Lind's FFA teams score big at CDE districts

Last updated Mar 29, 2012 12:0pm0

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LIND FFA. The Lind Farm Business Management team received first place in the district competition. The team members (left to right) are Maya Wahl, Connor O’Neill, Cathrine Hentges, Mackenzie Ellis and Derrick Laird.

The Lind FFA chapter sent two teams to the District 9 Team Career Development Event (CDE) competition at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake on Friday, Mar. 16, and both teams earned top honors.

Lind FFA took one team in Agronomy and one team in Farm Business Management.

The agronomy team members included Grayson Whitaker, Bryden Laird, Dylan Bilodeaux and Beau Jones.

The agronomy CDE participants must be knowledgeable of seeds, insects, soils and crops. They also must demonstrate how to solve problems related to crop production.

The team placed first in the event, moving them on to the state competition. Whitaker placed first in the competition, Laird placed second, Jones finished third and Bilodeaux finished fourth.

The farm business management team members were Connor O’Neill, Derrick Laird, Mackenzie Ellis, Maya Wahl and Cathrine Hentges.

In farm business management, participants must demonstrate business management skills and understand economic principles. They must be able to apply those skills and principles to agriculture and agribusiness.

The farm business management team also placed first in the competition and move on to the state competition. O’Neill placed first overall, D. Laird finished second, Ellis placed third, Wahl finished fifth and Hentges placed seventh in the competition.

The agronomy competed in the state competition on Wednesday, Mar. 21, where they placed first in state. With this accomplishment, the agronomy team comprised of all freshmen competitors, moves on to the National FFA agronomy competition in November.

This is the sixth consecutive year that the Lind FFA chapter agronomy team has placed first in the state competition.

Both Whitaker and B. Laird finished in first and second place, and because of their accomplishments, they each have been awarded a $1,000 scholarship.

Bilodeaux finished third in the overall competition and Jones placed fifth. The team received plaques, both as individuals and as a team, for their achievement.