge in FFA or 4-H later. “We’re trying to recruit kids to get excited about it and hopefully they’ll continue to do it throughout their whole career.”
Senior Division Individual winners were: 10th place, Brady Sorrell (Eaton); ninth place, Cheyenne Baker (Twin Valley South); eighth place, Delaney Shively (Tri-County North); seventh place, Haley Koehl (National Trail); sixth place, Megan Roell (Preble Shawnee); fifth place, Wyatt House (National Trail); fourth place, Skyler Ward (National Trail); third place, Bekah Sunvold (Twin Valley South); second place, Claire Sorrell (Eaton), and first place, Lynnlee Voge (Twin Valley South).
Third place Senior Team was Ultimate Livestock, including: Claire Sorrell, Brady Sorrell, Emma Arnett, and Grant Ulrich.
Second place Senior Team was Twin Valley South MVCTC FFA, including: Lynnlee Voge, Bekah Sunvold, Cheyenne Baker, and Chyann Kendel.
First place Senior Team was National Trail MVCTC FFA, including: Skyler Ward, Wyatt House, Haley Koehl, and Hannah Lee.
The prizes for this contest were sponsored by Farm Credit Mid-America. For Senior Financial Officer Amy Weaver this was a way for Farm Credit Mid-America to give back to their customers. “We were really excited with how the judging contest went last year and are looking for a place where we can help with the fair, in addition to purchasing livestock, and it looked like a good fit for us to help sponsor and support our customer’s children,” she said. “This judging contest helps go along with the educational process. We take care of our livestock, we raise our livestock, we work with our livestock, so we can enjoy showing them at the county fair, but it is also being judged is part of that, so what better way for the kids to learn to pick out their animals for the next year than to practice their judging and learn from their peers and other professionals in the industry.”
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