Congratulations to the following Kansas FFA members who competed at the 99th National FFA Convention and Expo in Indianapolis, Indiana:
Career and Leadership Development Events:
Agricultural Communications (Neodesha) – Silver
Agricultural Issues Forum (Ellsworth) – Silver
Agricultural Sales (Junction City) – Silver
Agronomy (Andale) – 10th Place
Agricultural Technical & Mechanical Systems (Girard) – 8th Place
- 6th Place Individual: Owen Murphy
Conduct of Chapter Meetings (Tescott) – Silver
Creed Speaking (Garden City) – Kealie Bryant, Silver
Dairy Cattle Evaluation & Management (Nemaha Central) – 1st Place
- 6th Place Individual: Robert Langill
- 9th Place Individual: Harry Langill
Employment Skills (Phillipsburg) – Madison Johnson, Silver
Environmental & Natural Resources (Holton) – Bronze
Extemporaneous Public Speaking (Labette County) – Taylor Gudde, Silver
Farm & Agribusiness Management (Paola) – Silver
Floriculture (Spring Hill) – 10th Place
Food Science & Technology (Yates Center) – Bronze
Forestry (Mission Valley) – Bronze
Horse Evaluation (Spring Hill) – 10th Place
- 6th Place Individual: Brooklyn Sherron
Invitational Spanish Creed Speaking (Canton-Galva) – Heath Ratzlaff, Bronze
Livestock Evaluation (Uniontown) – 9th Place
Marketing Plan (Junction City) – Gold
Meats Evaluation & Technology (Central Heights) – Silver
Milk Quality & Products (Anderson County) – Gold
Nursery/Landscape (Washington County) – 6th Place
- 1st Place Individual: Jonathan Wright
Parliamentary Procedure (Chapman) – Silver
Poultry Evaluation (Perry-Lecompton) – Silver
Prepared Public Speaking (Chapman) – Clara Gfeller, Gold
Veterinary Science (Phillipsburg) – Bronze
Star and Proficiency Finalists
Star in Agricultural Placement Finalist (Labette County) – Noah Wiley
Agricultural Mechanic Repair & Maintenance – Placement Proficiency Finalist (Buhler) – Gage Elliott
Goat Production – Entreprenuership/Placement Proficiency Finalist (Labette County) – Jaci Falkenstien
Agriscience Fair
Plant Systems: Division 5 (Junction City) – Brittney Dibben, 6th Place
Power, Structural & Technical Systems Division 3 (Stanton County) – Robert Seger, 5th Place
Social Science: Division 2 (Tonganoxie) – Abigail Marah & Lydia Bartlett, 7th Place
Social Science: Division 4 (Osborne County) – Lainey Kendig & Lexi Goheen, 10th Place
National Chapter
Premier Chapter, Growing Leaders Finalist – Arkansas City
Three Star Chapters – Andale, Arkansas City, Cheney, Clearwater, Dexter, Ellsworth, Girard, Hoxie, Inman, Marais des Cygnes, Marysville, Mission Valley, Neodesha, Riverton, Skyline, and Udall
Two Star Chapters – Buhler, Canton-Galva, Chanute, Chapman, Clay Center, Haven, Royal Valley, Wheatland
National Band & Chorus Participants
National Band
- Eudora – Felicity Speidel
National Chorus
- Chaparral – Kayden Koehler
- Hillsboro – Adalynn Winter
- Hodgeman County – Mollie Ruff
- Inman – Micah Ballard
- Pratt – Reagan Blasi
- Southeast of Saline – Olivia Swenson