Hillsboro FFA members participate in soils judging contest
Lead Summary
By
Hannah Holland and Mason Hostetler-
The Hillsboro FFA Chapter soil judging team competed in the district competition Sept. 24 at the Miami University Ecology Research Center.
Using soil science, knowledge and communication skills, they identified, evaluated, classified and described each of the four soils.
The team consisted of nine FFA students, six of whom participated in regular soil judging and three of whom participated in urban soils.
Our soil judging team placed seventh overall out of 20 teams in the district. This team included FFA students Ava Campbell, Carter Boyd, Gavin Brown, Kathryn Ogden, Payton Gaines and Alex McClarren. Campbell did the best individually, placing 21st out of 98 students.
Hillsboro FFA’s Madison Carroll, Makayla Salyer and Abigail Fryman also participated as a team in urban soils and placed 11th.
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Using soil science, knowledge and communication skills, they identified, evaluated, classified and described each of the four soils.
The team consisted of nine FFA students, six of whom participated in regular soil judging and three of whom participated in urban soils.
Our soil judging team placed seventh overall out of 20 teams in the district. This team included FFA students Ava Campbell, Carter Boyd, Gavin Brown, Kathryn Ogden, Payton Gaines and Alex McClarren. Campbell did the best individually, placing 21st out of 98 students.
Hillsboro FFA’s Madison Carroll, Makayla Salyer and Abigail Fryman also participated as a team in urban soils and placed 11th.
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