Darke County FFA Soil Contests Held
On September 16, 2014 the Darke SWCD held their annual land judging contest for Darke County FFA Chapters as they prepare for the District Contest.
The land judging contest consists of a rural and an urban test. Each test challenges the students to not only identify soil types, but also consider other soil characteristics when making recommendations for use of that area. The contest consisted of four stations, three soil pits and a written test. The students had 15 minutes to finish the test at each station. Upon completion of the contest, students were asked to hand in their answer keys before Darke SWCD staff would go over the answers and reasoning for each station.
This year Versailles Team #1 finished with the highest team score on the rural test, followed by Tri-Village-MVCTC Team #1 and Versailles Team #2. The highest individual score was Dean Heitkamp from Versailles FFA. Tri-Village-MVCTC brought the only team to compete in the urban test this year, the team score was 1,073 out of a possible 1,398 points. The highest individual score was Ethan Deneski.
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