Ten FFA Career Development Teams advance to state

Columbia FFA competed at the Missouri Northeast District CDE contest on Wednesday, April 2. Ten teams qualified to advance to the state contest held in Columbia on April 24-25.

Congratulations to the winners.

Poultry Evaluation-1st place

• Kira Kirk-1st place individual
• Austin DeHaven-2nd place individual
• Robert Schmidt-3rd place individual
• Jessica Alexander-5th place individual

Nursery-1st place

• Maddie Grant-1st place individual
• Grant Gould-2nd place individual
• Kaitlin Epperson-3rd place individual
• Loyal Carpenter-7th place individual

Forestry-1st place

• Carson Banks-1st place individual
• Rory James-3rd place individual
• Grant Pestle-4th place individual
• Lainyn Kerley-10 place individual

Dairy Foods-1st place

• Lily Grant-2nd place individual (tied)
• Sarah Cordoza-2nd place individual (tied)
• Thomas Fenner
• Elizabeth Fenner

Soils-2nd place

• Keeley Houghton-5th place individual
• Ginny Tharpe-8th place individual
• Riley Johnson-9th place individual
• Jordan Craig-10th place individual

Horse-2nd place

• Emily Bruhn-1st place individual
• Mariah Murphy-10th place individual
• Katie Weir
• Grant Maledy

Ag Mechanics-2nd place

• Austin Wallace-3rd place individual
• Joe Ege-5th place individual
• Chris Tennill-6th place individual
• Andrew Cunningham-10th place individual

Dairy Cattle-2nd place

• John Terry-1st place individual
• Aaron Mott
• Katelyn Putnam

Livestock-6th place

• Andy Mott-7th place individual
• Monica Strawn
• Ashlynn Girard
• Bailey Peters

Meats-8th place

• Carley Raetz
• Katie Pasley
• Olivia DeSmit
• Joshua Backman