Mississinawa Valley-MVCTC Agronomy Team Brings Home First Banner Since 1996
The Mississinawa Valley- MVCTC Agronomy team placed fifth in their state competition, Saturday April 2. The team had set their sights on a banner, and pulled through to achieve it. Until now, the chapter has not received a banner for the agronomy career development event since 1996!
The 2016 Agronomy team consisted of Leslie Dirksen, Kasey Hummel, Darin Miller, Shaiann Livingston, Grant Stachler, Justin Miller, Mason Hummel, Cody Dirksen, Max Dirmeyer, and Blake Scholl. Leslie led the high school team in individual scores, and Mason led the junior high team in individual scores. The contest is broken down into three areas, the ID’s, the test, and the team activity. They are given one hour to complete the ID’s and test and one hour to complete the team activity. During the identification (ID) section the students are expected to identify ten insects, ten plant nutrient deficiencies or disease, twenty live plants, and twenty seeds. The test is made up of twenty-five question ranging from fertilizer calculations to body parts of a grasshopper. The team event is done by a group of one to four students; during the activity they are required to choose and calculate the correct acreage, renting cost, seed variety, planting/harvesting costs, tillage, irrigation, fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, fungicides, total income, total expense, and total profit using techniques such as dimensional analysis and variable rate.
The team, Coach Stachler, and the Mississinawa Valley- MVCTC FFA chapter are all very proud of their accomplishments this year. They have worked extremely hard to earn their spot in the top five for the State Agronomy Career Development Event. Coach Stachler said, “I am very proud of the way the students improved throughout the season, especially those students participating in the contest for the first time. It is great to see the students finally achieve a winning a banner after so many years of a drought for the chapter.”
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